Re:The web starts on page four
by godshatter on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:55AM
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Whenever I'm searching for something (using DDG, too) I usually scroll down the results page until I see a website that I don't recognize or one I remember as being small and targeted. The big company websites usually have shortest blurbs on the topic and the worst "NoScript minigames". Smaller websites usually have more information and less reliance on massive ad networks. This is especially true if you are looking for reviews on games.
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I don’t get to play video games anymore as often as a couple of years ago. Then I was naturally informed about interesting titles (typically indie). Now when I have a couple of hours to kill and would like to play something new/original I usually give up after 20min of searching and grab a book.
I wish I knew some decent curators or magazines, but most of the stuff I come across is just too far from what I‘m looking for. Search engines don’t help much here either.
Re:The web starts on page four
by marginalia_nu on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:11PM
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If you find yourself looking for a game in the future, just get "Vampire Survivors". Trust me. It's the pinnacle of casual gaming. $3 and as simple as it is plain fun. Can easily spend 10 hours on it if you want to, or 10 minutes if you don't have any more time.
Thank you, will check it out!
Some of these raw looking indie games have turned out to be gems. Thinking of Faster than Light, Loop Hero etc. It's hard to gauge the game-play from a quick look. Not even "similar to" searches help too much. It's not really about the money spent, but rather about the time both finding and then playing. I wish I had a list of curators that I really dig. So far, hit and miss.
Re:The web starts on page four
by godshatter on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:00PM
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I keep an eye on r/gamingsuggestions on reddit for game discovery. Follow that for long enough and you'll hear some more interesting games talked about upon occasion enough times that you'll seek them out. If you can stand reddit, that is.