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  • Polygon and NPR Top 10 Games of 2023!

    From rms@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 5 17:57:30 2023
    Polygon has a decent list! https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    rms

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to rms on Wed Dec 6 09:41:07 2023
    On 12/5/2023 4:57 PM, rms wrote:
    Polygon has a decent list! https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    Don't all video games use polygons in some fashion?

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Wed Dec 6 14:14:01 2023
    On 12/6/23 11:41, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 12/5/2023 4:57 PM, rms wrote:
    Polygon has a decent list!
    https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023
    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    Don't all video games use polygons in some fashion?


    Polygons or sprites.

    Or, I guess fonts for ASCII games.
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rms on Thu Dec 7 09:34:33 2023
    On 06/12/2023 00:57, rms wrote:
    Polygon has a decent list! https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023


    Going through the top 50 I managed to find one game, Talos Principle 2,
    that I've played.

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  • From Xocyll@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 7 10:41:05 2023
    JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

    On 06/12/2023 00:57, rms wrote:
    Polygon has a decent list!
    https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023
    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023


    Going through the top 50 I managed to find one game, Talos Principle 2,
    that I've played.

    50/50 nope.

    Almost though I had played 2, system shock and dead space, but
    apparently they remade them and I have not played the remakes only the originals.

    Xbox-PSwhatever-Nintendo anything, really don't give a shit.

    Xocyll

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Dec 7 11:33:11 2023
    On 12/7/23 08:12, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 14:14:01 -0600, candycanearter07 <no@thanks.net>
    wrote:

    On 12/6/23 11:41, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 12/5/2023 4:57 PM, rms wrote:
    Polygon has a decent list!
    https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023
    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    Don't all video games use polygons in some fashion?


    Polygons or sprites.

    Or, I guess fonts for ASCII games.

    Or just sounds, in at leat one (badly remembered) instance.

    Well, it might have had sprints and fonts for the menu. But that
    doesn't count.


    What game?

    Also, I know there was some scam game that used only sound on steam.
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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Sat Dec 9 21:03:20 2023
    On Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:00:21 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 17:57:30 -0700, "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net>
    wrote:

    Polygon has a decent list! >>https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023 >>https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    When I first read the subject line, I thought you were speaking about >"Polyhedron", the old (tabletop) RPG magazine/organization, and was
    surprised to know they still existed... much less they had an opinion
    on video games.

    But, no, Polygon is an entirely different organization.

    But, I'll agree: the list is generally a better selection of games
    (even if most of their top-ten is identical to NY Times)


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  • From Anssi Saari@21:1/5 to rms on Tue Dec 12 10:38:33 2023
    "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> writes:

    Polygon has a decent list! https://www.polygon.com/23648669/best-video-games-2023

    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1187554727/best-new-video-games-xbox-ps5-nintendo-2023

    Despite the URL, this has some PC games. I wasn't aware of Star Trek: Resurgence but turns out it's coming out in Q2 next year. Seems like a
    Telltale style adventure though but might be a decent Star Trek fix.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 12 19:50:56 2023
    On 12/12/23 12:42, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 09:41:07 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:


    Don't all video games use polygons in some fashion?

    I was reminded of this thread while reading an article the other day
    about a gamer who managed to play professionally despite being
    entirely blind.* He had learned to play fighting games simply based on
    the sounds the sprites made, even able to tell the difference based on
    what side of the screen they were.

    So while the games have visuals (be they polgons or sprites or
    characters or vectors... apparently they aren't necessary if you're
    skilled enough. ;-)





    * read here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67565435

    I know that there are also Mario 64 blindfold speedruns, neat stuff.
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  • From Xocyll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 13 00:24:09 2023
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
    say:

    On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 09:41:07 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:


    Don't all video games use polygons in some fashion?

    I was reminded of this thread while reading an article the other day
    about a gamer who managed to play professionally despite being
    entirely blind.* He had learned to play fighting games simply based on
    the sounds the sprites made, even able to tell the difference based on
    what side of the screen they were.

    So while the games have visuals (be they polgons or sprites or
    characters or vectors... apparently they aren't necessary if you're
    skilled enough. ;-)

    Sounds like The Who need to write another song.

    Xocyll

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