#blackbird interactive

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This is bonkers to me. Learning that Adam Savage built my Homeworld 3 Hiigaran Interceptor design makes me feel like when Homer discovered Mr. Sparkeru...

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Shipbreaker: Hard space review

Progress: I've played about 50 hours of this game. I've unlocked all the gear and about half the upgrades, and half the tool upgrades.

I really love the game. The setting feels really rich while actually being quite simple. The game play, using the tools and jetting around in zero g, feels good and right. The story is really nice (even if I don't know the ending yet).

The game does a beautiful job of establishing an oppressive uncaring capitalist world, but giving the player enough space and choice that it's a heap of fun.

I don't think I've played a game quite like this before - there are no exact comparisons that come to mind. It's kinda like a crafting game but in reverse. A lot of the fun comes from cutting up ships and sorting the bits into the right buckets.

If you love single play games where you make stuff, you'll probably love this.

Spoilers below.

The story is really good. A story that really nicely shows the problems with capitalism without doing any of the glorification that games like Fallout or Cyberpunk tend to do. It shows really succinctly that large corps will always look for the profits and won't value employees unless the employees force it.

The game does a great job of showing how being an indenture slave works - the first thing the game does is award you with a new job that everyone is lining up for, then puts you in a trillion dollars of debt for the privilege. At the end of every shift, you have to pay rental on your tools, your hab (space house) and literally everything else, including the air you breathe. If you have a bad shift, it's possible to get into more debt.

The game play is great, like I said. As the game advances, there are more components and systems to worry about, each with their own rules and consequences (often explosions). You really have to come up with a plan on how you can cut up the ship to get the most material out of it. The mentor character Weaver teaches you the right, safe way to salvage the parts... But you don't HAVE to follow them. If you hate dealing with reactors, you could ignore them, or detonate them or whatever you want.

One of the characters is up on the concept of unions and is trying to get the crew you work in engaged. The dynamic between the unioniser (Kai), the foreman/mentor (Weaver), the other kinda uncaring workers and the blow-in executive are just spot on.

The foreman thinks everything is fine and toes the corporate line while promising everything will get better - he sees the problems and tries his best to deal with them, but corporate put him in that position because of who he is - affable but kinda ineffectual.

The unioniser cares so much about her colleagues, and she can't stand seeing them exploited.

The game also has a few other modes that I haven't touched yet. After I'm done with the campaign I'll give them a go and might update.

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Various Artists - Hardspace: Shipbreaker Original Soundtrack | Focus Entertainment | 2022 | Black + Yellow

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Do you know what's coming up? The release of Homeworld 3! In preparation for this upcoming event, we're streaming all of the Homeworld games! Join us as we play the HS prequel Deserts of Kharak, this Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm!~twitch.tv/kahtide

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Minecraft Legends Announcement Trailer Xbox & Bethesda Game Showcase 2022

Monjang’s newest, Minecraft Legends is an action strategy game. he piglins have arrived on the Overworld. Form alliances and lead the denizens of the Overworld in strategic battles to protect their home and stop the Nether from corrupting the Overworld.

Mojang and Blackbird Interactive’s Minecraft Legends releases in 2023.

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Hardsapce: Shipbreaker

Artist: Jude Smith / Brennan Massicotte / Cristina Laviña / David Perdigón 

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Hardspace: Shipbreaker "Salvage Your Future" Update revamps the Tutorial and early Campaign

Hardspace: Shipbreaker “Salvage Your Future” Update revamps the Tutorial and early Campaign

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