What games are you playing that regularly send out lots of DNS requests to different domains?
Skydrift Infinity is an action-packed arcade game focusing on the experience of flying alone, and with others, in a light, quick, fast-paced style. In various game modes, you can partake in deathmatches and armed races as well as other competitions, using modern airplanes tuned to the max and armed...
> Skydrift Infinity is an action-packed arcade game focusing on the experience of flying alone, and with others, in a light, quick, fast-paced style.
> In various game modes, you can partake in deathmatches and armed races as well as other competitions, using modern airplanes tuned to the max and armed to the teeth with extreme weaponry. Your goal is simple: if you can't overtake them, shoot them down!
> Play alone or with your friends, or compete against previously unknown online challengers. For relaxation explore exotic islands, the venue of the races, and arena modes. Here you can break free of the 2-dimensionality that restricts other racing games! Your possibilities are limited only by your imagination.
False Shelter is a survival adventure game in which the player takes the role of the young Gaspare Emidio, whose employer suddenly fell ill, and who now has to survive in the wilderness with people whom he doesn't know or trust.
> It is 1348, the vicinity of Genoa, a mighty merchant republic at the time. After taking over his shipment from Asia, a prominent patrician Enrico Ampelio was on his way to his village. He hired a local man, Gaspare Emidio to escort him and his entourage through the countryside. Half-way on the road, Enrico collapsed from an unknown cause. One of his companions, a priest known as Brother Giacomo suggested that they rest until Enrico could continue the journey. Gaspare remembered that there is a hunting lodge nearby, which at the time was usually empty.
> After settling in, doubts soon filled the minds of the traveling party, for the symptoms exhibited by Enrico were unknown to all. What will happen when the tensions between the party escalate? What is the nature of the mysterious illness? Is one of them a wolf in sheeps clothing? How will they survive till the next day?
> False Shelter is a survival adventure game. The player takes the role of young Gaspare Emidio whose employer suddenly got ill, and who now has to survive in the wilderness with the people whom he doesn't know and which he doesn't trust. To survive, the player will have to gather rations, reason with his fellow party members and find out if any of them is responsible for the sudden illness of Enrico Ampelio and make sure that they do not become their next victim.
Fair to not like that, I just assumed it was a deliberate part of the "this game is very hard" design
Bad people are against bad thing for bad reason, now good people will think bad thing is good because bad people are against it. Seems bad.
What about the first floor didn't you like?
Fair point, but I still can't imagine they'll be double that price for long. The only GBP price I've seen for a Switch 2 game is the MKW bundle which is only £30 more than the console on its own.
Aren't consoles and their new game always ridiculously expensive on launch? I know Nintendo stuff often doesn't drop in price that much but I'd be surprised if they stay this expensive for long. Plenty of other games to play in the meantime!
Exactly. How can a brand-new game be influential? What has it had time to influence?
Call of Fries is a comical fries simulator. Fun physical arcade with drawn graphics and excellent music. No blood - only ketchup!
> Call of Fries is a comical fries simulator. Fun physical arcade with drawn graphics and excellent music.
> No blood- only ketchup!
> Every potato dreams of getting in your mouth! But it's not that easy. There are always a lot of obstacles on the way.
> Try to overcome all the traps and fill your stomach!
Weird headline given that Perez is hardly mentioned and most of the article is a quite interesting interview with Bottas about his current role
The worrying part:
Most TVs on the market today come with a technology called automatic content recognition (ACR) built in. This is basically Shazam for TV — Shazam itself helped popularize the tech — and gives smart TV platforms the ability to monitor what you’re watching by either taking screenshots or capturing audio snippets while you’re watching.
The author then just gives up and says "maybe targeted adverts aren't so bad", concluding that the only way to avoid them is to buy an older TV. Fuck that! Either never connect it to the internet and plug in a more trusted devices, or go for a deep dive down the pihole.
Nothing excusable about it, you just shouldn't be surprised that big greedy corp wants to maximise profits, and that an open system can run more games than a locked down console
Thanks! Weird that this doesn't appear as a push notification like a normal software update.
Were you expecting to have every game available from day 1? I'm sure they could, but they are a business and they probably want to make money.
Incredible picture to use for a new job announcement
What does this mean? What is "google play system", is it different to "google play services"? Doesn't that update itself? Are you describing something that's specific to a particular device, ROM, or android version? Fancy giving us any more info at all?
A ruinous cataclysm unleashed by a tormented god descended the world of Talamhel into perpetual night. The hourglass of time was shattered and its essence poured across the land, creating an endless sea of sand. The once-flourishing world of Talamhel became a putrid lesion of its former glory, and t...
> A ruinous cataclysm unleashed by a tormented god descended the world of Talamhel into perpetual night. The hourglass of time was shattered and its essence poured across the land, creating an endless sea of sand. The once-flourishing world of Talamhel became a putrid lesion of its former glory, and those who called it home are now husks of corruption - violent, undying, unyielding soldiers of death.
> But Talamhel is not lost - not yet. For generations, the righteous few have endured. You are one of those few.
> On the eve of your induction into the Order of Remnant Knights, the last protectors of man, Talamhel is once again wracked by calamity. The corruptive nature of the Night Plague has mutated, and the realm of man needs the Remnant Knights more than ever.
> Track down the emergent evil and destroy it. Protect the realm of man.
"No amps" does seem a simple solution, maybe all the buskers will take up bagpipes or something similarly loud though
I missed this at the time, that fold-out keyboard looks incredible
March 29, 2025
I'm not so sure
Please be an April Fools joke from literally any other courier
The monkey's paw curls, it's Yodel.
- Shawarma Yum, top-down pixel-art shooter
- The Forgotten Ari > Do you crave for love or is self-discovery your ultimate desire?
> In The Forgotten Ari, a visual novel filled with laughter and heart, we step into the shoes of Ari, a 21 year old psychology student who is on an ambitious quest to understand complexities of human emotions and especially love.
> Immerse yourself in by playing in this captivating world brought to life by stunning and quirky artworks and captivating soundtracks.
- VAULT 0 > Vault 0 is a spooky text-based-choose-your-own-adventure game with 12 endings. Explore a strange forest in search of a mysterious device.
- At Sixes And Sevens, retro spooky mystery > You’ve probably seen the news. The entire country is waiting for answers in the Veronika case—the 16-year-old girl whose life was taken in such a senseless, brutal way.
> The pressure is immense, but I trust that with your expertise, we can get to the truth.
- jumbawyplatform > its platformer game and the narrator will make fun of you if you lose and there also a slowmotion
- The Maze > this game is about you stuck in a maze and you try to escape and avoid the different types of enemies you can try it and see if you can escape
- GridSim Evolution > Welcome to GridSim Evolution! A collection of evolution sims featuring cellular automaton.
> A brain controls each creature — a simple neural network of weights inherited from its parents, with slight mutations each generation. Over time, through natural selection, creatures evolve to become better at surviving and duplicating. This leads to emergent behavior, where they appear to "learn" how to thrive across generations.
> If a creature gathers enough energy (with higher thresholds as the population grows), it duplicates — creating a new creature with slightly mutated brain weights. Occasionally, large mutations happen, leading to surprising new behaviors.
> White-nose pokes drain and steal energy, leading to predation. Yellow nose transfers energy, allowing for altruistic behavior to emerge naturally.
> If any species’ population drops below three creatures (typically, it depends on the exact sim), a new random creature of that color will spawn
> The DIYGame is an ambitious undertaking. A revolutionary game about making games, it aims to make game design accessible to anyone and everyone. Balancing a meta plot about a struggling game designer, pressured from society at all sides, with fun and interactive mechanics allowing you to design your own games, this game is a true once in a generation experience. It is both easy to learn and complex enough to build any kind of game imaginable. It has both the capabilities to make a masterpiece on the level of Sneak King, the greatest game of all time, as well a shitpost for April Fools day.
> Armed with nothing more than this, you too can finally create the game of your dreams!
> Don't believe me? See what my playtesters had to say about it:
> * "A true work of art. 5 Games out of 4. Worth every penny. Even though it was free*." - Cahatstrophe > * "Magnificent. Within a week, I had successfully built an amazing game, I think, I mean I was high for most of it and this "amazing game" appears to actually be a frog" - Cahatstrophe in a fake mustache > * "She gave me 5 bucks to say something nice about this, you know" - Cahatstrophe with Groucho Marx Glasses on > * "DOWNLOAD THIS NOW" - Cahatstrophe hiding behind a newspaper > * "This game saved my marriage, and my relationship with my girlfriend" - Two Cahatstrophes stacked on top of each other wearing a trenchcoat
Take to the waves in Surf World Series. Experience the thrill of killer tricks and monster waves at 5 legendary surfing destinations. Master your moves with 44 challenges across 3 different game modes to become a surf legend.
> Take to the waves in Surf World Series. Experience the thrill of killer tricks and monster waves at 5 legendary surfing destinations. Master your moves with 44 challenges across 3 different game modes to become a surf legend.
> Sora moves through life at her own pace, listening to her thoughts and observing the world around her.
> Today, she has a simple task—to buy a pen so she can finish a drawing she’s making as a gift for her mother.
> But even a small errand can turn into a quiet story, filled with memories, sensations, and little discoveries.
> This visual novel invites you to see the world through Sora’s eyes to experience her day and to realize how even the most ordinary moments can hold unexpected meaning.
> The game is short—just 1–5 minutes—but in that time, you’ll get a glimpse into her inner world.
> The game has only two endings.
> Media Shapes Culture. Culture Shapes Perception.
> If we control the media. We control everything.
Crime Boss: Rockay City is an organized crime game combining first-person shooter action and turf wars, playable solo or with friends. Take on the role of Travis Baker – a man with his sights set on becoming the new King of Rockay City, one crime at a time... Featuring three unique game modes: * **...
> Crime Boss: Rockay City is an organized crime game combining first-person shooter action and turf wars, playable solo or with friends. Take on the role of Travis Baker – a man with his sights set on becoming the new King of Rockay City, one crime at a time...
> Featuring three unique game modes: > * Baker's Battle: Play as Baker in the single-player rogue-lite campaign as he builds his empire using strategy, cunning, and fire power to systematically steal territory from rival gangs. (Single-player only.) > * Crime Time: Jump into the co-op action with your friends, play big heists, recruit your gang, and earn money and respect. (Playable in single-player and co-op.) > * Urban Legends: Experience high-stake missions, with the best characters and weapons that will take you places you've only dreamed of – and beyond. (Playable in single-player and co-op.)
An arcade-logic game created in the retro atmosphere of C64 computers. Created using 16 colors known from Commodore.
> DEVILS is an arcade-logic game created in the retro atmosphere of C64 computers. It was created using 16 colors known from Commodore.
> The game's action takes place in the castle in Lucic. The mischievous devil Boruta, banished by the order of magicians to the afterlife, takes revenge by sending devilish spawn. You play the role of a magician who is tasked with saving the world from devils. The player's task is to lead the devils located in the castle to the portal that leads to hell.
> To move you use W,A,S,D, to restore the ground you use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT arrows. To use skill press 1, 2, 3... if they are available. Some skills will require the use of a mouse. The game saves automatically at the start of a level.
> There are 10 levels to play of varying difficulty. At subsequent levels, you unlock a skill and have various items to collect that give positive but allso negative effects.
> The game will ultimately contain over 100 levels, at least a few skills, more items that the player and devils can collect. Interaction with the environment will be added, for example destroying and building walls. The project is in the development phase, I have many ideas which I am implementing into the full version of the game.
I'm hoping "demo" here is more like "early access", hard to tell on itch.io though
> Onboard on an epic RPG adventure of more than 20 hours through video games history filled with a ton of funny classical games references.
> From 2D RPG, through 3D vs fight to a shooter, a trading card game and more you’ll get your fill of jumping from a game genre to another, never bored. Evoland 2 is not only one game but many, backboned with a story that will make you travel through time, discovering different art styles and video gaming technology.
> Released first on PC with 500.000 copies shipped, we’re proud to share with you this experience carefully adapted for Android devices.
> * Absolutely NO ads and NO in-app payments. > * Support of most bluetooth external controllers > * Optimized for NVIDIA Shield and NVIDIA devices.
> You are an astronaut awakening from cryonics, not in our solar system, but... out there... in a far and unknown corner of the galaxy. In Out There, you will have to survive by tinkering with your ship using what you can gather drifting in the void, and spot garden planets to refill your oxygen supply.
> Space is a hostile place: Dangerous and mysterious adventures will mark each step of your travel. Not only will you meet intelligent species that won’t care about you, but you will also deal with ancient powers linked to your destiny and the fate of mankind itself.
> Survival and an understanding of what is really at stake in the galaxy is the core of what Out There has to offer.
> Contains music by award-winning composer Siddhartha Barnhoorn (Antichamber, The Stanley Parable).
> * A dark and melancholic hard sci-fi adventure > * Explore a fresh procedurally-generated galaxy every new game > * 350+ multiple-choice, handwritten game book adventures > * Epic main storyline with 4 different endings > * 10 spaceships with different specs to discover > * Crafting system with 20 alien technologies built from 15 materials > * Engage with alien life forms and learn their language > * No combat! It's you against the environment. > * Eerie score by award-winning composer Siddartha Barnhoom (Antichamber, The Stanley Parable) > * Fantastic pulp comic graphics > * High replay value
Dodge, shoot, survive—every bullet is a choice in this 2D roguelike!
> Developed by an 18-year-old student, Bullet Heart is a rogue-lite shooter blending fast-paced combat with strategic passive builds. Inspired by Hollow Knight, Enter the Gungeon, and Vampire Survivors, it fuses bullet-hell action with roguelike progression for a unique experience.
> Bullet Heart challenges you with battles against enemies and tough bosses. The game features a diverse arsenal of weapons, powerful abilities, and passive upgrades, giving you endless ways to approach each run. As you venture deeper, NPCs provide valuable support to help you overcome increasingly difficult challenges. With a mix of weapons, passives, and strategic choices, Bullet Heart keeps you coming back for more!
> * Fast Combat: Engage in intense shootouts and dodge enemy projectiles. > * Varied Weapons: Explore a wide range of powerful weapons to suit your playstyle. > * Challenging Bosses: Defeat tough bosses requiring quick reflexes and strategy. > * Power-Ups: Collect passives and abilities to enhance your playstyle. > * NPC Allies: Meet helpful NPCs offering buffs or challenges for added variety.
> You are in a house and write the names of the objects you see around. There are 37 words. If you have trouble, open the word list.
Plane was over Pacific Ocean when pilot realized he didn’t have his document and headed back to switch out crew
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27390737
> Passengers heading to China aboard a recent United Airlines flight faced an unexpected travel headache after a pilot’s forgotten passport prompted their return to the United States. > > Flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai was over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon when it made a U-turn and headed to San Francisco, tracking data showed. > > United confirmed on Tuesday to AFP in an email that the plane, a Boeing 787 with 270 people onboard, made a stop in San Francisco “as the pilot did not have their passport onboard”.
Another one that's currently free if you've got access to Amazon Prime, I've already played it so my GOG copy is up for grabs for anyone who's already used their free trial.
**The Truth Will Change You** You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets - but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you...
> You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets - but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.
> Discover a time of great technological advancement, but also a time of chaos and conspiracy. Mechanical augmentations of the human body have divided society between those who can afford them, and those who can't. Opposing forces conspire from the shadows to control the destiny of mankind: a human revolution is coming.
> The game uniquely combines action-packed close-quarters takedowns with intense shooting, offering a vast array of character augmentations and upgrades for the many weapons at your disposal. Unlock new abilities and increase your stealth, social, hacking, or combat skills: the game rewards all styles of play and approaches. Determine how you want your character to evolve, based on how you want to play the game.
> Shoot your way through the enemies, sneak up behind them without being traced, hack systems to retrieve crucial information, or use your social skills to extract information from key characters. There are always multiple approaches, paths, and tools at your disposal. Choose your playing style and face the consequences of your actions: you decide how the story unfolds.
> In the year 199X, an unknown game studio went out of business. Their magnum opus was never officially released...until now.
> Capture Critters is a GB-style monster taming game, with a focus on virtual pet elements. Collect and befriend 100 different Critters as you journey through an expansive world full of unique scenery. Fight the dastardly Proxy squad, and try your hand at tracking down the three Fabled Critters.
> Explore and adventure in this Metroidvania game with beautiful graphics and amazing atmosphere.
> You are an incredibly greedy creature, searching the treasures of the world to eat all the gold, silver and crystal. Explore the world and overcome obstacles to gain abilities.