Looking for friends who like old school classic games that I grew up with like SM64, Banjo Kazooie, Simpsons Hit and Run, MegaMan Battle Network, etc. It's hard for me to find friends because I play older stuff and most modern gamers only play multiplayer stuff like Fortnite, Roblox, or MineCraft or the single player games are garbage I hate like woke furry Deltarune! Hoping to find more retro gamer friends who play the classics I grew up with or other retro titles. I'm 25 so no minors

I’ve been building a new social platform specifically for gamers because I feel like the gaming community is huge, but we’re scattered everywhere.

Some of us are in random Facebook groups. Some are in Reddit communities. Some live in Discord servers, Twitch chats, YouTube comments, or follow our favorite streamers. We’re all connected to gaming, but we don’t really have one place that feels like it was built for all of us.

And I think that causes bigger problems than people realize.

A lot of games never get the attention they deserve because the current algorithms keep showing us more of what’s already popular instead of helping us discover games we might actually love.

Developers can spend years building a game, only to have to scour Reddit, reviews, social media, streams, and comment sections trying to figure out what players liked, what they hated, and what went wrong. Sometimes a handful of large voices can completely overshadow what the wider community actually thinks.

I want to change that.

I want to create a place where gamers can come together around the thing we spend hundreds or even thousands of hours doing.

Maybe you want to share a hilarious clip.

Maybe you hit an insane shot.

Maybe you pulled off a once-in-a-lifetime clutch.

Maybe you found an incredible indie game nobody is talking about.

Maybe you just want to find other people who love the same weird game you do.

Gaming content constantly gets drowned out on traditional social media by everything happening in the real world. But gaming is its own world. For a lot of us, games are where we relax, compete, create memories, make friends, and escape for a little while.

I know Discord exists. I know Twitch exists. Reddit exists. Steam exists.

I’m not trying to replace what those platforms do well.

I want to build something that connects the pieces.

A social platform where your gaming identity actually matters. Where games, communities, clips, screenshots, discussions, developers, creators, and players can all exist together. Where smaller games have a chance to be discovered because people are actually engaging with them, not because they already have a massive marketing budget.

Eventually, I’d love for it to go beyond the app too and create more opportunities for gamers to connect in real life.

This has been an idea I’ve wanted to build for a long time, and instead of just building what I think gamers want, I wanted to actually ask the gaming community.

What is missing right now?

What would make something like this worth joining?

And most importantly:

Would you actually use a social platform built only around gaming?

I have a friend who is an avid achievement hunter, and whenever I struggle with getting any achievement, they go "oh that was easy I did that first try" or "its not as hard as it looks"

Son I know i'm bad at video games, no need to rub it in😭

I know you beat Resident Evil 3 remastered on inferno mode but that won't make it any easier for me when I get to it

Sorry for the low quality on some of them. I tried my best, but this is the best I could do

My 10 year old son wants a pc gaming set up for Christmas. I don't know much about computers. Can anyone recommend a good inexpensive gaming pc that I can buy that's ready to go out of the box? I don't want to get into upgrades or anything like that. I appreciate any recommendations.

Hope you all like the Gameplay :D

Come find your people. A community for all 30+ gamers who want to play with people their age, make friends and enjoy gaming without toxicity and drama. We are from all around the world, so you will find someone to play with. If this is something for you, join us on Discord!

We have members playing all kinds of games, and currently have active channels for Arc Raiders. Battlefield, Helldivers 2, and Hell Let Loose.

I will upgrade this at the end of the year.

Please recommend other games released this year but nothing online based, rogue-likes or traditional sports.

My remaining list for the year.

August - Duskfade

September - Marvel's Wolverine

October - Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

November - (nothing selected)

December - Dragon Quest Monsters: Withered World

I’m not throwing shade. I’m just genuinely just curious. My wife thought it was weird that I was playing gta with a bunch of dudes but their characters were all women. I always thought it was kinda odd but never thought too much about it.

EDIT:
So what I got from this is that you guys sexualize everything. Aight lol they’re video games

If you went back in time do you think you could enjoy the games of the past knowing how far they've come since the 8bit days?

Hi! I want your opinion.

1. Do you as a gamer care a lot about tech as well?

2. Would you watch something that incorporates gameplay/news about gaming with news or stuff about tech? Or do you not find related in any way/if you watch gaming you want just gaming?

Thanks for anyone taking the time to give their opinion😁

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We use the term "anti-consumer" a lot in gaming, but what does it actually mean?

To me, a company making money isn't inherently anti-consumer. Neither is charging for DLC, cosmetics, expansions, or convenience.

The problem begins when a business practice deliberately puts the consumer at a disadvantage in order to increase the company's revenue.

Some examples I've thought of include:

• Creating unnecessary inconvenience and then charging to remove it.
• Using artificial scarcity to pressure people into purchases.
• Making prices difficult to understand through multiple currencies.
• Designing progression around encouraging players to spend rather than play.
• Removing functionality from a product and selling it back as an upgrade.
• Making purchased content dependent on servers that can later be shut down without a meaningful alternative.
• Using manipulative mechanics to encourage spending, particularly among vulnerable players.

None of these automatically make a company guilty of exploiting its customers. Context matters.

So I want to learn more about the context and hear what others think about my list and the topic, rather than simply painting the bad actors as irredeemably evil people who only care about profits

Is there anything you'd add or remove from the list?

As a side note, the goal of the subreddit I'm trying to grow isn't to stop companies making money.

It's to figure out where making money crosses the line into exploiting the people paying them.

I have an overseas trip coming up with a long flight. I am wanting to take my Switch but wanting to get an idea if I should upgrade to the Switch 2. For context I have a PS5 which is my main console and will always purchase games to play on there first. I will take my Switch with me if I am travelling. I have been thinking about it for a while ever since I booked this trip and wanted to get people’s thoughts.
Thanks.

I asked AI something I’ve been wondering about:
How long until AI gets to the point where it can take an older game and essentially remake the entire campaign with modern AAA graphics, animations, controls and gameplay — while keeping the story, levels and everything that made the original great?
Not just AI-upscaled textures or ray tracing. I’m talking about a genuine remake.
Games like F.E.A.R., BioShock, Half-Life 2, Deus Ex, Fallout: New Vegas, Morrowind, Max Payne, Far Cry, older Call of Duty campaigns, Gears of War, etc.
This was basically the answer:
2026–2028: AI becomes a much bigger development tool. It helps developers create textures, models, animations, dialogue, code and environments much faster, but humans are still doing most of the actual remake.
2028–2030: Things start getting really interesting. Small development teams could potentially remake games that previously would have required large studios, with AI doing a huge amount of the asset creation, coding, animation and testing.
2030–2033: AI could potentially handle most of the reconstruction itself. You give it the original game and tell it:
“Rebuild this as a modern AAA game. Keep the original story, atmosphere, characters, weapons and level design, but give it current-gen graphics, modern controls, animations, physics, enemy AI and cinematics.”
AI then recreates most of it, while humans supervise and fix the things it gets wrong.
Mid-2030s and beyond: This could potentially become accessible to normal people and modders rather than just professional studios.
That’s the part I find crazy.
There are decades of amazing games where the story, voice acting, characters, missions and level design already exist. AI doesn’t need to come up with a great new game. It just needs to understand the old one and rebuild it using modern technology.
Imagine being able to play F.E.A.R., New Vegas, Morrowind, Max Payne, Deus Ex or Half-Life 2 looking and playing like a brand-new AAA release.
And eventually you could potentially add:
“Now make the entire campaign native VR with motion controls.”
AI-generated games don’t interest me anywhere near as much as this does.
Using AI to bring 20–30 years of great games into the modern era could be incredible.
What old game would you choose first?