Feed the Pit
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Steam Week in Review: Steam just got its first 'dopamine site', so you can fatten a fake backlog without…The article discusses the phenomenon of 'dopamine sites' that simulate the pleasure of online purchases without spending money, drawing parallels to the Steam backlog and the addictive nature of accumulating games. It highlights a website called Steam Sale Simulator that replicates the Steam storefront experience, allowing users to 'buy' games endlessly. The piece also touches on the rise of idle games and the psychological aspects of consumerism in gaming.
I love being a cultist in Feed the Pit, and not just because I get to throw scummy stock-brokers into a toothy vortexFeed the Pit offers a cathartic extraction experience where players hunt wealthy individuals to sacrifice to a monstrous entity, blending this core loop with a creepy narrative. The game features a found family of cultists and a unique card-based investigation system to locate targets within its first act, which spans three to four hours and will be followed by free updates.
This week in PC games: a new King's Field-like RPG, an American Revolutionary War sim, and a dreaming megacity full of cool architectureThis week's PC game releases include a King's Field-like RPG called Forgotten Blood, an American Revolutionary War simulation, and Lullabies Made of Static, an exploration game set in a megacity. Other notable titles are the puzzler The Message from Deep Space, the fighting game Ninja Masters, and the bullet heaven game Mycofall.