"Why are younger players gravitating toward retro titles - and how should studios respond to this trend?"
Heroes III is the top-selling retro game on GOG... and almost half of buyers are under the age of 25.
GOG's theory: for younger generations that grew up with Minecraft and Roblox, graphical/technical fidelity *does not matter*, which is a huge market shift #GDC2026
🍄🌟 HAPPY MAR10 DAY 🌟🍄
🎨Art by ME!
I made this one back in 2022!~
Can you tell I really like Mario games =w=
#supermariobros #mario #fanart #mar10
A broken, blue heart
With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man.
I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.
this is all the gen 2 team sprites if they coughed
A fantastic OST but this is all I need. ☺️
Morrigan and Lilith, two characters from Capcom’s fighting game series, Darkstalkers. They’re both ladies with bat wings affixed to their temples and back. They’re floating amid a cloud of bats.
Vampire Savior, lots of bats edition
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Calling all streamers! We’re fundraising to bring more game stations in Children’s hospitals, and we need your help!
If you’re interested in helping the cause (even with a single short stream!) shoot me a DM and I’m happy to help you get set up with everything you need 🧡🎮
Baldur’s MISS 3
That’s incredible lol
Run Away lol
I was gonna pass on this since I’m not super big into these kinds of games but the critical reception has me feeling some FOMO as a Pokémon fan.
I so desperately wish I could go back in time and smack the ever living fuck out of my younger self. I made well intentioned decisions that I thought would set me up for long term success. Maybe they did but I sure as hell am not fulfilled or satisfied with what my professional life has become.
Carmine: "Oh no Terapagos is going to destroy this cave with us inside! It's too strong!"
Kieran: "Oh my god I'm going to get us all killed because I couldn't handle my failures this is all my fault"
Briar:
Generation 10!
Didn’t realize that I don’t often pick the water types apparently.
We are so back.
i think 2026 is probably the worst year of video games ever and it isnt because the games are bad its because people have for some reason started to engage with every single game that comes out in the most aggressively and wrongheadedly negative way possible. its genuinely pathetic
Hooray for working during the Pokémon presents. Guess I’ll learn of all of the announcements from the group chats and Discords. Lol
I’m ready to have my Pokken 2 dreams crushed once again.
I hold block WAY too much to be playing Tekken 8 bro.
One of my kids has been excited about playing Red Dead Redemption 2 since he knew the game existed and I finally said he's old enough to play and friends, he's been going on adventures and it makes my heart glad.
Video games are cool.
It is baffling how unbelievably useless Kaseya products are.
The guy who makes the colosseum rng tool put a license in it explicitly to prevent me from generating revenue if I use it on a stream or video.
Uh oh someone doesn't know about fair use! I had no plans of making guides, but perhaps I will just to spite you now you complete tool.
Effects of a video game intervention on symptoms, training motivation, and visuo-spatial memory in depression By Moritz Bergmann, Ines Wollbrandt, Lisa Gittel, Eva Halbe, Sarah Mackert, Alexandra Philipsen, Silke Lux Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2023 doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173652 Methods: a total of 46 clinically depressed individuals were treatment including psychotherapy and/or randomly assigned to one of three groups: an experimental "3D video gaming" group (n = 14) which played Super Mario Odyssey, an active control group (n = 16) which trained with a computer program "CogPack," and a treatment-as-usual (TAU) group (n = 16) which received a standard clinical pharmacotherapy. Results: regarding depressive symptoms, a significant decrease in the proportion of participants who showed clinical levels of depressive symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory was only found in the 3D video gaming group (which played Super Mario Odyssey). Conclusion: besides a standalone cognitive training, the current findings suggest that cognitive trainings using a video game have potential to increase subjective well-being, show higher levels of training motivation, and lead to improvements in visuo-spatial memory functions in MDD. The proportion of participants that showed depressive symptoms (BDI-II ≥ 13) at pre- (T1) and post-assessment (T2). For Super Mario Odyssey, 100 at T1 and 57 at T2. Note: information heavily abridged. For the full paper, see link above.
A 2023 German psychiatric study found that playing Super Mario Odyssey significantly improved depressive symptoms in clinically depressed individuals compared to regular psychotherapeutic treatment, reducing depression by 43%.
I didn’t play it on PS Vita but Child of Light is a phenomenal game.
Today I learned that Star Fox shares its anniversary date with The Legend of Zelda. I am so sorry Star Fox fans… lol
Everyone: “Release old Pokémon games on new platforms!”
Pokémon: *Does exactly that.*
Everyone: $20?!?!?? jUsT EMUlatE For fREE 🤡🤡🤡 eVIl AnTi-CoNsUmer coMpAny!!!
It was a good run. I’ll miss EVO.
Just punched a sizable crack into my work computer. AMA.
Let’s say… hypothetically speaking… if I were to stream myself programming things that could be considered video games… would anyone find that interesting at all?
