A Game Where The Goose Invades Your Desktop

12 responses to “A Game Where The Goose Invades Your Desktop”

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   germinalconsequence

   January 30, 2020 at 4:33 pm

   It looks like The Goose has brought back that obnoxious, autoplaying “Kotaku Plays Overcooked” widget too.

   This reminds me of the old desktop mascots that were really popular at one point. Those ones that would come and sit on your browser bars or just wander around until you picked them up and dragged them somewhere else.

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      alexwalker

      January 30, 2020 at 4:57 pm

      It’s going to be the new video player for the redesign, but I’ve made sure as much as possible that it’s filled with video that is purely relevant for gaming and not garbage like crime videos (like we had one time years ago with an old player).

      There’ll be a few units replaced and cycled out when the site refresh kicks in, which is due very soon. Still working out some kinks, but hopefully it’ll make the UX easier for everyone and load times should be quicker.

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         germinalconsequence

         January 30, 2020 at 7:53 pm

         Is it supposed to always be there though? It went away for a while and now it’s back, taking up 2/3 the screen after the first paragraph of an article and autoplaying. Shouldn’t it be a sidebar feature, not a gate I have to scroll past to read an article?

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            alexwalker

            January 31, 2020 at 6:46 am

            It’ll be a permanent fixture, because it’s replacing other units from what I understand. Least I can do is make sure it’s filled with content that’s full of gameplay, which is a better alternative than some of the ads we’ve had in the past.

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               drsleepless

               January 31, 2020 at 1:14 pm

               While I appreciate the effort you have put in to make sure the videos are relevant it’s just the autoplay feature that annoys me. Otherwise it wouldn’t bother me.

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         djbear

         January 31, 2020 at 9:09 pm

         When can we expect the new redesign to kick in? Is it possible to see a preview? Im looking forward to it 🙂

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      luke

      January 30, 2020 at 5:52 pm

      It looks like The Goose has brought back that obnoxious, autoplaying “Kotaku Plays Overcooked” widget too.

      If you use an ad blocker, block “Brightcove”

      I am sorry but it’s this shit that forces people to use ad blockers.

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         drsleepless

         January 31, 2020 at 11:12 am

         ||brightcove.com^$third-party

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   death_au

   January 30, 2020 at 4:45 pm

   Reminds me of the old After Dark Bad Dog screensaver. I loved how that little scamp would interact with Windows and attempt to ruin everything… It was fun.

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      transientmind

      January 30, 2020 at 10:51 pm

      The original Petz was about that – the animals lived on your desktop and would interact with your icons. Really novel 3D modelling, too, those early ones.

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   zar

   January 31, 2020 at 11:27 am

   Reminds me of the old desktop overlays you could have in the 90s ish

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   pokedad

   January 31, 2020 at 12:28 pm

   The little sheep that walked around on your desktop. But instead of dropping poos off the edge of your active window, it acts like a jerk.

   14 year old me would’ve been so into this.

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