Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[mattig]

God I hope this is true:

[methoxetamine]

Long plebbit post copy+paste

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Hi I wanted to make everyone aware as I can’t find anyone talking about this. Page says as followed -

SECURITY PSA - For Cemu emulator 2.6
It has come to our attention that from 6th May to today (12th May) the AppImage and Ubuntu zip assets of Cemu 2.6 on our github were compromised by a pro-Russian threat actor.
If you are a Windows or MacOS user you are not affected. If you are a flatpak user you are also not affected.
The compromised releases are:
Cemu-2.6-x86_64.AppImage
cemu-2.6-ubuntu-22.04-x64.zip
Only if you have downloaded these between 6th May and 12th May from our github page. This also affects third party launchers which usually directly download from our repository. As of writing this, the compromised releases have been restored to their good version.
FAQ:
How do I know if I am affected?
There are currently no known reliable traces that you can check for, but you should assume you are affected if you downloaded and ran either Cemu-2.6-x86_64.AppImage or cemu-2.6-ubuntu-22.04-x64.zipbetween 6th May and 12th May. The malware has a special exception where it does bypass the harmful code on the first run, so the risk of damage is lower if you only ran compromised Cemu builds once. If your locale is Russian then the malware does nothing.
The following files and directories may be created by the malware:
/tmp/.transformers
/usr/bin/pgmonitor.py
~/.local/bin/pgmonitor.py
/etc/systemd/system/pgsql-monitor.service
~/.config/systemd/user/pgsql-monitor.service
/tmp/kubectl
The absence of these files does not prove that you are safe.
What can I do if I am affected?
The blunt answer is that we don't know the full capabilities of the malware. The safest bet is to do a clean install of your OS.
At the very minimum you should delete the affected binaries and reset all your passwords, GitHub tokens, SSH keys or anything that is used to authenticate with services. The malware contains a pretty sophisticated password stealer for many services. Most of them are related to programming or cloud providers in some way. We think this is to help the malware authors to further infect other software.
You should also block IP 83.142.209.194 (even if you are not affected) because this is used as a hardcoded remote endpoint.
We will update this document as more information becomes available.
Special note for Israeli users:
If the malware determines that your location is Israel (it does this via locale and timezone checks) then it has a 1:6 chance that it will play a loud siren sound and run rm -rf /, essentially attempting to wipe your filesystem. This is bad, but since rm does not actively overwrite the file data, you should be able to recover your data with some effort. But this is only true as long as you don't write new data to the affected drive(s).
Do not reinstall your OS to the same drive or format it until you have attempted a file recovery first. The exact steps for this go beyond the scope of this PSA, but if you need help feel free to DM me on Discord (Exzap) or shoot me a message on reddit (u/Exzap).
How did this happen?
We are still tracking the exact chain of events down but the leading theory is that a collaborator on our team ran a compromised python package which stole his GitHub token. This was then used to reupload a compromised version of the two linux binaries in the v2.6 (latest) release of Cemu. We have taken measures to prevent this from happening in the future.
Where can I learn more?
We will update this document as we learn more.
https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/issues/1911
https://teampcp.cyberdigest.international/
If you are unsure whether your binaries are compromised here are hashes of the GOOD files:
Cemu-2.6-x86_64.AppImage0c20c4aeb800bb13d9bab9474ef45a6f8fcde6402cad9b32ac2a1bbd03186313 (sha256)
cemu-2.6-ubuntu-22.04-x64.zip5e4592d0dae394fa0614cb8c875eff3f81b23170b349511de318d9caf7215e1b (sha256)

tldr; CEMU Wii U emulator for Linux was compromised with malware

Special note for Israeli users:
If the malware determines that your location is Israel (it does this via locale and timezone checks) then it has a 1:6 chance that it will play a loud siren sound and run rm -rf /, essentially attempting to wipe your filesystem. This is bad, but since rm does not actively overwrite the file data, you should be able to recover your data with some effort. But this is only true as long as you don't write new data to the affected drive(s).
Do not reinstall your OS to the same drive or format it until you have attempted a file recovery first.

[Finarfin]

After 11 years, Tormentum II is finally coming out, this July 23th.
(Though I always believed it will release since I have the devs on my friendlist and see them play it)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3725409216

[anvi]

Has anyone played Sifu? I found it in my search for good fighting games. But early on it is just button bashing. Hoping it gets better.

[logincrash]

Has anyone played Sifu? I found it in my search for good fighting games. But early on it is just button bashing. Hoping it gets better.

It does get more complex later on. I haven't played it in a long while, though.
I didn't like that there are women enemies. Aside from the fact that women can't physically hit as hard as men, I just felt bad beating them up.

[fork]

[...] Hoping it gets better.

It doesn't. It just gets more difficult and complex, like @logincrash said, but not more enjoyable. Overrated ****.
The art style should have clued me in.

[KnightoftheWind]

It's disappointing that every multiplayer game released in the last 20 years lacks basic LAN-TCP/IP support. That was how every online multiplayer game used to work, and that's why many of them are still playable to this day. Quake, Halo CE, etc. The "LAN-TCP/IP" approach does not require servers to be run, instead players can connect with each other peer-to-peer. It's not a perfect system, but it would keep these games going long after official support ends. This is how they can "stop killing games".

[roldet]

Nothing wrong with visual novels/walking simulators, they are good slop to consume between breaks from real games.

Edit: Not Mixtape though. I gave it a chance but just couldn't do it. Repulsive character design and cringe dialogues/scenes were too much.

[SpellSword]

The trailer for House of Necrosis looks pretty good:
House of Necrosis Release Date Trailer

I've been trying to keep myself mostly in the dark to avoid spoilers, but from what little I've read about this roguelike, the game doesn't appear to have you too badly at the mercy of random range. Definitely looks like it is borrowing some of its style from Resident Evil, even has the classic door opening effect.

Interestingly although the perspective is mostly top down, you do appear to have the ability to switch to a first person view to get a better look into the distance...

The whole thing looks neat, if it shows up on GOG I'll probably snag it.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I don't know why it just came to mind many years after having last played it, but I thought that Red Orchestra 2 was a mixed bag. On the one hand, it was extremely immersive with how you had to remember how many bullets were in your cartridge. You get hit by one bullet in the leg and you fall over and you are slowly bleeding out to death. You are climbing up the stairs while the guy next to you is bleeding out, and you are hearing voice acting of this guy dying in agony for a minute calling out for his father. Very immersive. On the other hand, as a FPS videogame (to be played indefinitely? Dozens of hours at least?) I am not sure if this was wise, since after a few hours of playing it I didn't want to be in that dreary sad world anymore. I do recommend that people visit it for at least a couple hours just to get the feel for it. It is quite something.

[rusty_shackleford]

I don't know why it just came to mind many years after having last played it, but I thought that Red Orchestra 2 was a mixed bag. On the one hand, it was extremely immersive with how you had to remember how many bullets were in your cartridge. You get hit by one bullet in the leg and you fall over and you are slowly bleeding out to death. You are climbing up the stairs while the guy next to you is bleeding out, and you are hearing voice acting of this guy dying in agony for a minute calling out for his father. Very immersive. On the other hand, as a FPS videogame (to be played indefinitely? Dozens of hours at least?) I am not sure if this was wise, since after a few hours of playing it I didn't want to be in that dreary sad world anymore. I do recommend that people visit it for at least a couple hours just to get the feel for it. It is quite something.

Reads like a game made for slavs, too depressing for normal humans.

[Finarfin]

I'd rather have that than fat blobs quiping nonstop.

[Nico]

Anyone playing Subnautica 2 ?

How woke is it ? I know the devs are but what's the damage ?

[Acrux]

Anyone playing Subnautica 2 ?

How woke is it ? I know the devs are but what's the damage ?

The EULA says that you are not allowed to violate "social norms".

[anvi]

I hate cities in RPGs.

[Tangerine]

I hate cities in RPGs.

I hate them in real life.

[methoxetamine]

@logincrash

[nepbnhurj]

Billy Lush is an awesome voice actor, and it's a shame that he wasn't cast for Dishonored 2 or DotO.

[maidenhaver]

Medieval 3 Total War is trashing skill trees. Thank God.

[Oyster Sauce]

Every time I see this cover I think she's wearing the N7 armor

[rusty_shackleford]

Every time I see this cover I think she's wearing the N7 armor

It's funny to remember that FF13 was just one guy at squaresoft getting to make three video games about his ideal anime waifu

[SpellSword]

Every time I see this cover I think she's wearing the N7 armor

They actually did have DLC for the N7 armor in Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Final Fantasy 13-2 Mass Effect Armor.webp

► DLC Trailer

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - N7 Armour Trailer

[traxtan]

How do we stop this? Can't believe how many times I got baited into watching a Wikipedia plot summary video.

as4n84.jpg

[traxtan]

@logincrash

Car companies don't want their cars involved in anything that's "criminal" these days and they especially don't want their cars to blow up. I think Driver: San Francisco was the last game where major car manufacturers agreed to have their cars in a game where you can commit crimes. But they had to make a special fake car that was designed to be blown up for cutscenes.

2006ASYMDesanne3.0T-DSF.webp

https://driver.fandom.com/wiki/ASYM_Desanne

[rusty_shackleford]

@logincrash

Car companies don't want their cars involved in anything that's "criminal" these days and they especially don't want their cars to blow up. I think Driver: San Francisco was the last game where major car manufacturers agreed to have their cars in a game where you can commit crimes. But they had to make a special fake car that was designed to be blown up for cutscenes.



https://driver.fandom.com/wiki/ASYM_Desanne

Who are these people that care about driving specific real life cars in video games?

[Stack of Turtles]

How do we stop this? Can't believe how many times I got baited into watching a Wikipedia plot summary video.

try being a review editor

[jdcp]

Car companies don't want their cars involved in anything that's "criminal" these days and they especially don't want their cars to blow up. I think Driver: San Francisco was the last game where major car manufacturers agreed to have their cars in a game where you can commit crimes. But they had to make a special fake car that was designed to be blown up for cutscenes.

The new Tokyo Xtreme Racing features illegal racing just like the dreamcast and ps2 games did and it has licensed cars (which btw the old ones didn't have, sorta) it's nothing of these days, it's happened since forever and it's a very special thing when they let it pass (like with this).

But Horizon has always been about a festival, been like that since the 360. I don't think the mindset is the current problem with racing games, more like the lack of content lol.

I played GT7, good driving (tuning is pretty good) and decent new content every month (at least back when I was online) but fr **** has no worthwhile races.

[maidenhaver]

Every time I see this cover I think she's wearing the N7 armor

They actually did have DLC for the N7 armor in Final Fantasy XIII-2.

► DLC Trailer

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - N7 Armour Trailer

That man with the long hair is strong.

[Tweed]

How do we stop this? Can't believe how many times I got baited into watching a Wikipedia plot summary video.

try being a review editor

I'm feeling personally attacked.

[rusty_shackleford]

Every time I see this cover I think she's wearing the N7 armor

It's funny to remember that FF13 was just one guy at squaresoft getting to make three video games about his ideal anime waifu

Realized a lot of people here probably aren't aware that this is completely serious.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Motomu ... lightning