What videogames are you playing in 2026?

[GMMichael]

You don't play Arma 3. You live it, one round at a time.

 

[Reynard]

Even after 15 years, i discovered a new quest in completely vanilla Skyrim that I had never done before. Maybe it was added with the Anniversary Edition but it did not feel like something of a different kind.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Even after 15 years, i discovered a new quest in completely vanilla Skyrim that I had never done before. Maybe it was added with the Anniversary Edition but it did not feel like something of a different kind.

Some friends and I were just talking about how much is tucked away in Skyrim. That pretty much anywhere you explore, you're going to eventually stumble across something new. How it rewards you for wondering what's over there.

 

[Gradine]

You don't play Arma 3. You live it, one round at a time.

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There's a video series called Awful Squad where a bunch of people from old timey Polygon played Player Unknown's Battlegrounds... badly. Occasionally they would bring in a guy from the office they called a ringer because, and I quote: "He plays ARMA! For fun!"

 

[GMMichael]

There's a video series called Awful Squad where a bunch of people from old timey Polygon played Player Unknown's Battlegrounds... badly. Occasionally they would bring in a guy from the office they called a ringer because, and I quote: "He plays ARMA! For fun!"

The only "ringer" I know is from the Big Lebowski . . . Is he supposed to draw other PUBG players away from the awful squad?
Or bring his dirty undies (the whites)?

 

[Gradine]

The only "ringer" I know is from the Big Lebowski . . . Is he supposed to draw other PUBG players away from the awful squad?
Or bring his dirty undies (the whites)?

Nah he's just... very good

 

[Parmandur]

Some friends and I were just talking about how much is tucked away in Skyrim. That pretty much anywhere you explore, you're going to eventually stumble across something new. How it rewards you for wondering what's over there.

I had put hundreds DS of hours into Breath of the Wild. My Brother-in-law sits down to try it during a visit. Within 20 minutes just by exploring he found an entire mechanical subsystem I had been unaware of (sneak attack). The game never forced me to engage in it, it was just there to find or not.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I had put hundreds DS of hours into Breath of the Wild. My Brother-in-law sits down to try it during a visit. Within 20 minutes just by exploring he found an entire mechanical subsystem I had been unaware of (sneak attack). The game never forced me to engage in it, it was just there to find or not.

That is the joy of a good open-world game. That it is not easily mapped out, but also that same joy of discovery can last playthrough after playthrough.

 

[Gradine]

I had put hundreds DS of hours into Breath of the Wild. My Brother-in-law sits down to try it during a visit. Within 20 minutes just by exploring he found an entire mechanical subsystem I had been unaware of (sneak attack). The game never forced me to engage in it, it was just there to find or not.

...Breath of the Wild has sneak attacks?!

 

[Gradine]

So, as you may or may not know, Fallout 4 has a number of a little minigames that you can play in your pipboy (as well as any terminal you can interact with). They are mostly fairly basic, Fallout-themed versions of typical arcade classics. There's Vault Boy Donkey Kong, Vault Boy Pitfall, Anti-Commie Space Invaders, etc. And then, last night, I found this:

This is like a whole mini-Temple of Apshai/Wizardry sendup where you play as Grognak, hire up to two other companions (out of a possible four!) and then travel around a world taking on battles, finding treasure that increases your characters' stats, etc.

You move around on a top-down minimap, clearing dungeons, buying items to increase your stats, using you and your companions' special skills in battle. It's actually a pretty neat little game for something that you'd initially expect to be a basic Arcade classic.

It took me about an hour-and-a-half to 100%, and that included some grinding to recover Focus points and build up gold early. But it's a really fun little thing to find just hidden in the middle of this huge open world game.