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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 1h

Tapping the sign

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 13h

Capcom was initially against GOG's request to add the original versions of Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3 to its store, and "took a lot of convincing" to agree to it, according to a GOG executive.

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Capcom ‘took a lot of convincing’ to bring the original Resident Evil games to GOG, exec says | VGC

Capcom reportedly felt the remakes were the main way to play Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3 in the modern era…

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 2h

Truly incredible storytelling in the dramatic irony of a desperate father turned to banditry mistakenly killing his own daughter...then they both explode. The Greeks got nothing on this.

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 4h

We're already at a point where remakes and platform differences can muddle the commonality of how we experience games. But the push towards AI creating customized unique fanfic for each user will eradicate that all-together. Far from the worst part of AI but still rubbish.

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 4h

So fascist capitulation may have come for every streaming platform but we'll always have podcasts.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 11h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Aaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 4h

🎉🔥🎉ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🔥🎉DAY🎉🔥🎉

Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 4h

Cool, I've been looking to alternatives to Crunchyroll, I'll take a look.

Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 7h

I've been thinking a lot about video game remakes/remasters and why we shouldn't mistake them as an act of preservation. I do think we lose something in the inability to compare experiences of a singular piece of art (beyond my difficulty in looking up advice for Final Fantasy Tactics)

The Omnigamers' Club Podcast @omnigamers.bsky.social · 11h

Our latest episode is here and for Thanksgiving, we’re laying out a spread of Trick Takers, discussing the genre, our favourites, and where the best place to start is. We also revisit our thoughts on video game remakes and remasters, their intentions and values.

Thanksgiving Trick Taker Feast

This Thanksgiving, we’re laying out a spread of Trick Takers, discussing the genre, our favourites, and where the best place to start is.

omnigamers.club

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Gnome @gnomedic.bsky.social · 1d

Harry Potter sucks. Go read Animorphs.

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 7h

Tariffs are putting US game companies out of business. (Note this is the US subsidiary of AMIGO, not the whole German company)

AMIGO Games @amigogames.bsky.social · 12h

Very sad news: After eight memorable years in the American market, AMIGO Games US will close its doors at the end of 2025. Thank you to our team, partners, and players for your support along the journey.

AMIGO Games' products will continue to be available while supplies last.

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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 21h

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 7h

Remembering this next time I forget that the eggs need to be at room temperature 🤦‍♂️

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 8h

There's enough open-endedness in the different paths to give a sense of exploration and that any difficulty is a hell of your own making

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 8h

Tried the Cairn demo after Jusant turned out to be an all time favourite. This is definiately more in the vein of QWOP or Getting Over It, with punishing fail states, but the Survival Sim layers may push me over the edge.

3rd person screenshot of a mountaineer standing on a grassy platform staring up at a rocky outcrop

3rd person screenshot of a climber on a rockface

Screenshot of a backpack with various items stacked on the bottom, each with their own physics

Screenshot looking up at a rocky cliff with 2 ghost like figures climbing

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 9h

An excellent little analysis on overcoming challenge in cooperative games, that I think is somewhat applicable to competitive games too. I'm always a little disappointed if I manage to max out a track and find a sense of mastery in my first time with a game.

Charlie Theel @charlietheel.bsky.social · 9d

My series Philosophy and Board Games is back, this time discussing Mara van der Lugt's 2025 book Hopeful Pessimism. I relate its concepts to cooperative board gaming, framing the discussion around the merits of difficulty and challenge.
playerelimination.com/2025/10/06/p...

Philosophy and Board Games: Hopeful Pessimism

Philosopher Mara van der Lugt’s 2025 book Hopeful Pessimism challenges ideas of motivation and the role of despondency. It’s a revelation of sorts, especially for those plagued with ete…

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Alex V @alexvalente.fyi · 9h

later staged photo of the game i facilitated for a local queer bookshop, by @pidj.bsky.social

a small cadre of vampires rationing UV lights, practicing unethical botany, and trying for one last good party before the sun returns

two led votive candles, next to a small porcelain skull, above the printed out version of a game called The Sun's Ransom with a few six sided dice scattered over the cover which depicts a stylised sun

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 9h

Ok yeah, this still slaps. I love the gimmick of the town building and having to bounce your workers around to harvest the resources. Joyfully dumb fun

Screenshot of the town building phase, showing a grid of forest and wheat tiles, with a predicted line of where townsfolk will bounce as you fling them.

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 9h

Microsoft, please, you don't need to keep doing this.

a group of cartoon characters with the words stop it 's already dead written below them

Alt: a group of cartoon characters with the words stop it 's already dead written below them

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The Omnigamers' Club Podcast @omnigamers.bsky.social · 11h

Our latest episode is here and for Thanksgiving, we’re laying out a spread of Trick Takers, discussing the genre, our favourites, and where the best place to start is. We also revisit our thoughts on video game remakes and remasters, their intentions and values.

Thanksgiving Trick Taker Feast

This Thanksgiving, we’re laying out a spread of Trick Takers, discussing the genre, our favourites, and where the best place to start is.

omnigamers.club

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 10h

I didn't really love Old Man's War, but read the first few chapters of Last Emperox and really enjoyed it before realizing it was book 3 😅

Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 10h

Oh I forgot I downloaded the M&M demo last night! I was just thinking I'm in the mood for a survival game, so I'll take a look at Solar Punk. Generation Exile is a city builder but describes itself as solar punk and left a solid impression

Generation Exile on Steam

You are aboard humanity’s first and final generation ship, a last-chance expedition now teetering on the rim of collapse. One step at a time you must rebuild society and the ship’s fragile ecosystems ...

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 11h

My foray into word games continues. My daughter wanted to try Illiterati from the library, but ended up trying it with my regular group, and some rule squiggliness aside, it's a blast in fulfilling the various themes and challenges.

Tiles with letters on them arranged in the words FORGE, TEE, WORM and FUSE, with several large cards depicting cartoonish villains in the background

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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 11h

I'm having to dig pretty deep to find any Steam Next Fest Demos I'm keen to try but it's a fantastic excuse to try Goodnight Universe.

Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 9d

Getting a lot of boss baby vibes from this demo.

I missed a chance to play it at the full indie summit, but this thing pulls so many magic tricks. Play as a psychic baby, controlling the game with your face via the webcam (though I'm not sure it's prepared for my cat).

A screenshot from a first person perspective looking down an office hallway filled with balloons. In the corner is a capture of a webcam showing me with a cat standing on my shoulders.

Screeshot from first person perspective of a baby on the floor looking at a scattering of toys. A checklist in the corner gives a list of things to tidy up.

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ProtoCON BC - November 7th-9th, 2025! @protocon-bc.bsky.social · 11h

23 Days!

Still plenty to do to prepare for ProtoCON BC's inaugural event!

We're still looking for volunteers for the weekend - you can get in contact through our website, or our volunteer form forms.gle/61LvXcYcP9iW...

See you in November!

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 11h

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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