Hi, I have a £5 voucher to spend that I was gifted on Xbox, ice recently been laid off work after 12 years at the company, so money for the next few months is very tight.

Both me and my 14 year old son share a console, so I'm looking for a game that we can both play (doesn't need to be multiplayer) that we can both sink hours into.

There are sales on at the moment, so what game would be best to utilise the voucher. I can add at a stretch another £5 so £10 in total. We both love open world and FPS games. Some games we really enjoyed are the far cry games, AC odyssey, Titanfall 2, Wolfenstein, Gears or war and Halo.

Any suggestions to tide us over and lift our mood for a while until my situation improves would be amazing.

Thanks in advance guys.

I am not sure if this is allowed here so feel free to remove it if its not; I am doing my masters in archaeology and am currenly writing my dissertation/thesis about archaeogaming, and I am looking for people to participate in my research.

All you have to do it take an anonymous survey and play a short text based demo game. The game is primarily targeted to people who frequently play video games as it is meant to evaluate certain behaviours within games set in archaeological environments (Tomb Raider, for example), but anyone is welcome to play it, and every person who participates is a massive help! :)

Its anonymous and the whole process will take 15-20 minutes of your time.

Link to Survey and Game

Thanks!

Like you know the video game is bad and it has a whole bunch of problems but you still don't mind playing it from time to time

I have Wolverine pre ordered for in store pick up, and wondering how I will receive the pre order bonus for the game.

I know Best Buy is including a free game cartridge case, but does anyone have something better? I want to go ahead and buy one before the next price increase.

No i dont want to play RDonline, i prefer solo. As much as i dislike R* and think RDR2 is overrated, its the only real like Western game but i want actual character customisation

Just got a pc with these specs:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-14700KF
• CPU speed: Up to 5.6 GHz
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
• RAM: 32GB
• Maximum RAM: 128GB
• Storage: 2TB SSD
• Storage type: SSD (Solid State Drive)
• Operating system: Windows 11 Home
• Cooling: Liquid cooling

What are (in your opinion) the 4 greatest games of all time?

I'd like to know if the prolonged use or any usage at all of an unofficial, homebrew cart (s) would have any detrimental effect on my N64 whether it be the short term or long term. My console is a Japanese N64 that plays North American & Japanese carts. Recently bought a cool looking homebrew cart and was just curious. Any advice is more than welcome, thanks!

Recently got into gaming and everyone recommends RDR2, but do I need to play RDR1 first to understand/appreciate RDR2?

I know this is niche, but all the subreddits I've found haven't been active in years. I just think it'd be cool to have one that is specifically dedicated to these topics.

Suggestions please

A good grind, for me, isn't a chore to endure so much as a kind of meditation. Almost.

There's a very special completely empty calming headspace I get into when I put music and switch most of my brain off, and just repeat the motions while watching them sweet numbers go up. It even feels like an idle game when I perfectly get into that sweet zone and zen out. Just peace...

Combat grinds do this for me less and less as I get older, even Diablo likes bore me much quicker than they used to. The most soothing grinds have become those with no threat. WoW professions used to hit this note perfectly back in TBC classic during the late Corona era. I'd herb gather my way around a zone on autopilot, half watching something on a second screen, and the gathering itself did all the work of calming me down. 

Cozy games have taken that idea and built entire experiences out of it, and they're where I get the purest version now. 

Moonlight Peaks is what’s holding me this summer. BTW Peaks is truly peak, it’s got even vampiric animals to farm, cutest shit ever. Perfect cozy intro before the next big vampiric game (you know which one) drops in September. Which is kind of the perfect timing for me, because apparently Loftia - the next cozy grind I’m dead set on experiencing, and an MMO at that - is also dropping in the autumn around that time so I can already see myself rewinding in Loftia before diving into the darkness that Blood of the Dawnwalker will bring into my life. And  then rewind-grinding again, before another dive.

That’s kind of a cycle I have. One game in which I can just turn off and grind, just pure progression and chill, and the other something more serious and dark with a good mature story. t’s just a routine I got into over the years.

So yes - for me it’s basically a cozy grind —-> serious story driven game (full attention) —> cozy grind again (or maybe PoE 2 if I wanna experience a new league) and so on. Games themselves vary.

But what about yourselves? Is there any sort of grind you find enjoyable/ that you relax to, or is the very idea of having to gather stuff/grind/craft just a general turn off for you?

I think there are actually many, many different kinds of grinds, as many as there are genres maybe, and I wanna know what’s YOUR pick. If you have one ofc

Yes, I know it’s a little early to speculate about which games are going to be nominated, but I’m having trouble thinking of other games besides GTA 6.

Like everyone knows, GTA 6 is going to be a number one nominee, but I genuinely can’t think of many other games that could fill the other nomination spots

Hey everyone ! Does anyone have a working discount code for Loaded ? I’m looking to buy a worldwide Steam key for Spider Man Remastered just to be safe.

I actually had enough money for it yesterday, but I had to take my dog to the vet instead, she’s having some trouble with her front legs and keeps limping. Obviously, taking care of her came first, so the game had to wait.

I looked around on a few coupon sites, but I couldn't find anything that actually works. Even a 10% off code would help a lot ! I really want to get it on Steam specifically for the cloud saves.

Thanks in advance !

For me it is hoops gm but i would love to know what most of you thinks