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This is the 4th monthly recommendation thread. Every month will feature a different theme, inviting everyone to share and talk about games that fit it.

Some months might focus on a sub genre, while others might be based on a particular mechanic, setting, player preference, or any other categorisation. The goal is to highlight horror games that fit the theme and give the community a place to share recommendations and thoughts about them.

This month the pendulum of the clock swings ominously fast, and every second counts.


Paintbrush icon Do you have a theme idea?

Ideas for future themes are always welcome. Feel free to send me a message with your suggestion.

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If you’d like to contribute, send me your artwork in a message. One piece will be selected as the thread banner each month, with any additional submissions featured as honourable mentions.

Whether it’s something simple or something more detailed, any artwork inspired by the upcoming theme is welcome.

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Banner artwork by masantocreative@Unsplash
Icon artwork by Lucide


Calendar icon Next Month’s Theme: Fixed Camera

[–] 14 points 1 week ago

This is why I feel like we need a known, standardised community mod license. Daggerfall Unity uses the MIT license which allows this kind of behaviour. I don't know how much thought the DFU team put into license selection, but I bet most mod authors spent little time on it. A known license that prohibits commercial exploitation but leaves it open for the community to build on it would be ideal imo.

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  • [–] 162 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (17 children)

    Another studio joins the EA graveyard. EA is such an awful company. Bioware made Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, KOTOR, Neverwinter Nights, and Jade Empire. What a great studio it was. RIP o7

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago*

    I have to agree with you for the original Resident Evil. Which is probably exactly what Capcom thought when they made the remake and introduced Crimson Heads that spawn after you've killed a zombie and didn't burn it with your limited lighter fluid. There is a much bigger incentive to be very selective with which zombies you should kill. OG Resident Evil tried to achieve this only using ammo, but you could still just kill most zombies you encounter.

    The author does differentiate it better with the second definition where combat is mandatory in my opinion. I think it fits better to say that the OG survival horror definition is that combat isn't mandatory to progress, whereas more modern ones tend to have mandatory combat.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago*

    As per the article, it is by itself not a new technology. Meta has been using this for years and is standard in the industry. So I'd wager most respectable browsers would have tracking prevention that stops this.

    What is new, and what this article talks about, is that ChatGPT can attach your browsing habits to things you've shared with ChatGPT itself. As in, possibly very private details about you and your life.

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