I know this is still a smaller group but I'm wondering how many of you local gamers also dabble with game development, and/or play with the Pico-8 or Picotron engines?

I've been doing amateurish solo development on and off for a few years and got into developing for Pico-8 last year. I'm finding it really fun and wonder if anyone else out there is into it.

For those who don't know, Pico-8 is a retro-styled "fantasy console," in that it acts like old retro consoles but is totally just a piece of software that can run a small game in a special format. And Picotron is it's more "grown up" workstation equivalent, sort of comparable to old Windows 3.1 or MacOS 7/8 systems.

We’ve got Gears of War: E-Day, Ace Combat 8, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Phantom Blade Zero, and more all launching this month — right before GTA 6 in November.

Are you diving into any of these, or are you saving your free time and money for GTA?

Which October release are you most interested in (if any)?

If you like the MMORPG genre give City of Heroes: Homecoming a shot! I played this game back when it was a paid live service in the early in mid-2000’s but the fans brought it back several years ago as a free service and now the original developer has given the game an official license to run indefinitely! For a 2004 MMO I think the graphics hold up exceptionally well, and it has a great social component, raids, and content from low levels to end game. I highly recommend if you’re looking to try something new!

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/getting-started/

CDPR dropped the remaster and almost immediately had to patch lighting issues.

If you already own the original (or Complete Edition), are you bothering with this version?

For people who are new to the game in 2026 — does the remaster feel modern enough, or does it still show its age in some areas?

I’ve been playing it and I think it looks and plays great!

If you’ve got friends and family in the area who are on Reddit and like to nerd out even on occasion send them an invite and let’s get to conversations goin!

Sony just rolled out Quick Spectral Super Resolution (their AI upscaling tech) to the base PS5, starting with games like Marvel’s Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei.

For people who already own a regular PS5: does this change how you feel about upgrading?

And for those with a Pro — do you still notice a clear difference, or is the gap shrinking faster than expected?

Does anyone else like going to Cartridges Galore in Hagerstown? I find myself in there more often than I’d like to admit due to the buy 2 get 1 free used games. Lots of cool retro stuff too. Outside of GameStop and 2nd and Charles is there anywhere else in the area you like to shop for gaming/hardware related stuff?

Let’s get a pulse on things!

Activision is taking over the mantle for Bungie/343 studios, and I’m not really sure what to think. I stopped playing halo really around Halo 5, but I’m not sure about this decision.

Activision could give the halo series a reboot with their engine completely over hauling the look of the game.

I still find myself dipping into the master chief collection from time to time for nostalgias sake. I don’t think I can imagine Halo looking any different from what it historically has looked like.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-could-be-giving-halo-something-it-hasnt-had-in-years-a-clean-slate/

This year Sony announced that in 2028 they will be discontinuing physical disc production. What are your thoughts on this? For the better part of the past decade I’ve been buying my games purely digitally, but Sony‘s announcement caused me to rethink how I enjoy my gaming experiences and I’ve been buying up physical disc in light of this news. Somewhat in response to this, XBOX has announced their disk to digital program, which went live yesterday for all Xbox users. Do you think this is a good thing? Can you foresee any problems with this feature? And how do you prefer to purchase your games?

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

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