In the comedy film Drugstore June (2024), June’s (Esther Povitsky) brother, Jonathan (Brandon Wardell), is depicted engrossed in a first-person multiplayer team-based video game.  The player character is wielding a sci-fi/futuristic-looking gun. The game mode appears to be “capture the flag” or s...

I watched Hall Pass, a comedy film from 2011, and it has a scene where Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are playing an arcade motorcycle racing game. The arcade cabinet's controls resemble an actual motorcycle, which the player sits on and moves according to the game action. I'm curio...

I’m looking for the name of the racing game in The Rocker, a 2008 comedy film starring Rainn Wilson as "Fish". In one scene, Fish walks in on his nephew Matt and his friend Curtis playing a two-player split-screen racing game. Matt says it's an Xbox game, correcting Fish when he said “Playbox”. Y...

I've recently posted a question: Which visual novels are represented by the animated avatars in the 2023 Steam Visual Novel Fest? Timmy Jim ♦ has commented that: I don't know if these .gifs qualify as a valid artifact. Tag guidance: Only ask if you have a screenshot, video, or audio clip from th...

Imgur announced new Terms of Service that will go into effect on May 15, 2023, with one of the changes being: removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account Related Meta SE post about this: Imgur TOS change on May 15th 2023 could cause the loss of thousands of Sta...

As per community consensus in the meta post "https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/12181/4797", we should use the official spelling of the game title in the tags whenever possible, instead of replacing Roman numerals with Arabic numerals. In line with the meta post, I request that the following...

In season 1 episode 7 of the TV show Poker Face (2023), titled "The Future of the Sport," the protagonist Charlie (played by Natasha Lyonne) is seen playing an arcade stock car racing game. Clip of the game being played: The arcade cabinet bears the label "Rally Ridin'" but there appears to be n...

I often see minecraft-commands-tagged questions where the OP doesn't specify which Minecraft edition they are playing. These questions almost always end up being closed as "needs details or clarity." To prevent this, we could add a tag warning to the minecraft-commands tag, reminding the OP to sp...

A game-identification question was recently asked to identify a game bundle in a game CD but lacks a media or screenshot of the game CD or game bundle itself. I've voted to close it but it was left open in the Close votes review queue. Quoting Identify bundle containing PC remakes of several Sega...

In the 2022 horror anthology film, V/H/S/99, "The Gawkers" segment, one of the characters is shown playing a third-person game in which the player character is fighting what seems to be slow-moving zombies in an urban environment (on a paved road). There are multiple burning objects in the backgr...

Recently, the question, Which games use a neural network to influence game play? was closed as an off-topic game identification question and left closed in the Reopen review queue. Should it be reopened? I don't think that it is an off-topic game identification question. It's not an "I remember t...

This is about the currently closed question: What should I look for when upgrading Nintendo Switch microSD storage? It had been left closed in the reopen review queue. I don't think the above question is an off-topic recommendation question. The question is unlike the bad, off-topic examples ment...

In the 2022 film Spiderhead, one of the main characters, Jeff (played by Miles Teller) is playing what appears to be an 80s arcade game. The player character and the enemies are riding large birds. Its "game over" message is "Thy game is over." Animated GIF and screencaps of the game: What video...

This is about the game-identification question: Naruto fighting game with Hulk and Homer Simpson? According to our game identification policy - What are the requirements for asking a game identification question: Game identification questions based only on the asker's description of a game are o...

The Chaos Wastes game mode boon, "Taal's Twinned Arrow" is described: Ranged attacks now fire one additional projectile. How does this work with weapons and career skills / ults where this description is not quite straightforward, like ranged attacks that don't have projectiles or have multipl...

The Chaos Wastes game mode boon, "Khaine's Fury" is described: While above 50% health, you gain 25% more melee power but deal 3 damage to yourself every swing. By "health" does this also mean temp (white) health, aside from the permanent (green) health? I'm wondering if I need to heal my perma...

If you try to immediately set up another Cayo Perico Heist just after you finish that heist, you'll get a message that says "Setting up now will set the heist to Hard Mode." What are the differences between the Normal and Hard Modes? How is the difficulty increased and what are the differences in...

As I was scoping Cayo Perico island for the 'Gather Intel' part of The Cayo Perico Heist (my third return to the island to scope for additional intel), I noticed in the minimap that a helicopter manned by the island's guards has appeared and was shown to be looking for interlopers. Pavel then sai...

After I finished The Cayo Perico Heist, I tried setting up another heist in the Kosatka, and got this message (screenshot): The setup cost for The Cayo Perico Heist is $25000. Setting up now will set the heist to Hard Mode. Do you wish to proceed? It seems that there is a cooldown period before...

Currently, we have two separate tags for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one for the original edition (the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim) and another for the Special Edition (skyrim-special-edition). I was initially planning on making this a discussion post to ask how should we tag the Special Edition, but...

As per the meta post, Should we standardize our tag formatting regarding Arabic vs. Roman numerals?, the official spelling of the game title should be used in the tags whenever possible, instead of replacing Roman numerals with Arabic numerals. In line with that, requesting that these current tag...

The official Left 4 Dead Blog has stated in a 2020-11-18 blog post: An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. Honorary achievement for Gnome Chompski's upcoming journey into space on Rocket Lab's "Return To Sender" mission. How do you get this achievement?

In GTA Online, I'm looking to join available lobbies hosting any Target Assault race using the in-game phone's 'Quick Job' functionality so that I could be 'on call' and continue to play Freemode while the game finds an available job for me. I'm not sure which Quick Job category Target Assault Ra...

One of the perks in Deep Rock Galactic is 'Beast Master'. It allows you to: Charm a Glyphid Grunt to become your loyal companion. You can only have one tamed Grunt at a time. (5-minute cooldown) The Grunts can be tamed by 'petting' them. The tamed Grunts are named 'Steeve' in-game. If other Dwa...

This is regarding this question which is currently titled: MU online - are there accumulated benefits to raising stamina early in the game for high HP? I have previously changed the title of the question to 'Are there accumulated benefits to raising stamina early in the game for high HP?', removi...

Besides are there any other changes to the game for April Fool's Day 2020?

In El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), the character, Skinny Pete is seen to be playing what appears to be a driving or racing game, with the HUD disabled. The movie is set in September 2010 as per the Breaking Bad timeline (continues immediately after the final episode of Breaking Bad). ...

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The Unchained's level 20 talent, Dissipate is described in-game as: Block cost is reduced by 50% when Overcharged and blocking attacks vent Overcharge. How does this stack with the 'Block Cost Reduction' property in melee weapons and necklaces? e.g., If I already have 30% Block Cost Reducti...

I'm having trouble getting through this jump puzzle at Snowy Peaks. I have to jump from here: ...to the ice platform at the upper left, and then to the other ice platform above and to the right of it. Screenshot of location in map: I'm having trouble getting to the first ice platform. It s...

Just noticed that this Stardew Valley question has been locked since May 2016, apparently due to an edit war about its title: Do I get any benefits from petting my chicken? Since it's been more than 3 years and an edit war is unlikely to happen again, it should probably be unlocked now.

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The final campaign boss, "The Destroyer" in Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition has been reported to be "tougher", and "more challenging, engaging and rewarding" than its previous iteration in the original Borderlands. What are the differences between the final boss in the original Borderlands...

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition introduces six new legendary (orange) weapons. What are their unique (red text) effects, and what do they do?

The Cryo Cannon's ‘Fragile’ upgrade is described as "frozen targets can spontaneously shatter". The way in which it is worded suggests that there is a random chance for frozen targets to shatter. What is this chance and does this chance depend on the type of enemy being frozen?

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A weapon with the Hail of Doom trait is described as: Each shot with this weapon has a 5.0 - 15.0% chance to split into 2 projectiles. Does this proc with each of the Beam Staff's different attack types? These are: primary (shotgun-like blast), secondary (beam attack), and the attack done...

According to the Payday wiki, "the guaranteed [Crime Spree] rewards are... certain armor skins." I would like to get all the Crime Spree armor skin rewards (not including the Safe drops). At what Crime Spree levels will I get armor skins? And which armor skins are guaranteed to appear?

When asked to choose between working for the Sand Mafia or not, I chose to work with the Sand Mafia. Then when later asked to choose between Sand and Vargas, I chose to work with Vargas against Sand. Both of them are requesting for my assistance, and I tried to help them both but I got assassina...

The Eviscerator differs from the other Berserker melee weapons as it has no separate 'light' and 'hard' melee attacks, but a projectile and a melee attack instead. Does the 'Smash' or 'Massacre' perks (gives bonuses to hard/light melee attacks) affect the Eviscerator's attacks? How does it affe...

I'm wondering if the Killing Floor 2 Field Medic has a similar mechanic to the Team Fortress 2 medic, where enemies killed by those that are being healed or boosted by the medic count as assists for the medic. I'm curious because the Field Medic has the 'Focus Injection' ability where teammates ...

What are the info on item drop frequency, caps, timers and reset times? How does the item drop system work? Also, when exactly will I get item drops? Are match length, type, difficulty or victory/defeat status, factors on when I get an item drop?

Some maps, like Black Forest, feature bodies of water in its environment. Does water in the environment affect the fire weapons of the Firebug, and what about the Husk's fireball attack?