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We love all forms of storytelling, whether that’s reading books, watching immersive movies, or playing video games. They’re different ways of experiencing adventures and ideas. And with the video game market set to grow to $282.3 billion in revenue in 2024, it’s proof that the latter way of telling stories is continuing to grow in popularity. Gaming culture is huge now!
The ‘Gaming Memes’ Instagram page does exactly what it says on the tin and shares funny and relatable memes about gaming. We’ve collected some of the top ones to share with you, Pandas. Scroll down to check them out, upvote your faves, and drop your best game recommendations in the comments.
Bored Panda reached out to the team at ‘Weird Media,’ who created the massively popular ‘Gaming Memes’ and ‘Wasted’ accounts on Instagram, and Co-founder Cory Scandalis was kind enough to answer our questions. You'll find our full interview with him below.
More info: Instagram (Gaming Memes) | Instagram (Wasted) | WeirdMedia.com
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#1
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Depends on the NPC. Got no problem telling Roman in GTA4 to get bent.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
That reminds me of when I was playing GTA in the 90s as a teenager. My dad walked in, watched me run over some pedestrians and then get into a shootout with the police, and looked at me. Then, “Just don’t do that in real life, okay?” and walked off XD
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Anyone-for-tea? 1 year ago
Ha ha, and I only just noticed on my replay of Fallout 4, that if you skip the dialogue, your character mumbles little digs. I don’t remember that from last time!
Tams21 1 year ago
But they can have other negative effects. Keeping an eye on what and how long they play is key.
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Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Me in Mass Effect: "What do you mean you can play as something besides Paragon?" 😕
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
I went through KOTOR the second time through trying to be as big of a douchenozzle as possible just to see the alternate ending. I still felt bad about the things I said.
Byron Butcher 1 year ago
Aye. Same with Natsai 'Natty' Onai in Hogwarts Legacy. I got no qualms about tellin her ta git lost.
Look, we’re not gonna beat around the bush—we love video games. Love ‘em! They’ve been an important part of our lives since childhood. And though some of us might prefer books to everything else (hi!), we still spend a sizable chunk of our free time either playing games or following news about the gaming industry.
Some of the top genres we enjoy include RPG (especially dark fantasy), FPS, and old-school RTS games, although we’re also partial to anything spooky, weird, and artistic. We’ve found that one of the most fun things anyone can do is try out unexpected genres, developers, and games that you wouldn’t typically go for. It’s great to try new things (even when we're feeling nostalgic and want to replay some oldies).
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#2
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Aww! I have two friends I game with/talk to on Discord… they met online, started dating, and even though (currently) one lives here in the US and the other lives in Canada, they are engaged and will be getting married as soon as the Canadian one can get her visa application in order! I told them I insist on being invited to the wedding XD
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Conversely, I know someone whose wife met another guy online and started an affair with him. Eventually broke up with her husband and moved in with the guy she met in a computer game...
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Christina Born 1 year ago
My brother and his wife met in online gaming. He went across the country to be with her and her 3 kids. They ended up moving back to our neck of the woods soon after. Been married for something like 10yrs. Added another 2 kids.... All because they're both gamers.
girl_bug3_14 1 year ago
My best friend actually met her husband on World of Warcraft...married 6 years and going strong!
ZombieGirl 1 year ago
I have a friend in Canada that I met playing GTA online, and although I don't play that anymore, we still keep in touch. We email anytime a big event happens in our lives, like when him and his girlfriend got pregnant and when he proposed....its honestly the best friendship I've ever had...and we've never met in person. My husband also has several friends he's been playing games with for like 10 or so years and only met one when they came in town for business. Great group of friends. They even lost one about a year ago to covid and they all message his widow every now and then to check on her. It's sad but sweet
#3
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Well it is a retaining wall so what's back there is whatever it's retaining.
"A few years after starting the @wasted Instagram back in 2016—which is primarily memes, videos, and news—we noticed from our followers there was a large demand for direct gaming content. Being a big fan of gaming myself all my life, starting @gamemes was a natural move to share my love for gaming and connect with others who feel the same way," Cory Scandalis, who co-founded 'Weird Media' along with Alen Radolovic and Russell Hart, told Bored Panda in an email.
According to Scandalis, the 'Gaming Memes' account "really took off" when Instagram users realized there was more depth to it than just sharing funny memes. "It became a space to celebrate our shared gaming experiences. The community's response was amazing, especially when big game releases and events became hot topics for our memes," he said.
#4
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
n00bs! When I started PC gaming it was 8” & 5.25” floppy disks. The 3.5” came way late to the game.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
That's not even a floppy disk. You've never even seen a floppy disk. They were actually kind of floppy.
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
The difference is, you occasionally see floppy disks in museums and junk stores
#6
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Games used to just be… words. No graphics or images, just words. Zork was the best. (And the 5 billion MUDs I played once the internets was a thing.)
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Westwood studios claiming that RTS games don't need to have a 3D environment
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Not sure we understood it then either but we did it anyway. VCRs too BTW. Also why was there no channel ONE? We had one of the old two dial type sets with VHF and UHF knobs. VHF went from 2-13 and UHF went from like 14 to like 70 or 80 or so. We all just accepted these things as how it was.
We were curious to get the co-founder's thoughts on why the gaming industry has become such a phenomenon. He told us that it’s fuelled by several factors—a huge part of which is the sense of community.
"Gaming creates a space where people come together, regardless of physical distance, offering an escape that feels just as real as everyday life. It's a mix of art, storytelling, and interaction that reflects and shapes culture. People often show parts of themselves in these virtual worlds that they might not in real life. It shows how gaming can form genuine bonds and memories," he explained to Bored Panda.
#7
Kira Okah 1 year ago (edited)
Me who did all the side quests, and the secret dungeons, and grinded for that ultra hard to get hidden move vs the final back-to-back trio of boss fights and takes zero damage from any of them. This is my every play of Grandia 1, it really needs a hard mode.
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
I have actually never played games like this any recommendations under 40 bucks
Cat Dragon 1 year ago
Me who did waaaay too much side stuff and fusion hunting in cassette beasts VS the final boss
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Won't necessarily work in a souls game, and that's why my masochistic brain loves them...
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
This is how my brothers beat video games when we were kids. I suck at video games, so they'd have me do the easier side quests. I also love video games, so I would never turn down the change to play something I might actually win. Every single side quest accomplished.
#8
𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊⋆𝚝𝚑𝚎⋆𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 1 year ago
Oh, you have full enchanted netherite armour from Peaceful and used Creative a bit? That’s fine, it’s okay to be a little scared. And this’ll help prepare you to do it one day in full Survival!
Kira Okah 1 year ago
Exactly. Easier mode to learn how the game mechanics work, then you turn on the challenge.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
At 42, I’m way too old of a gamer to want to play Dark Souls-like games or roguelikes XD (okay, okay, roguelikes are awesome, I loved Hades, but Full Rogue is no thank you, lol)
3 Possums in a trench coat 1 year ago
Play the game however you like, if it makes it fun. That is literally the whole point
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
Tried playing that Hogwarts game on easy and it was still too complicated
KariAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇵🇸🇩🇿 1 year ago
Is that a real person in the picture? Or is it supposed to be a desperate Dan 2024
Ivo H 1 year ago
I always play on default difficulty. It's not that I cannot handle harder difficulties, but it's usually extremely pointless to slash enemy twice many times before he dies. The only games I'm considering harder difficulties are those that have some added values (or interesting concepts) - as Diablo, where the nightmare/hell is part of the progression, or commander keen, where there are more interesting enemies when playing on hard.
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Not wanting the difficult mode while I keep seeing double and my hands are slow: "This is my hard mode!"
#9
𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊⋆𝚝𝚑𝚎⋆𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 1 year ago
YES WHY IS THIS SO TRUE?! That or “oH yOu ShOuLdN’t Be PlAyInG bEcAuSe YoU’rE a KiD!!” That happened to me two days ago on a game called skribbl.io
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I feel this XD I remember playing Battlefield 2 way back in 2005, and I joined an “army” (basically a guild.) This was before Discord, and the “army” used Ventrilo and TeamSpeak. The first time I joined the voice channel and spoke, everyone else thought I was a 12-year-old boy. They did not believe I was a 23-year-old WOMAN. I played the game for several years with the guild and we never had another female player. The guys were mostly cool after a while (because I was actually GOOD at the game, gasp) but they’d still occasionally make “nah you must be a 12-year-old boy” jokes. I’m 42 now and fortunately, the (few) gaming friends I do talk to on Discord don’t care what gender I am. Though - I’ve been playing Helldivers 2 lately and I would NEVER use the in-game voice chat when I play missions with randos. It’s just not worth the inevitable mockery.
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HurlWurk 1 year ago (edited)
I have a friend who is 73 and likes ARPGs, she had to stop using her mic on borderlands games because people would derail the game to talk s**t or try to be excessively helpful, etc. she's an ok player and has finished every one of them solo, as well as the Diablo games, Torchlight series, etc. People just can't get over it.
ZombieGirl 1 year ago
This is why I play male characters on online games....and also why my husband plays female characters lol. I hate the treatment, but my husband loves to kick their butts
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Me when this happened I trick them into dying or alt-f4 trick them
Kira Okah 1 year ago (edited)
This varies on the playerbase of the game and method of communication (vc vs teamspeak vs discord) ime. Most on my experience is in mmos, and if you're in a guild situation like FFXIV, GW2, SWtOR, then no one gives a shlt so long as you can pull your weight just like everyone else. For some builds of SWG or some PUGs in GW2 and FFXIV, they can be worse about it, though those tend to be way more elitist. Can't say on WoW (never played it) or FPS games (I don't like the genre).
Mario Alberto 1 year ago
I have played WoW for almost 12 years now in diferent servers Latino/US and nobody ever cared if you are a guy/girl and we usually have voice chat every meeting. WoW is and old game so the player base in my experience is now 25+ years old.
Load More Replies... Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I hate that it says "All the male gamers". Used to play a lot of WoW (does anyone play just a little WoW?) and most of the guys in the guild I was in are pretty chill. A lot of them were married or had girlfriends who also played. Maybe that's the difference between a game were most of the people playing are adults versus one where most players are high school/college age?
Tina Harnish 1 year ago
And, contrary to popular belief, nearly 50% of all gamers are 'gasp' wait for it....female.
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Wondering Alice 1 year ago
I like fantasy RTS. I have found the age range is fairly large, although school age children tend to drop out early as strategies often reward patience. Also, by a month in to a server, the male/female split is fairly equal. Right now, my team is largely older women from all over the globe.
Tina Harnish 1 year ago
I am so sick and tired of the sexism in games. He's wearing pants, boots, armour. She's wearing high heels and mini skirts. Ugh.
Michael None 1 year ago
Ahh yes all of us men are just predators waiting to pounce on a poor girl. Misandry at it's worst.
Bored Panda also asked Scandalis about the near future of the gaming market. "Gaming's journey reflects the fast pace of tech innovation, hinting at a future where reality and virtual worlds blend more than ever. Each year brings new possibilities, like deeper immersion with VR and AR or vast AI-powered game worlds," he said.
"We're on the edge of breakthroughs that could change gaming as we know it, maybe blurring the lines between player and creator," Scandalis told us, adding that the "next big shift in gaming might be just around the corner." And it might be "as game-changing as the leap from 2D to 3D."
If you enjoyed these memes, be sure to follow the 'Gaming Memes' Instagram page, and consider taking a peek at the 'Wasted' account, too. Meanwhile, to learn more about 'Weird Media,' as well as their brands, check out their website.
#10
I'll have to consult to the Task Manager first
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I keep telling people that if you open 99+ tabs, it’s like lifting weights for your browser. It makes it healthy and robust. No one believes me XD
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Melody 1 year ago
I want GameStop to survive. Also, I like physical copies anyway, so why not?
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TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Me buying farming simulator kids just for myself because I want the coloring sheet
martin734 1 year ago
I didn't know there was a Farming Simulator Kids, my favourite is FS19.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Yeah my Steam library is currently standing at just under 600 games. I've played most of them I think... Maybe...
Panda Bear 1 year ago
Playing games and collecting games are two different hobbies
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detective miller's hat 1 year ago
the current state of my Switch because I absolutely suck at all games except Pokemon
blue dude 1 year ago
bro I love Pokemon but the emerald dex actually sucks balls
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The ‘Gaming Memes’ account has a very impressive 350k followers over on Instagram. It is run by the team at ‘Weird Media,' which is also responsible for the well-known ‘Wasted’ Instagram account that currently boasts 13.7 million followers. ‘Gaming Memes’ takes a very direct approach and focuses on memes and videos related to gaming.
While they are hilarious, they do require someone to be at least partially interested in gaming as a whole to understand the context necessary for the jokes to make sense.
As reported by Statista, the video game market is projected to grow by 8.76% per year between 2024 and 2027. That means that in just a few short years, the market value should stand around $363.2 billion. Of course, these are just projections. Many things can (and probably will) change in that time. The industry might run into unforeseen problems or see unexpected booms in popularity.
By 2027, it’s expected that there will be 1.472 billion video game players worldwide. The most profitable part of the market is in-game advertising, which is said to bring in a whopping $109.6 billion in revenue in 2024. However, despite these optimistic trends and the continuing popularity of video gaming, the industry has suffered some recent shocks.
#13
One of us
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I am so happy he’s behind the Warhammer 40k show. You just KNOW it’ll be done right. This man is fully invested in the source material… as an aside, we’ll never have a better Geralt than he.
#14
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
co-op games can also put relationships to the brink
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My husband and I play together all the time. We're not online gamers - we play single player story mode on all our games, unless it's racing (mostly Need For Speed Franchise). We simply hand over the controller to each other. One of us will start and do a mission or quest, then we switch off. The one not holding the controller is the designated wing man - watching the environment to call out danger and collectibles, or looking up a walkthrough if we're stuck. We always have so much fun! We're currently in a Mass Effect playthrough. Our other favorites are RDR2, Uncharted, Spiderman. The couple that games together stays together 😉❤️✨
ZombieGirl 1 year ago
That's so sweet!! My husband and I used to do that when we only had one tv and one console...we played Skyrim like that for an entire year lol. Then I got spoiled and got my own console for Christmas and we now play our own games....but we do so while sitting next to each other :)
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MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
As long as there's no backseat gaming,.planning to play BOTW for a bit today and my husband is driving me nuts: "did you mean to walk past that apple? You just left a dragonbone bokoblin bow on the ground". ARRRGH who in this house has over 1000 hours in the game? This chick
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
I'm too much like your husband on the micro managing department. so 1. tell him to treat it like a carnival ride experience. or 2. Tell him to look for caskets or something and keep him informed on things you don't need. 3. Agree to follow his instructions for a while, the amount of dying should let him know that wasn't smart.
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Lucy Covington 1 year ago
My partner and I have two TVs at opposite sides of the lounge. My PS5 is linked up to one and his XBox to the other so we can play at the same time.... that's our usual Sunday.
#15
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure the position in the "Yes" picture is frowned upon too. Last I read the optimal position is basically directly in front of your eyes at the same level, not up *or* down.
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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Second picture looks like the recipe for the "phone bump" (don't know the name) but it's the same problem people milking cows and phone addicts have as a position that causes damage
Lester the Space Duck 1 year ago
When I was in college, we had computer desks where the monitor was under the desktop. Similar to this: https://images.app.goo.gl/xjs1S5tfv8wp9vhT9 but with 20” CRTs.
Louise Clarke 1 year ago
But all my status bars are at the bottom of the screen, where is #2 the field of view ends.
René Sauer 1 year ago
And then in my school they had the monitors installed into the tables. And not flat screens, mind you. That was back then when we still had the big ones.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Nope. All of the nonsense about posture has been debunked. What is important is to change the way you are sitting on a regular basis. The human body is not designed to sit in one pose for hours on end. Get up at least once and hour and stretch your body. Then shake up the way you were sitting before to something a little different. So long as you are comfortable *and moving regularly* then posture is irrelevant.
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The Rogue Adventurers. 1 year ago
thats also not right lmao, the top of your monitor should be in line with your eyes
The video game industry has been rocked by massive layoffs in the past few months. If you’ve been following any video game-related media outlets recently, then you probably know that many companies—big and small—have been downsizing.
Video game industry workers have been losing jobs even if the companies themselves have been boasting about major profits from recent projects.
GameSpot reports that industry giant Sony announced in late February of 2024 that it would lay off 900 employees, including people working at the well-known Naughty Dog and Insomniac studios. Electronic Arts (aka EA) announced that it would be letting go of 670 people, which is around 5% of its total workforce.
#16
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Glonking happens, sometimes you have a good game sometimes you have a Glonk game
Toasted Applesauce 1 year ago
Me, using my friend's controller bc he wanted to play Halo and I didn't want to be left alone
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Or, as Glonk sees it :- "I logged in to 'beginner' mode and received the message 'You were annihilated by a direct nuclear strike. Game over.'
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
If they can communicate we are going to win this game
#17
Little Wonder 1 year ago
HEY hey. Heeey. Sometimes you get a prettier gun or a horse or something.
ZombieGirl 1 year ago
But I don't want to stress about getting the game the day of. I want to be ready to download when the clock strikes 12 (or whatever time it actually ends up being for that game)
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Yep and many of the pre-order games also let you pre-load the game. So it's literally ready to play to moment launch day rolls round. Add to that the pre-order bonuses or discounts and it's a decent option in at least some cases.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
NEVER pre-order in the current day, chances of getting a "Quadruple-A" title are way too high for spending that much money
Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
but I know I want to play the game, even if it's not complete. I enjoy the eventual updates that add new things, it makes it exciting in a new/different way
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
Hey what about farming simulator it’s always 40-50 bucks when it usually costs 60
#18
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Killing demons - that’s what the Doom games are all about! What could possibly be MORE Christian than killing demons? >_>
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
The character yelling: "The power of Christ (and this Big F*****g Gun) compels you!" ?
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Kira Okah 1 year ago
Doom is very much a Christian game, and many six year olds have played it with zero issue.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
There was apparently an outrage about DOOM promoting satanism. One of its creators said something like "In the game, you slice demons with a chainsaw. That sounds very much like opposite of promoting satanism to me."
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
Wolfenstein 3D. It's important to teach children that Nazis are bullet sponges and are of no further value.
Other major industry players have been cutting back in the size of their workforce as well. “A startling number of developers and publishers have made major staff reductions, including Epic Games, the many studios owned by the Embracer Group and by Microsoft, Take-Two Interactive, Amazon, Bungie, CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft, Riot Games, and Unity. In just the first two months of 2024, the games industry saw at least 8,100 people laid off, according to a running tally of announcements kept by a developer at Riot Games,” Phil Hornshaw reports.
Layoffs are nothing new in the video game industry. 2023 was a particularly brutal year as well. Reportedly, 11,250 gaming industry employees lost their jobs that year, as per PC Gamer’s calculations.
#19
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I buy all the capes in Helldivers 2 before I buy the better weapons…. XD
Nikolaj Christensen 1 year ago
Well I have a tendency to use the second or third best armor sets for my build in souls games... because I think they look better than the best armors.. Fashion Souls ftw 🤣
Load More Replies... ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Having just finished FFVIIR-II, P3Reload, Dragons Dogma II and waiting for Shadow of the Erdtree, I’m finishing getting Platinum on all FromSoft & Soulslike games. Finished all but Nioh 2, Salt/Sanctuary, Thymesia & Wo Long. last night I spent from 7PM to 3AM grinding mats to max upgrade every weapon & armor piece in Wo Long.
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Remember, there's a world outside too. I like using an app that can record birds and identify them. Just give yourself space to breathe outside game performance
Load More Replies... TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
I sell equipment I don’t need to buy better equipment I need in farming simulator
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Tryina get the best gear for Wakka to have the chance to beat the ultimate boss in ffx - over 260h
#20
veryvenasaur 1 year ago
I love when people are like this. Everyone was a beginner once stay humble stay kind.
#21
Understandably, many professionals are worried about whether they’ll be next on the chopping board. Meanwhile, those who lost their jobs are facing the tough reality of having to compete with many other talented individuals for new positions elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Kotaku reports that Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the hotly-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI, just announced wide-sweeping cuts. It plans to lay off 5% of its workforce (around 11,000 people).
Furthermore, it has canceled several projects that were already in development, valued at around $140 million.
#22
To The Ground 1 year ago
I wasted all my ammo on this scene before I realized he can't be killed, and I could run away. *memories*
Nikole 1 year ago
Yeah, you have to carefully run around him… in a small space… and don’t follow him down the stairs too quickly or he’ll turn around and kill you. God, I love that game.
Load More Replies... ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
I had to have company to play the VR versions of The Village, RE IV & Walking Dead
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
I remember when the first one came out. I was utter rubbish, so my job was to keep up a constant (and brutal) commentary while my friends played.
Nikole 1 year ago
The second one is very highly regarded, as it should be
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Hyunjinswife143% real 1 year ago
I just searched her up is she what led to the doge meme?
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zovjraar me 1 year ago
silent hill is my favorite series, and 2 is the first one i saw. so it has a special place in my heart.
#23
Dan Flo 1 year ago (edited)
Maybe they are short men from Texas, men of the wild, thrown into combat, where bodies lie piled?
Load More Replies... ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
The AI in the Arctis Nova Pro’s DAC actually can filter out the sound of desktop fans & it also has hot swappable batteries. I highly recommend it for chat background noise reduction. (I’ve a headphone/earbud/headset addiction and also have chromesthesia, which isn’t a coincidence.)
Probably Legal 1 year ago
For a while, I played with someone whose sisters did nothing but karaoke. It sounded like a cow with laryngitis.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Voice activated mics are the worst. Sometimes it's funny, like when you hear a teammate talking to their dog, others it's embarrassing (parent giving the kid a time because they're playing that damn video game still), other times it's gross (burping, farting, forgetting to take it off before going to the toilet).
TheRealFrappuchinoTheHedgehogr 1 year ago
That’s why I only use the a40 cause I can mute my teammates with the turn of a kńob without muting the game
#24
Nina 1 year ago
And they're never of the actual gameplay! 😡 (or just of a tiny fraction of it)
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I refuse to download games that run the "mom gets cheated on, takes baby and runs away to freeze in the woods because she doesn't know to cover the hole in the window" for a match 3 game.
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
r/shittymobilegameads Is a great way to kill some time and ponder the future of humanity.
Tomato Smudge 1 year ago
And then the ads feature people playing badly so you get mad and download the game to do it better. Or they're knockoffs of other games so they show the top pic but it actually plays like bottom pic.
Though many of us dream of working as video game developers, concept artists, or ‘idea people,’ the reality is far less romantic. Unless you work at a particularly ethical company that puts its employees above profit or you’re an indie developer, you’ll probably work long hours in a very demanding, competitive market.
Meanwhile, as the final project deadline approaches, you’ll also likely experience a ‘crunch,’ where the staff work extremely long hours, trying to iron out bugs and implement the remaining features before ‘going gold.’
#25
Jacob B. 1 year ago
If I'm going to stare at a rear posterior for several hours while gaming, may as well make it female.
Kira Okah 1 year ago
And why I play dudes I find hot too. Everyone likes the posterior that they find sexy.
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Nina 1 year ago
Yeah, if I'm going to play a game, gonna do it as a bad-a*s woman 😎
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
FWIW I always play as Fem-Shep. The voice acting is so much better and there just aren't enough strong female characters in video games.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
In RDR2 and some other games the female characters have a smaller hitbox than male ones. All the serious gamers will choose to build any character that gives them an advantage.
Mara Was… A Surgeon 1 year ago
This is my dad exactly. He's muscly and chunky and bald with a beard (looks like a cop), but he always plays women in games. He says it's to 'surprise the opposition' or something like that
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I’m picturing that texture indented into my skin after holding the controller XD fortunately I am PC MASTER RACE (joke) so it’ll never happen! XD
Libstak 1 year ago
Imagine all the germs, dirt and dead skin cells that thing is scraping off your palms into its grooves? It's like an eco system starter pack.
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#27
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I remember when polygons first became a thing… XD FFVII and Tomb Raider, yikes. Only a couple hundred polygons per character back in those days.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
My first proper graphics card I believe had 8mb of RAM. It had a 3D chipset, could do 1600x1200. It was super capable for the 90s.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
I remember my dad being excited about the PS2 and the shadows it can render back in the day
Even if you manage to avoid burnout, you might end up being disappointed by the final result. After all, no single employee makes all the decisions. The higher-ups (aka the corpo ‘suits’) might force the developers to add features or details that prioritize monetization over mechanics.
Or the unrealistic deadlines and changes in course mean that you end up having to put out an unfinished mess of a game that will take years of patches and updates to fix. It’s definitely not all sunshine and rainbows in the grueling and gritty gaming industry.
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Austin Sauce 1 year ago
“As of 2023, 119,550 World War II veterans are still alive, out of the 16.1 million Americans who fought in the war. The museum estimates that 131 of these veterans are dying each day.” My grandpa fought in that war (and his great-grandpa in the Revolutionary War). It just seems so crazy to me that history is literally dying before our eyes.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
To be fair it always is. Even without world changing stuff like WW2 we're losing all sorts of interesting knowledge that people had all the time.
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Mario Alberto 1 year ago
You already know this but ima repeat it anyways: Do NOT play ranked games before going to sleep!
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What video game genres do you typically go for, dear Pandas? What are your top three video games of all time? Which of the memes we’ve featured in this list did you enjoy the most? What game are you playing in your spare time these days? What do you think of the recent video game industry layoffs?
We’d really like to hear your thoughts on everything. If you have a moment, share your opinions, experiences, and recommendations in the comments!
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justanotherweirdo 1 year ago
Can someone explain? I Googled and found that PlayStation has been around longer than Xbox, so I’m not entirely sure why Xbox’s comment was seen as an insult. Is it just because they’re competitor companies, or am I missing smth? Idk much about either company, so don’t hate me for not getting it.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
There can be some clever burns between competitors...this is not one of them...
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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
The older I get, the more Nintendo camp I get too. PS and Xbox fighting is just their thing, but lately I want to play things with building a farm or turn based strategy with a fun plot. PS is better than the Xbox, but neither of their games are not my cup of tea
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ADZ 1 year ago
My dad broke so many controllers getting railed in Dead or Alive 2 tag by me and my sister when we were teens. Ultimately mum banned him from playing it. Yes a total man child.
Angelshark 1 year ago
"Getting railed" In Inigo Montoya voice; "I do not think that means what you think that means."
Load More Replies... detective miller's hat 1 year ago
I don't get people who do that, like controllers cost money ?? Learn to swear like a professional resident of Deadwood instead.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I had spare controllers for my first gen Xbox and a friend had only the one. Because I usually played single player games at home and he had kids I loaned him my spares. Took them back after I visited one day a few weeks in and saw his youngest son literally throwing the controller (my controller) in a fit of rage cos he lost a race. They'd also managed to snap my Halo disk that I'd loaned them too. *sigh*
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#33
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
It is, I played WoW since Vanilla (nearly 20 years) and watched lots of people I'd played with for literally years steadily disappear. Now I'm the one who has disappeared, I haven't logged in for a year or more.
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Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
They might not necessarily have died. Could be they just found other interests or had to change their screen name for some reason.
Little Wonder 1 year ago
No, this is about online friends either moving on or dying.
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#34
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
Only game I’ve ever got platinum/trophy on every single version. I also co-op with noobs and teach beginners or help longtime players, because I’ve played every souls like game, and I have the entire lands between memorized, from nokron to mountaintop, know every field boss and all animations of world bosses. If ya need help: u/LordAthelsRod or DM me for Twitch/Discord
#35
Kira Okah 1 year ago
Because you're the True Jedi (forgive me, the only Lego game I have recently played is Star Wars Complete Saga so I don't remember what the other game titles are).
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Dunno if I've seen any outside Lego Batman. There these would probably used by Batman and Joker to save Gotham by holding hands in a _totally_ hetero way
Load More Replies... SageHare37 1 year ago
Mr. DNA! He's in LEGO Jurassic World (which the title does not say, also includes Jurassic Park!).
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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Sex: Yes, No, or Maybe depends on your ace spectrum position
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I just work here 1 year ago
Will that make you less tired after work? No.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Ahh, now I’m sad again… reminds me of TotalBiscuit. One of my favorite commentators. After he died, they put an Easter egg memorial to him into the game Doom Eternal. We’ve lost a lot of gamers/commentators/streamers. May they live on in our hearts and minds. (RIP Reckful, too, though he did not die of cancer.)
SageHare37 1 year ago
My friend was last online 8 years ago, he had a bad fall that compromised his elderly self. I'm just glad his name still pops up on my social list so I think of him. He was the toughest multi-war old veteran that played the most feminine characters and loved rp servers. I treasure the memories I have of gaming with him. Bless video games for bringing people together, even unlikely friends.
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spicy (she/he/they) 1 year ago
this shouldn’t be on here, the title says “this instagram page shares *hilarious* gaming memes, here are 80 of the best ones”. this isn’t funny, it’s sad.
#39
Little Wonder 1 year ago
Sims 2 is, and will always be, the better game. Sadly my EA App refuses to admit I own it.
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Taibhse Sealgair 1 year ago
There _might_ actually be something to this story _if_ the details in it are accurate: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/angry-mum-demands-xbox-refund-21461049. Either way having her kid pose in a soccer kit doesn't help.
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Tobias Reaper 1 year ago
oh yes definitely hackers like that video clip where the kid ordered a bong from amazon and his mother is watching him open it and he is what the f***k i didnt order that i ordered an xbox remote yeah sure you did pal
#42
2006 was peak scroll bar
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I prefer 2006 but 1998 is a close second. Both have nice clearly defined, easy to differentiate elements. 1988 is nicely defined, but too simplistic and lacks a 3d look. The rest the elements aren't well enough defined. The buttons (particularly for 2009 and 2012) blend into the bar itself too much so I find myself clicking the wrong element.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I’m not a guy, but this is more or less exactly my setup XD My shikifuton has a cover on it, though - I’m not on-board with that bare mattress XD
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
A frame below would be good too. And the room has zero storage options at the moment. But let's start with a blanket.
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#48
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Me during the "I'm going to control your controller" - scene in Metal gear solid where I first learned that haptic feedback is a thing
General Stukov 1 year ago
Yea, not an issue for me. Then again when it comes to gaming i have tons of useless info in my head.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
Yeah, I found out what the L/R3 button is by playing "Rainbow Six" on PS1 when I was 8
#49
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Gotta say the PS4 spidey was a worthy successor, but I was so scared they wouldn't get the wall crawling mood right
Load More Replies... MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
It was so much fun, I can remember "ooohing" and "aaahhing" over the graphics
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flower petals 1 year ago
How toxic males think: “whatever p***ed me off, I’ll let those around me suffer for it, and that’ll be your fault, b***h!”
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Best not look at my keyboard, then XD it’s an Alienware-crossover Microsoft Internet keyboard from 2001. It’s older than some of my gaming friends. (Back when Alienware actually made good PCs, sigh.) I just can’t bring myself to get one of them newfangled clicky keyboards with them thar mechanical switches.
#55
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
My mom was very excited a couple of weeks ago to let me know that my sister bought “the prettiest keyboards” off of TEMU for their computers. They are the most hideous chroma keyboards I have ever seen and I imagine their lifespan will be about a month total (because TEMU.) I also didn’t have the heart to tell my mother that I’ve been using chroma peripherals for years XD ….and yes, I am this meme too… well, half. I have two monitors but I cannot bring myself to get rid of my 2001 Microsoft keyboard. It still works, dang it! ….well, I had to get a USB converter dongle, because the keyboard is PS/2 and my computer doesn’t have a PS/2 port any more….
Load More Replies... Natty Tempest 1 year ago
OK, I feel seen... Attacked... Then acknowledged because loads of my fellow pc nerds are feeling the same!
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#57
MrsFettesVette 1 year ago
The fact that there's a subreddit dedicated to dunking on Grandpa Joe warms my heart
spicy (she/he/they) 1 year ago (edited)
am i stupid? who is grandpa joe? (edit: oh nvm i am stupid lol)
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Buz Droopy 1 year ago
Grandpa Joe was a a$$. Too sick to go to work, but invite him to a chocolate factory, he dances around his bed.
#58
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Wait, GTA 6 is set in the pseudo Florida of Vice City right? It's totally gonna have a Mar-A-Lago analog.
#60
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I'm so glad that precisely zero FPS games require you to manage your ammo by clip. I.E. reload and lose all the ammo in that clip permanently or making you spend five minutes reloading clips between levels. That's a level of immersion I don't want.
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
I'll save listing more... But losing ammo by reloading partial clips is becoming more common, but also vaguely optional...
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Dear pedants: Yes, we know. Yes, we all see it too. No, you don’t “have” to fix it in a comment XD
Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Argh I didn’t see it but now I did and I think… I think I have to go… have to go losen up a little! :p
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
My boyfriend in highschool after we broke up wrote me a note and it kept saying I don't want to loose you.loosing you.... like 50 times. Should have kept it.
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The Original Bruno 1 year ago
That's totally not what it was like back in the 90s. We had CRTs. Otherwise, checks out.
#63
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I'd prefer a sequel to LA Noire but there no way in hell that's ever happening.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
L.A. Noire was a great game :( I wish they’d make a sequel. I’d also die of joy if Take-Two (Rockstar’s parent company) published an actually-good new BioShock game, but I fear Take-Two and both of its subsidiaries shall henceforth be pawing through that pile of red pills :(
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MOOsaysCHICKEN 1 year ago
If anyone knows, is stardew valley a good game? And also what is stardew valley?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
It’s a Harvest Moon knock-off. Basically you farm, raise animals, talk to townspeople (and maybe marry one and have children), fish, go mining, etc. It’s basically a farming sim. (And before I get attacked by fans - I have nothing against the game, but it’s a DIRECT rip-off of the old Harvest Moon games, right down to the “you inherited your farm from your grandfather” part.)
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Daycare Attendant Sun 1 year ago
I've been switching between Coral Island/Observer/Bendy recently, and it's great
#66
Epic
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Isn't he the one who got nailed for beating his GF so badly that she spent a week in the hospital? But nobody believed her because she worked in pron? I'm pretty sure that was him.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I’m not sure about an incident with a gf of his, but Conor McGregor is an absolute trash human being. He ran up to a bus at an MMA event and threw a metal dolly at it and shattered some windows, which resulted in injuries to some of the people in the bus. He also punched a random person in a pub because the person didn’t want a drink of Conor’s whiskey brand. He has many, many other incidents of assault, reckless driving, etc. He’s a horrible person. He’s a very talented MMA fighter (which is why the UFC won’t cut him), but like Jon Jones, he’s a physically gifted d-bag. I really, really hate McGregor.
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#67
This is making me wanna cry ud83eudd26u200du2642ufe0fud83eudd72
Admiral Graf Spee he/him 1 year ago
I have actually lost my old 2ds I am very sad
Load More Replies... Louise Clarke 1 year ago
I still use my DS lite to play Guitar Hero On Tour. And still play on my 3DS
#68
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
Playing 7 days to die, imbibing nothing but energy drinks and tea and wondering why people keep telling me it's Wednesday when I know it is Sunday hahaa!
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Iykyk
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This is insanen-n(Twtr/PuppyDiariesUK1)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Unless you’ve also played GTA Online for 10 years, don’t make assumptions.
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Kira Okah 1 year ago
This was unknown when he made this tweet, and he's one of the series producers. Some fans of the series I'm sure certainly cared. You don't have to, that is perfectly fine for you to do, but there is no point of hating on other people's enjoyment.
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TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
"Halo if 343 was the developer from the start" would be more fitting
#77
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
Heh, in my day, we only had The Oregon Trail on Apple II in computer lab XD Some of us nerds would name the in-game family members after the class bullies and then let them die of dysentery in the game. (“Nerd” was an epithet back then and NOT a good thing to be.)
WalkieTaco 1 year ago
when I had computer class, we would always speedrun the word assignments, then play run 3 for half an hour. I am still proud to say I was the only one who could beat Winter Games, Box Storage Area, and Low-Power Tunnel in one go.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
But I wouldn't want to be their kid, alone in a room filled with broken promises
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Main character syndrome. WTF? It's gone bro. "Oh jeeze, I have to have that x-box back because a kid of a woman I never met is crying". Only in Sharon Doyl(e)'s festering brain does that logic make sense.
Natty Tempest 1 year ago
WELL Sharon, let's pretend you are honest. why did you tell your son before you had it? Why did you get his hopes up without any encouragement from others? Why are YOU being the one to break his heart?
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