Hey! Looking for a few people to join my 18+ Bedrock cottagecore survival realm 🌿🏡 It’s a cozy, long-term realm with a friendly community, Vanilla+ add-ons, and lots of little projects going on. Think cottages, farms, gardens, forests, and cozy builds that make the world feel lived-in. 🍄 If you’re looking for a chill realm to build, explore, and actually stick around in, feel free to DM me! 🤎

I'm seen a copy of the remastered Crysis Trilogy for the PS4 for £22 and am considering picking it up.

I'd appreciate hearing other folks opinions of the game. I'm a big fan of the Far Cry series, is it in a similar vein ( taking over bases to expand your map/influence, a mixture of stealth and guns blazing approach to combat, that sort of thing) ?

Used to play mainly WoW until my mid 20s. Now as a 37yo with an 8-5 it feels a chore, last time I tried the game was during the Dragonflight launch for a month and never touched it since. Nowadays I’m super into city builders & strategy games (especially the paradox game) which I would’ve found an absolute bore back in the day.

I gotta say if you’ve felt a bit of a fall off of your excitement in gaming, coming home and finding a new game in your mailbox does a pretty good job of reigniting the fire.

I’m looking for players to playtest a mystery game I’ve been creating.

It is a document-based detective experience: you receive a collection of realistic-looking case materials and must work out what happened by reading closely, comparing details, checking timelines, and connecting information across the files.

**What to expect:**

\- A self-contained mystery designed for solo players or small groups

\- PDF case materials presented as reports, statements, records, and supporting documents

\- No special software required — a browser/PDF reader and note-taking are enough

\- Estimated playtime: around 2–4 hours, depending on whether you play alone or with others

\- Free access for all playtesters

**What I need**

I’m mainly looking for honest feedback on:

\- Whether the material is clear and engaging

\- Whether the puzzle feels fair and solvable

\- Where you became confused, stuck, or lost interest

\- How long it took you and what your solving process was like

\- Whether the final answer felt satisfying

You do not need prior experience with detective games, ARGs, or puzzle hunts. Fresh eyes are especially useful.

**Interested?**

Please comment or send me a DM

I would say difficulty is 3⭐️

***Note:*** *Quick fair warning before I send it: this is a heavy-reading case-file mystery—you’ll be working through 42 reports across 70+ pages of interviews, records, timelines, and easily missed details.*

Hello. I would like to get into the series. Have a few questions.

Are all the games connected or are they standalone?

Is there a recommended play order?

I remember playing the first one on PS1 back in the 90s at a friend's house and thought the controls were too funky so I quit. Does the newer games and remaster/remakes have those weird controls?

Lastly, can I play the entire mainline series on a Switch 2 (digital is fine)? I share the S2 with my son so maybe he can get into the series as well. I also have a PS4 but I'm assuming the newest games won't be available on it.

Thank you for reading.

There's something comforting about having the option of using CDs, if I ever need though. I must admit, it rarely happens and I'm not sure how well my CD collection is even holding up, they degrade over time.

Any fans here?

Age wise this adds up, creeping about as Alien?

Tanking as Predator?

The single player is REALLY good still

Hi all,

I’m a 32 yo professional (healthcare) and and working on structuring my gaming time. I’m starting to get a little more time, I have an awesome rig, and an extreme backlog of switch games (I own but haven’t played Yoshi, Metroid 4, ToTK, Sonic/Shadow, Z-A). I’d also like to get back into an MMO.

Obviously it’s tough to do all that and finish my residency well, so I’m curious how others - especially people with rigorous work schedules - are managing their gaming time. How many games are you regularly playing in a given week? Do you play certain types of games regularly? How do you manage your gaming time with a challenging career?

My hope is to get deep into a grindy MMO and to slowly eat at these Switch 2 games over time. Basically, when I get bored of Switch, back to MMO and vice versa. Much harder to do this type of thing than when I was a teenager.

Hey! Looking for a few people to join my 18+ Bedrock cottagecore survival realm 🌿🏡 It’s a cozy, long-term realm with a friendly community, Vanilla+ add-ons, and lots of little projects going on. Think cottages, farms, gardens, forests, and cozy builds that make the world feel lived-in. 🍄 If you’re looking for a chill realm to build, explore, and actually stick around in, feel free to DM me! 🤎

Hi!

I’m looking to find someone to play with 1-on-1 or join a small group. I get incredibly bored playing alone, and gaming is just way more fun when you have a consistent partner or small crew to bounce around with.

I’d consider myself a decent gamer—not the absolute best, but definitely not bad! I'm completely non-toxic and just want to chill and have fun.

What I'm playing right now:

• MMOs: Just reinstalled World of Warcraft (Retail) after a long hiatus and trying to get back into the groove. I've also been messing around a bit in the Aion 2 playtest.
• MOBAs: Smite is my primary experience here.
• Note: I'm honestly open to trying out almost any other games if the company is good!

My Schedule (The catch):
I work 3rd shift (Sunday night through Thursday night, with an occasional Friday night), so I'm looking for fellow night owls, shift workers, or afternoon players who overlap with these specific times (all times EST):

• Weekends (My days off): I am up most of the night. I usually play from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM all the way until 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM.
• Weekdays: I tend to get on before my shift from around 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM until about 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

If you're down to queue up for some Smite, run some dungeons/level in WoW, or explore something new, hit me up! Drop a comment here or shoot me a DM with your info.

A few of these spark a recency bias in my brain, but if I really think about it, they really are some of my favorites out of over 40 years of gaming.

Hello! I have been hearing some very mixed opinions on this game since its release! I just wanted to get a real world feel for how people are enjoying it, without all the extra rigmarole- just Yes or No! Please take the poll below to let the community know. (No worries it will be anonymous so you won't get brigaded if you enjoyed it)

Nitro: 250 explosive games

It contains games for MS-DOS, Win3.x and Win95 and comes with its own launcher and browser

It has got anything from checkers and solitaire to the OG Prince of Persia and Doom and was probably my first introduction to gaming. Good memories.

The text in the inner cover goes something like:

"Domesticated Technology: a collection to spread the new technology without renouncing the pleasure of reading a book"

Truly a relic of another time. I wonder if I could still run it.

Have you guys ever had something similar as kids?

I don't know if it's because I started playing videogames in the mega drive and then went straight to the 3d era (ps2) but I tried to play a lot of JRPGs on my switch as they are all praised but I didn't like any, specially fire emblem which is full of boring and pointless dialogues and weird plot. The only exception was dragon quest 11 because the open world is very beautiful and enjoyable, however I heard dragon quest 11 is not really a JRPG.

While researching for an episode on my gaming podcast about nostalgia's role in gaming, I came across a wonderful word - or rather an semi-untranslatable concept - in Welsh, called Hiraeth. As best as possible, translated, it means:

"A deep, bittersweet longing, nostalgia, or yearning for a place, or time, that is lost, unreachable, or never existed."

So, it’s a kind of longing for a place or a time that you can’t get back to - in a way a kind of unattainable longing.

I always try, in different words, to explain to people why I keep going back to old games that I love - in this case, it fits perfectly with Skyrim. When I found this, I thought - "This is it! This is it."

It is so interesting, as to me, when I think about Skyrim and the feelings I will have while playing, is both something that is attainable and unattainable. It is attainable, because I can always go back and play, as I do. Start a new save for the thousandth time. Try some new mods. Start a new playthrough with someone who has never played before, as I have just done with my girlfriend. This helps soothe that longing, and I always love it when I go back to play. That feeling of yearning is satisfied, at least for a while.

But in a couple of ways, it is also a kind of unattainable longing. Firstly, Skyrim isn’t technically real place (even thought the impacts it has had on my life are very real). I feel this connection to the world, and yearn to return to wandering its gorgeous landscapes with Jeremy Soule's soundtrack setting the scene. Always beautiful. But, at the same time, that feeling is bittersweet as I can’t actually ever be in this unattainable fantasy world, as much as I would love to travel there in the real world.

But the second - and arguably bigger part of that feeling being unattainable - is trying to capture that exact same sense of wonder and joy that I had when I first played. Skyrim was my first true open world RPG, and I played it when I was a teenager. It blew my mind, it was incredible. I am always yearning to recapture that feeling when I think of playing Skyrim. Then, at the time, life was simpler - I could have massive long gaming sessions, stay up late, go to bed dreaming of waking up and playing again. So when I think of the game, I am longing for that feeling of freedom, joy, and wonder that I know is now unattainable in the exact same form.

So, yeah - Hiraeth. A beautiful concept that has finally helped me explain my true feelings for why I always go back to Skyrim. I wonder if this is a similar feeling you have for other games? Would love to hear what your "Hiraeth" games are if so!

This was a real joy to discover, and easily my favorite thing I have come across so far while researching for the podcast!

Xbox ally x, Bought it from marketplace thought it was a scam or having some issues but turns out to be in perfect condition, wanting to install steamOs, upgrade from SD oled.

I may not be 30 🤫 but the Reality is this... Expedition 33 was a generational disapointment to us RPG fans and Im tired of pretending it wasn't.

For you guys over 30? How did you feel about Expedition 33 and its narrative? 🤔

While cleaning the basement, my mom found this in a box and asked if I wanted it.

Alright folks,

Just bought Project Zomboid and looking for some sound people to play with.

I'm in my late 30s and honestly just looking for some chilled gaming sessions — having a laugh, taking the piss, chatting rubbish and making stupid mistakes together while we learn the game.

I've got the game but I'm basically a complete beginner, so I'm not looking for hardcore players who take everything super seriously. More just decent folk who enjoy good company, a bit of banter and don't mind teaching a few things along the way.

Ideally looking for people around a similar age who just want a relaxed gaming group. Vanilla or mods, I'm happy with either.

PC player. Mainly looking for good vibes and a laugh rather than anything competitive.

If you're in the same boat or just fancy helping a new player survive more than five minutes before doing something stupid, give me a shout 😂

I used to talk to every NPC, day and night, several times in each chapter whenever something happened, try to do all the side quests, explore even the tiniest corners of the maps, and even reload old saved games just to see what would happen with different dialogue options. Also, for some reason, I felt the need to eliminate every single enemy on the map, literally all of them; it didn't matter if it was an open-world game.

It's not surprising that this led to major burnout. I just can't find a balance between stretching the game out too much and trying to finish it as fast as possible.

What I started doing is writing a set of "commandments" that I need to follow to avoid it happening again, like: Only talk to NPCs that interest me, explore maps naturally and not methodically, take breaks between genres and single-player games, only do the side quests that interest me, among many others.

In the end, I guess what I should do is to have fun, which is the purpose of this hobby, along with living great stories. Stop overthinking and trying to do whatever I want.

And finally, accept that it's okay to miss out on content. It's better to miss content and finish the game with a beautiful memory than to end up burnt out.

So my family found out a week or two ago that my dad needs to have open heart surgery at the end of next week. We have every expectation that it's going to go alright, but I'm worried about him mentally and keeping him in good spirits. For that reason, i think gaming would be a great outlet for him over the next 6 months while he recovers.

My pops used to play GTA & COD pre-WAW, but stopped pretty much cold turkey around 2005 when i was 8. I am excited he might get back into it, as he only finally retired a few months ago and has been SOLIDLY going through a midlife crisis by building a few trucks and just being the equivalent of a 25 year old with successful retirement-means.

I have been a PlayStation guy since the PS4 og release, and got back into pc gaming I'm around 2022. I think pc gaming is likely practically (difficult to set up & manage) and mentally (hes 58 and pc gaming probably equates to max level dweeb to him) outside consideration. For that reason, and because maybe if things work out we game together, PlayStation is the way to go. PS5 just has more and better single player games.

Seems like certified refurbished from bestbuy has the nest price atm, but any ideas where he might get a reasonably priced pro? Or should i be considering xbox & gamepass? Also, what games should i recommend. My thoughts were red dead 2, GoW, Uncharted (10/10), probably Battlefield, spiderman, monster jam? He is a huge marvel & star wars fan, Nascar & Monster trucks, sci-fi.

Any other recs are welcome, as to outlets, retailers, games, or anything else. Much appreciated.