What are you playing currently?
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2024
I'm aware the dates aren't exactly right but I like to keep things refered to their planned date. They are still weekly after all.
#1 --- 043 - [07 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #43 -- mayflyalt 
#2 --- 044 - [14 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #44 -- lc
#3 --- 045 - [21 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #45 -- lc
#4 --- 046 - [28 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #46 -- lc
#5 --- 047 - [04 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #47 -- lc
#6 --- 048 - [11 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #48 -- lc
#7 --- 049 - [18 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #49 -- lc
#8 --- 050 - [25 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #50 -- lc
#9 --- 051 - [03 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #51 -- lc
#10 --- 052 - [10 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #52 -- lc
#11 --- 053 - [17 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #53 -- Ninjjer 
#12 --- 054 - [25 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #54 -- lc
#13 --- 055 - [7 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #55 -- Ninjjer
#14 --- 056 - [14 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #56 -- Ninjjer
2023
I'm aware there are previous weekly or so megathreads and I'll eventually add them ( green = official, red = fake, yellow = misc, blue = losercel)
#0 - [22 Jan 2023] - some1 should make weekly vidya threads marseytf2spy
#1 - [28 Jan 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" Thread #1
#2 - [4 Feb 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" thread #2
#3 - [11 Feb 2023] - Weekly Gaming Thread #3
#3.5 - [13 Feb 2023] - [Weekly Gaming Thread 2] You will own no NFTs of video game microtransactions and you will be happy edition-- dramamine
#4 - [18 Feb 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing?' thread #4
#4.5 - [20 Feb 2023] - Welcome to the new weekly vidya thread! Week 1 - 2/20/23 -- robotron2084
#5 - [25 Feb 2023] - Weekly “What're You Playing” Community Thread #5
#5.5 - [2 Mar 2023] - So, what do you dipshits play all day? -- horned waifu shill
#6 - [4 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing' Thread #6
#7 - [11 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' thread #7
#8 - [18 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #8
#9 - [25 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing?' thread #9
#10 - [1 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What are you playing?' Thread: #10: Whooaaaa Those are some HILARIOUS patch notes edition
#11 - [8 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' Thread #11
#12 - [15 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What are you playing' thread #12
#13 - [23 Apr 2023] - What're you playing thread #idk
#14 - [29 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What Are You Playing' thread #14
#15(1) - [6 May 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' thread #15
#15(1).5 - [10 May 2023] - marseyg*mer Gaming Thread - What are you playing this week? -- cynic
#15(2) - [13 May 2023] - Weekend ‘What've you been playing?' Thread #15 -- he fricked up the ordering here I'll just go with it
#16 - [20 May 2023] - Weekly "What Are You Playing?" Thread #16
#16.5 - [28 May 2023] - Weekly “What are you playing” thread -- carp
#17 - [3 Jun 2023] - Weekly “What have you been playing?” Thread #new one
#18 - [10 Jun 2023] - Weekly “What are you playing” thread #18
#19 - [17 Jun 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing' thread #19!
#20(1) - [24 Jun 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are you Playing?' Thread #20: Modern Warfare III
#20(2) - [1 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #20: Summer Salestice -- same reason as above
#21 - [10 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #21: loli_esports forgot got chudded edition -- basad
#23 - [15 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #I think it's actually 23 -- should be 22 but I'll go with his ordering
#24 - [22 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing?' thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like
#25 - [29 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What games have you been playing' thread #25
#26 - [5 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #26
#27 - [12 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #27
#28 - [19 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #28
#29 - [26 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #29
#30 - [2 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #30
#31 - [9 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #31
#32 - [16 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #32
#33 - [23 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #33
#34 - [30 Sep 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread # 34
#35 - [7 Oct 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread #35
#36 - [27 Oct 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread #36 -- tulpa
#37 - [26 Nov 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #37 -- losercel
#38 - [03 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #38 -- losercel
#39 - [10 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #39 -- losercel
#40 - [17 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #40 -- losercel
#41 - [24 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #41 -- losercel
#42 - [31 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #42 -- losercel
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Last week's game: Lethal Company
Final Score: (10*0+9*0+8*2+7*4+6*0+5*1+4*0+3*0+2*0+1*1)/(0+0+2+4+0+1+0+0+0+1) = 6.25
All Previous Games:
[26. Nov 2023] Hades = 7.60
[3 Dec 2023] Rimworld = 8.93
[10 Dec 2023] Baldur's Gate 3 = 7.54
[17 Dec 2023] Age of Empires 2 = 8.59
[24 Dec 2023] GTA V = 6.62
[14 Jan 2024] Skyrim = 7.25
[21 Jan 2024] Cuphead = 6.97
[28 Jan 2024] Celeste = 5.27
[04 Feb 2024] Planescape Torment = 9.33
[11 Feb 2024] Palworld = 7.39
[18 Feb 2024] Nier Automata = 5.80
[24 Feb 2024] Might and Magic 6 = 5.33
[04 Mar 2024] Balatro = 9
[11 Mar 2024] Helldivers 2 = 7.3
[17 Mar 2024] Heroes of the Storm = 6.79
[25 Mar 2024] Dwarf Fortress = 7.81
[7 Apr 2024] No Man's Sky = 5.96
[14 Apr 2024] Lethal Company = 6.25
Game to Discuss?
This week, let's discuss SpaceChem, Zachtronic's classic zachtronic game. I'm sure with so many 
on this site, some of you have played it, and probably either hated it or it furthered you along the path towards a formal autism dianosis, a career in codeceling, and absolutely no b-words. Discuss below in the pinned comment
carp, capy, geto, donger pin please 
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Finishing up Kingdom Hearts 1.
Last week I wrote this comment about how the original Sora/Riku dynamic captures the (complex) feeling of being friends with a boy a couple years older than you. The mixture of resentment and admiration. The tension between the warm yet outworn simplicity of childhood, and a "maturity" that's sometimes exciting, sometimes frightening, and may not be maturity at all.
This ties into another aspect of the game. KH1 is also the only game where Disney is really relevant. And no, not because "Maleficent was the bad guy" or "they needed the princesses to blah blah blah." In KH1, Disney is relevant thematically. The use of colorful animated Disney films in a JRPG tie into the conflict between the boyish Sora and the (seemingly) mature, edgier Riku. Disney is, essentially, gay and lame (from the perspective of an older boy insecure about his own coolness). Cool black coats and angst and depression seem more where it's at.
But Sora hangs onto the things of childhood while also growing in strength and bravery, while Riku's edgier persona quickly shows its cracks until he gets replaced by the cartoonishly edgy Ansem, whose "darkness" ultimately becomes far more vacuous and dumb than Sora hanging out with Winnie the Pooh could possibly be.
The game defends the things of childhood, exemplified by Disney, against superficial signs of maturity. Things we may seem to outgrow still have art and value behind them, and when we tire of our demand to be seen as "grown up," the old stories will still be there. We won't see them exactly the way we did as children, but what we see now will be fuller, better, worth sharing with others. While love and friendship can seem like cliches or platitudes, actually following them through to their conclusion is worth spending a life on.
Sure, this theme is deepthroating Disney, and I'm not arguing that the game nails it perfectly, but it's an actual story with characters and a point.
Of course, the later games in the series didn't learn from this at all, and instead they went on to believe that the (child's idea of) dark, mature material was the "good stuff" while the Disney stuff was at most a legacy addition or a weird quirk. You'll notice that the reveal trailer for KH4 depicts no Disney content at all. In the process of trying to create its own "identity," KH turned to the darkness. And the darkness is cringe.
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Our hearts are connected, and that's why I stole your keys so you wouldn't drive home like this, because I love you buddy, okay? I brought you a blanket. Don't piss on my couch again.
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!edgelords !downmarseyrs he called darkness cringe
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Playing KH is cringe in general so opinion moot
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Stop. Overthinking. Slop.
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art has no meaning. How do I know? Because I stopped thinking 
about it, duh
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There's a reason all good games don't have plots.
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I couldn't do this for the other KH games because the stories become detached from anything people feel or do in real life.
Take Roxas, a sort of alternate self to Sora. Roxas must disappear from the world so that Sora can live again. It's pretty sad. But what IS Roxas? Is he the foreign child slave mining cobalt so you can enjoy techslop in peace? Is he the child Sora's mom aborted to focus on her career, allowing Sora to enjoy a privileged yet lonely childhood years later?
Nah. But it's sad that Roxas has to disappear. The end.
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I like your posts
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Wow, you must be a JP fan.
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