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Thank you so much for playing my game!

The race is on to finish all 8 million levels on Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, before the servers shut down on April 8, 2024 ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ This post by lubujackson has the details as fans band together to get it done in time!

That's one small roll for gamers...

Ok NASA, you've sent people into space, landed on the Moon, launched science redefining telescopes, so what's next on your agenda? As Wobbuffet's post points out, creating a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) system is the agency's latest accomplishment.

Mobile games that aren't trying to lock you in!

You like mobile games, but hate the subscription model that is designed to lock you in? Then check out this post by wowenthusiast that has examples of healthy games and avoid hamster wheel of repeatedly paying for content! ๐Ÿ‘พ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐ŸŽฎ

Photo by Johan Larsson, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/johanl/)

Edit: It's been pointed out that cosmic owl made a similar post about a year ago, so we definitely want to acknowledge that and give a shout out to them!

All Fun and Games

Close-up photo showing the edge of a monopoly board with the race car playing piece on the Go To Jail square and a small red plastic house on an adjacent square

Nice weekly free thread discussing the games we play! Don't miss Wobbuffet's commentary about the history of parlor games from antiquity to the present, and how old games reveal themselves in modern equivalents.

01/23/24
by taz

We put on our robe and our wizard hat ...

atmospheric photo of 2 multi-sided gaming dice with colorful bokeh lights in backgroundPhoto by Scott Swigart on Flickr

Wobbuffet casts a mage hand with a smashing megathread for Dungeons & Dragons 50th birthday (more or less)! ๐Ÿ‰

01/14/24
by taz

In Metatalk, the podcast has its 16th anniversary (and all episodes now have transcripts!), and Fizz posts an open gaming thread.

02/17/23
taz

Some Very Good Links

On a green background an illustration over over a dozen Link characters dynamically centered around large LEGENDS OF ZELDA textLegend of Zelda Wallpaper art by PigMasterOra

Zelda Day 2022: 841 facts you probably didn't know about Zelda games

12/27/22
by taz

underappreciated, underinitiated, undiscovered?

image of Hiversaires game screen on a tabletHiversaires launch trailer screenshot

In Ask Metafilter, serathen is looking for single player PC games for the underinitiated, and in case you missed it previously, Going To Maine asked Mefites for interesting gems in the Racial Justice & Inequality Bundle, while recently in Metafilter, a post on games designer Bennett Foddy's picks for the most under-appreciated games of the 2010s (with links!), and xedrik throws in some favorites that could use more love, too.

08/24/20
by taz

"I can't wait to be a shitty goose"

game screenshot image

i did not anticipate spending so much time stealing underwear in a video game: Mefites are playing the untitled Goose Game!

09/23/19
by taz

We feel a swoon coming on

Katamari Damacy wallpaper - 1366 x 768Katamari Damacy wallpaper - 1366 x 768 by feline_dacat (cc by-sa)

Rhaomi thought today would be a good day for rolling. The katamari. For that purpose alone, We went to the bother, the bother of making this space.

09/22/14
by taz

"This video is not about defending Phil Fish, or about setting him on fire"

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This video is about everyone in the world who isnโ€™t Phil Fish.

It turns out the great video, "This is Phil Fish" posted by jklaiho was created by "Mefi's own" Peevish. (The transcript has been posted here.)

06/19/14
by taz

"There's a language to these things."

-342 : guinea pig pwn-342 : guinea pig pwn by Of Corgis & Cocktails (cc by)

AskMe's advice for novice gamers.

12/10/13
by gnfti

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