To make video games for Gen Z, be authentic
https://lemmy.world/post/44548939
To make video games for Gen Z, be authentic - Lemmy.World
“To say that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are into live-service games is only half the
story. These games offer a social space for players to hang out and be creative.
For them, it’s not about winning in a competitive online shooting match but
about expressing themselves and exploring in a virtual sandbox.” “Plus, just
because Gen Z and Gen Alpha not playing those $70 titles now doesn’t mean they
won’t in the future. Yguado believes that those players will “graduate” from
Roblox and other sandbox titles, although they probably won’t be leaving Roblox
forever. Games won’t be going away just because Roblox is around. You just have
to meet new players where they are and on their own terms.”
Subnautica 2 CEO Ted Gill Must Be Reinstated, Judge Rules
https://lemmy.world/post/44366078
Generative AI Use Among Game Developers Falls to 29% in 2026, Survey Shows | Outlook Respawn
https://lemmy.world/post/44057589
Generative AI Use Among Game Developers Falls to 29% in 2026, Survey Shows | Outlook Respawn - Lemmy.World
“Use of generative AI among game developers has declined after rising sharply in
2025, according to new data from the Game Developer Collective and Omdia. The
survey shows 29% of developers reported using generative AI tools in early 2026,
compared with 36% during the same period in 2025.”
What is immersion to you? - Lemmy.World
I find my brain extremely happy when a game provides ample opportunity to make
connections, like in Dwarf Fortress, where I watch an event unfold, which can
stir my creativity and imagination like nothing else. Writing a story out of it
is extremely smooth and easy compared to other sandbox games. I also find myself
in love with immersive sims like Desu Ex and Thief, where level design and
exploration take a front seat, every map is like a big playground with
verticality and branching paths, where you find secrets and lore hidden around
every corner in an atmospheric world. What is immersion to you?
Congress members voice 'serious concern' over Saudi-led EA buyout
https://lemmy.world/post/42140969
Congress members voice 'serious concern' over Saudi-led EA buyout - Lemmy.World
Lemmy
Ubisoft initiates colossal restructure to become a more 'gamer-centric' company
https://lemmy.world/post/41991286
Ubisoft initiates colossal restructure to become a more 'gamer-centric' company - Lemmy.World
Lemmy
Why are people still romanticizing No Man’s Sky’s “redemption” arc?
https://lemmy.world/post/41894503
Why are people still romanticizing No Man’s Sky’s “redemption” arc? - Lemmy.World
This might be unpopular, but it feels like the “redemption” story around No
Man’s Sky has become more of a cultural comfort narrative than an honest look at
what happened. Let’s be real — most of those updates were just delivering
delayed promises, not generosity. The game we were originally sold was missing a
lot of advertised features, and Hello Games never actually apologized for lying.
On top of that, every update brings more bugs and half-fixed systems, and the
community acts like free beta testers for Light No Fire, while still framing it
all as “passion” and “commitment.” It’s like Hello Games built a shoddy,
unfinished building, declared it open anyway, and then decided to use it as a
testing ground for their next building — and somehow it wins “Best Ongoing
Building” every year. So why do people keep buying into this narrative? Because
it’s a comfortable story? Or is it somekind of parasocial relationship going on
there?
What exactly is this behaviour called?
https://lemmy.world/post/40214952
What exactly is this behaviour called? - Lemmy.World
When someone repeats an argument that has been proven false /badly argued many
times before, but keeps repeating it in hopes of drowning out opposition or
derailing a thread. Yet not disruptive enough to get banned on forums, as it
wraps itself in non-hostile, nicely written sentences. How exactly do moderators
deal with this kind of behaviour?
