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[JarlFrank]

Thanks you just gave me cancer.

 

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[Hag]

 

[Infinitron]

Gamer Network being sold off: https://www.eurogamer.net/editors-blog-eurogamer-owner-seeking-buyer

Editor's blog: Eurogamer owner seeking buyer​

The Black Friday sale you didn't expect.

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a quick update about Eurogamer, and its future which now looks to lie outside the Reedpop business.

If you've been reading for a while you may know Eurogamer has been around a few years (24!) and spent most of that time as part of the family-run Gamer Network.

Five years ago, Gamer Network was bought by Reedpop, the pop culture-focused arm of events company Reed Exhibitions, which already ran PAX and New York Comic-Con.

The idea was that Eurogamer and its sister Gamer Network websites and YouTube channels (GamesIndustry.biz, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, Dicebreaker) would remain with the events part of its business - namely, EGX.

As of today, however, we've been told that the Gamer Network websites and YouTube channels are likely now headed elsewhere - to a new home.

Exactly where that is and when a change in ownership takes place are questions we will only be able to answer further down the road. But since today's news - that Gamer Network is now up for sale! - has been formally announced, it feels important we also share it with you.

Eurogamer and its sister websites are all in strong shape and there are plans afoot to celebrate our 25th anniversary next year in style. Our mission to provide you with quality video games coverage remains - and will remain - unchanged.

When we have more to share, we will. In the meantime, thanks as always for reading.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/reedpop-investigating-the-sale-of-rps-owners-gamer-network

Reedpop "investigating" the sale of RPS owners Gamer Network​

The potential sale will also include Eurogamer, VG247, Dicebreaker, GI.Biz and more

It's hard to know where to begin with this, but let's just rip the plaster off and get it over with. Reedpop have today announced that they're "investigating the potential sale" of RPS owners Gamer Network. This also includes our friends at Eurogamer, VG247, Dicebreaker, and GamesIndustry.biz. Not included in the sale are UK events EGX or MCM, or the website Popverse. There's not a lot more I can say at this stage - we ourselves still have lots of questions that need answering first - but I'll endeavour to share more with you, our readers, as soon as I can. For now, here's the broad strokes of what's happening.

For now, it's business as usual. Reedpop told Gamer Network staff today that they have decided to "investigate" options for selling the Gamer Network business, which means they'll be looking for a buyer for the business over the coming months.

Reedpop acquired Gamer Network in 2018 to bolster its already extensive range of pop culture events, which included PAX, New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration and more.

Going forward, Reedpop will remain focused on growing its events business, retaining the UK-based events EGX and MCM.

In a statement, the company said: "ReedPop, part of RX, has reviewed its UK business and decided to investigate the potential sale of its Gamer Network and associated editorial Digital properties. We believe that new ownership offers the best conditions for the growth of the business.

"Gamer Network includes Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, Dicebreaker, GamesIndustry.biz, shareholdings in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry, Hookshot and a number of partners. This does not impact any of the other ReedPop properties in the UK including MCM ComicCon, EGX and Popverse."

As for Rock Paper Shotgun, the website will continue doing all the great things you know and love already. I don't know what the future holds beyond the sale, but when we have more to share, you can bet I'll let you know.

 

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https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-buy...served-time-capsule-of-pc-gamings-golden-age/

You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age​

Bad Toys 3D is available on Tibo Software's website for $9.95.

Bad Toys 3D is described by publisher Tibo Software as "a 3D first-person shooter with funny graphics and sounds." Originally released in 1995, it's a simplistic Wolfenstein 3D knockoff that sees you exploring flat mazes of Windows screensaver-like brick walls, blasting purple pom-pom monsters with pistols and shotguns. "THE FACTORY FOR TOYS HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY THE COMPANY DELTA MILITARY SYSTEMS RECENTLY," reads the game's blurb. "NOW IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. WHAT IS GOING ON?"

I don't know whether Bad Toys 3D is any good, although even the publishers don't seem wholly convinced by it, saying "You won't find DOOM here". What makes it fascinating for PC gamers, though, is the context in which you can buy it today. As pointed out on X by MS-DOS gaming enthusiast Anatoly Shashkin. You won't find Bad Toys 3D on Steam, GoG, or any digital distribution service, but you can buy it direct from Tibo's own website, an experience which offers a perfectly preserved time-capsule of nineties' PC gaming.

First, there's the website itself, which looks like it has barely changed in the last twenty years. There are a couple of modern features like a contact form, but the design is distinctly early noughties. The weirdly aligned blue Arial text, the bevelled, drop-shadowed red buttons, the inexplicably tiny Jpeg thumbnails. It's a pristine relic of a bygone age, the Internet equivalent discovering an intact Roman villa in some overgrown forest. There's even a link to the shareware version of Bad Toys 3D, which Tibo states "includes 3 levels".

It isn't just the website that's decidedly old-school. The game is packaged to install on older versions of Windows, a process which further compounds the nostalgia. Shashkin highlights a point in the setup process that asks the user to install WinG, stating "When was the last time a game installer asked you to do this?" That said, you'd better make sure your PC can run it before investing. If you don't have a 386 processor and 3.5 Megabytes of disk space, you're out of luck.

For someone who grew up with shareware PC games and the old grey Windows UI, seeing Bad Toys 3D and Tibo's archaic website is a fierce nostalgia hit. But it's also a reminder of how narrow our modern view of the Internet has become. So much of your Internet use is funnelled through a tiny handful of websites and storefronts, and it's easy to forget just how much else is out there. It makes me wonder what other ye-olde games are still lingering on forgotten bespoke websites, awaiting some passing browser to stumble upon them.

If you want to give Bad Toys 3D a go yourself, you can download the Shareware version here, Shashkin notes that while Bad Toys 3D is a 16-bit game, the installer is 32-bit. So if you're running a 64-bit machine, you'll likely need to install a virtual DOS program. Shashkin mentions that he uses OtVDM, which you can download here.

 

[lightbane]

Bad Toys 3D had an spiritual sequel as Day of the Toys.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

The weak should fear the strong,

 

[ds]

 

[Ippolit]

 

[The Decline]

 

[Unkillable Cat]

 

[markec]

 

[Caim]

Only if the clips don't have to be my own, allowing me to turn everyone into BRIAN BLESSED.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Only if the clips don't have to be my own, allowing me to turn everyone into BRIAN BLESSED.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I was pissed to learn that Blessed isn't pronounced Blessed, but Blessed. What the hell...

 

[Avonaeon]

Most people don't like the sound of their own voice. DOA.

 

[NecroLord]

Anyone still actually play that sad excuse for a Star Wars game?
Wannabe Jedi Knight...

 

[markec]

 

[Peachcurl]

*cough* watchers in the dark *cough*

 

[SlamDunk]

Is there any way to legally buy Doom 2 and Quake 2 without Bethesda getting a penny?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Is there any way to legally buy Doom 2 and Quake 2 without Bethesda getting a penny?

tell a friend to buy them for you and send them to you as a gift

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Is there any way to legally buy Doom 2 and Quake 2 without Bethesda getting a penny?

You could send me £50, and I'll get the exes to you in a jiffy.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

There you have it

 

[SlamDunk]

Is there any way to legally buy Doom 2 and Quake 2 without Bethesda getting a penny?

You could send me £50, and I'll get the exes to you in a jiffy.

No thanks.

Also, since I'll be using suorceports (GZDoom and Yamagi), there's no need for the executables. Only the .wad and .pak files.