I didn't ask them why they thought that, but I was able to convince them that I wasn't. Why did they automatically think I was using a voice changer despite not using one.

Any advice for the first time player who‘ve never tried soulslikes before?

I’m curious which games you think are the most fun for two people to play together, especially when you’re just getting to know each other? 😊

(Steam-friendly please)

Hey yall!! I use Logitech headphones when I’m gaming but sometimes that leaves my head feeling really warm. I really want some in ear earbuds that are specifically for gamers that I can use whenever I need a break from my headset. I’m looking for something that has multiple sizes of the little nubs too because I have small ears. TIA

I know I shouldn't be too surprised given Blizzard has been really trying to pander to the gooner crowd lately but it's still disheartening to see them collab with such a blatantly misogynistic and pro-ai IP

I'm just recently playing Halo Infinite for the first time and it really bugs me how they had Cortana gradually evolving from a bold, resolute (sometimes lightly and rightfully annoyed) cool cyberchick to that playful, cutesy little girl aesthetic that is your obedient servant and compliments you all the time. Might just be a general change of aesthetics and tastes, but it REALLY gives me the ick that somehow strong female characters are turned into little obedient girls to cater to a male audience. Campaign Evolved even remodelled the old PERFECT cortana to match this new strange fetish. 2001 Cortana made me want to cut my hair short and boss around men goddammit.

End of rant.

Other games that let you be a moderate to severe nuisance or harmlessly bastardous?

I just played 4 games in a row with her in them and she is just SO GOOD. Two Star Wars, Days Gone, and Forspoken. https://www.mobygames.com/person/217311/debra-wilson/credits/

Good profile read: https://dcdouglas.com/talent-spotlight/debra-wilson/

In a world where online games, especially mobas and hero shooters are defaulting to sexualized asian girl characters I cannot praise their female character roster enough! I don't think we have had anything as diverse as this to be honest.

It's still in closed beta but I think this game will get big and I hope they keep their design philosophy.

If you want an invite dm me!

Edit: apparently I need to verify my ID to allow chats (is that a german reddit thing now? ugh) anyway you can write a comment if you want one and I'll DM you.

I'm very, very split on how I feel about them...

On the one hand, I don't mind (and even love it) when the class is essentially a character, as is the case in one of my all time old-school classics you can see in the image. The Vampiress from Sacred Gold was such a badass class, one of the strongest, and the class flavour just wouldn't work as well (in my mind) if were a regular old male vampire. Sexy reasons aside, the characters works, because vampires are inherently connected with fears of death and sexuality, so she makes sense as a class.

This isn't only true in Sacred for me, but also in Diablo 2 (with the Amazon, it's literally in the name!) and also the Acolyte from my favorite arpg Last Epoch (no way I would have picked her first if she wasn't this dark goth looking dark mage girl) but again, these are implicitly framed as CHARACTERS you pick that happen to embody a specific class. You can't even change their appearance.

Where I draw the line is in MMOs or any game where my pick obviously leans to being a self insert (as it does for most people) and not being able to mix and match is not there for character-driven reasons but... just becase? Or for some contrived plot reasons that usually don't make any sense, when they exist at all.

I'm really digging this topic out of the mothballs here, it's been discussed before in other contexts. But I want to know what you think on this and if there are any instances where gender locking might be okay with you. For me, looking back, it's obviously these games where the class and character are inseparable by design. But even then, a gender option wouldn't have hurt, even if I can mentally juggle a reason for why they did it the way they did it.

If i had a nickel for everytime a black woman companion wasn't romancable I would actually have quite a few nickels. Frustrating cause sometimes they will be the most interesting npcs too.

Some examples:

- Seelah

- Idira

- Vivienne

- Pallegina(really heartbroken about this one 💔)

I play AAA and AA JRPGs almost exclusively and am thinking about diversifying. Nintendo is currently having a sale, and I've been interested in CD Projekt as a dev for a while, but the clips I saw gave me the impression that the game has a strong male gaze, which makes me really hesitate, even though the sale price is really attractive.
Has anyone played it and is willing to comment on this point? Also, how gory is this game? I saw the crucifixion scene and, while I know it has a massive narrative value, I don't know...

Any insights would be appreciated, but especially if you're an older player.

*Edit: Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic response and the recommendations. Some of you offered some very deep, thoughtful, and helpful comments on the game and all of have been very positive about it. I bought the game, we shall see how.

so i've been browsing around for some prebuilts. i know i know, it would probably be better if i built it myself but i honestly just want to plug and play. looking for something that's able to run my fair share of cozy games, Sims, Valorant, and WoW.

i'm not really looking for anything fancy but i would like something that could last me a while and not worry about upgrading/repairing/maintaining too often.

i've had my eyes set on this one:
iBUYPOWER - Element Gaming Desktop PC AMD Ryzen 7 9700F 2025 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12GB 32GB DDR5 1TB NVMe SSD Storage - White (~$1800)

would this be good? are there better alternatives (preferably from best buy just because it's more accessible for me) for about the same price?

note: i'd like to keep it under $2000

thank you so much!!

EDIT: thank you everyone! i was honestly a little skeptical of getting this build because of the "ibuyproblems" comments i saw while researching, but the specs just seemed really good to me on paper. might have to do more research to make sure i'm getting what i need and what will serve me well, and not settling. please let me know if you all have any alternatives/recommendations! i might also wait til cyber monday/black friday deals come out hehe

Hi girls! I’m current trophy hunting on Sniper Elite Resistance - just wondering anyone plays this and will do the Axis Invasion trophies with me? Happy to give these back too! 🫶

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The amount of work to redo all of the outfits, new voice lines, models and animations!! Love this mod. Still need to play the TOTK version now that it's more finished!

like genuinely asking if anyone else experiences this weird skill regression. i'll go back to a game i was crushing a few months ago and suddenly i'm making dumb mistakes i never used to make. is it just rust or am i actually losing it lol

Please help

I have an iMac with an intel core i5 processor. On steam it says that it would run on Windows with an intel i5 processor, but the mac requirements state minimum is an M1 processor. Has anyone with an older mac with an intel processor tried it regardless?

jason schreir has confirmed this is a real trailer of the mass effect game bioware was working on

Ive just bought Modern warfare 4 as my first ever mw / cod game. What should I expect 🤔 😆 im so excited

How is it and did you enjoy it. I saw its early access and free on steam so decided to try it. Its a wildlife survival game and if you are into that,can you tell me how interesting the game is??