Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming

Brood War Korean Translations (sourcedive.net)
As work slowed down during the last couple of weeks of 2024, I decided to redirect some of my energy to hobbies instead of work. One such hobby is StarCraft: Brood War (or BW for short), a classic, highly competitive RTS from '98 that still has an active community today.

Gaming, StarCraft, Nostalgia, Community

220 points by todsacerdoti 9 hours ago | 74 comments

Gamers Suspect That Elon Musk Is Faking It (forbes.com)
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX, is suspected of lying about his ability to play video games.

Elon Musk, Video Games, Gaming, Social Media

5 points by Stevvo 15 hours ago | 0 comments

After shutting down several emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Gaming, Law, Nintendo, Emulation

8 points by botanical 1 day ago | 0 comments

Gamers Suspect Elon Musk Is a Charlatan (vulture.com)
How does Elon Musk find the time? Not content with spending his precious hours busting unions, hanging out at Mar-a-Lago, and catapulting meme coins to the crypto stratosphere, Musk is also a bona fide gamer god — or so he would have you believe.

Elon Musk, Gaming, Celebrities, Business

22 points by latexr 1 day ago | 2 comments

After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation legal (androidauthority.com)
The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.

Emulation, Law, Gaming, Nintendo, Intellectual Property

14 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 0 comments

Nintendo Switch 2 first look (nintendo.com)

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware

17 points by fridek 2 days ago | 2 comments

Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] (youtube.com)

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware

745 points by HelloUsername 2 days ago | 958 comments

GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects (gamingonlinux.com)
GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP).

Gaming, Preservation, Archives, Museums, Europe

244 points by LorenDB 2 days ago | 38 comments

Minecraft Snapshot 25w03a (minecraft.net)
This week's snapshot comes with a huge update to game tests! The game tests system is now accessible through data packs with the new test command. You can now run block based tests with the new test block or set up even more versatile test from code in mods.

Minecraft, Gaming, Updates, Modding

3 points by Wasserpuncher 2 days ago | 0 comments

Mecha Comet Linux Handheld (CES 2025) (youtube.com)

Hardware, Linux, Gaming, CES, Handhelds

10 points by ilt 3 days ago | 1 comments

LLM based agents as Dungeon Masters (studenttheses.uu.nl)

Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Dungeon Masters

140 points by utiiiD 3 days ago | 140 comments

Nvidia might do for desktop AI what it did for desktop gaming (theangle.com)

Nvidia, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Technology, Hardware

60 points by walterbell 4 days ago | 56 comments

GPD Win Mini (2025) handheld gaming PC hits Indiegogo for $769 and up (liliputing.com)

Gaming, Hardware, Crowdfunding, Indiegogo, Handheld Devices

4 points by nfriedly 4 days ago | 0 comments

The Saga of Elon Musk's Path of Exile Account (reddit.com)
Documenting the Saga of "Elon Musk's" Account

Gaming, Elon Musk, Reddit

24 points by Maro 4 days ago | 6 comments

Valve Handbook for New Employees (2012) [pdf] (akamaihd.net)

Valve, Gaming, Business, Management, Human Resources

4 points by Rygian 5 days ago | 0 comments

Path of Exile 2 players are calling foul on Elon Musk's high-level character (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Elon Musk, Controversy

12 points by eproxus 5 days ago | 3 comments

I built the C4 from Counter-Strike 2 [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, Counter-Strike, Gaming, Programming, Tutorials

7 points by Group_B 5 days ago | 0 comments

Disco Elysium Explorer (0.119.41)

New Releases, Gaming, Software

196 points by kelseyfrog 5 days ago | 117 comments

Show HN: Doom (1993) in a PDF (pages.dev)

Gaming, Retro Gaming, PDFs

366 points by vk6 5 days ago | 74 comments

Ripping Sega System 16 Sprites and Palettes: Brief Guide (2021) (blogspot.com)
I recently updated and released the source code to Sega Sprite Viewer. This tool allows you to view the contents of sprite roms from many popular Sega games of the era.

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Programming, Sega, Sprite Editing

41 points by Bluestein 5 days ago | 0 comments

Epic Games Introduces New Terms of Service (twitter.com)

Epic Games, Gaming

5 points by sergiotapia 6 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk Is Lying About Being Good at Video Games (youtube.com)

Elon Musk, Video Games, Gaming, Controversy

34 points by CharlesW 6 days ago | 1 comments

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' (pcgamer.com)

Politics, Gaming, Business

94 points by jarsin 7 days ago | 74 comments

How Pac-Man Revolutionized Gaming (2020) (mitpress.mit.edu)
When Pac-Man arrived in 1980, it didn’t just become a popular video game. It transcended video games. There was Pac-Man cereal in grocery stores, a Pac-Man cartoon on television, and even a hit Pac-Man song on the radio. In other words, Pac-Man blew onto the scene with a scale of cultural impact that video games, already an international phenomenon, had never previously achieved.

Gaming, Pop Culture, History, Video Games

13 points by benbreen 7 days ago | 0 comments

Cuttle – a MTG like game using a standard 52 card deck (pagat.com)
The exact origin of this unusual two-player game is unknown. Dating from the 1970's at the latest, it is the earliest example I have found of a combat card game. The aim is to be the first build a layout worth at least 21 points. Cards can be used for their point value, or to attack your opponent's layout by destroying or capturing cards.

Card Games, Game Design, History, Gaming

380 points by 7thaccount 7 days ago | 94 comments

Doom 3 in WASM (continuation-labs.com)
Online demonstration running Doom 3 Demo

Gaming, WebAssembly, Retro Gaming

5 points by klaussilveira 8 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS (pcworld.com)
Ten years ago PC gamers were eagerly awaiting Steam Machines, console-style Linux boxes built from the ground up to play PC games. They flopped, due in no small part to Steam operator Valve’s lack of experience working with hardware partners. But in 2025, both Valve and its home-built gaming operating system are different beasts. And Microsoft should be afraid of them.

Gaming, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Valve

108 points by dingi 9 days ago | 136 comments

VR Has Had a Phase Change and I Didn't Know It (jerf.org)
To set expectations, this is not a sweeping review of the entire industry; indeed, quite the contrary. This is just one guy’s story about his limited experiences with VR gaming.

VR, Gaming, Personal Experiences

20 points by kristianp 9 days ago | 5 comments

Cloud AI for Video Games Is Dead on Arrival, On-Device Is the Future (atelico.studio)

Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Video Games

16 points by maiybe 9 days ago | 12 comments

Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck (arstechnica.com)
Almost exactly a year ago, we were publicly yearning for the day when more portable gaming PC makers could ditch Windows in favor of SteamOS (without having to resort to touchy unofficial workarounds). Now, that day has finally come, with Lenovo announcing the upcoming Legion Go S as the first non-Valve handheld to come with an officially licensed copy of SteamOS preinstalled.

Gaming, SteamOS, Linux, Handhelds, Hardware

225 points by rbanffy 10 days ago | 338 comments