❗Top Gaming (Genres) posts of the month❗ (14 May 2026)
### 1. 📰 [I played [J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I, a 1990 CRPG from Interplay], where Frodo can die and the game keeps going](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/crpg/p/1064283/i-played-j-r-r-tolkien-s-the-lord-of-the-rings-vol-a-crpg-from-interplay-where-frodo-can) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/crpg/p/1064283/i-played-j-r-r-tolkien-s-the-lord-of-the-rings-vol-a-crpg-from-interplay-where-frodo-can)) (👍93 👎1)
from **Computer RPG Games** ([email protected]) 
*I played the Lord of the Rings RPG where Frodo can straight-up die and the game just keeps on going*
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history.
Did you know Frodo never reached Mordor, but was actually beaten to death by three identical men of no known affiliation in a mill at the edge of the Shire?
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol.
In the CD version of the game, this preamble is communicated in the form of snippets of the 1978 Ralph Bakshi version of Lord of the Rings, rendered in scintillating 200p.
Alas, no one really bought Interplay's LOTR, nor its Two-Towers-based sequel, and its moisturised Gandalf and dead Frodo slipped into the dustbin of history. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
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### 2. 💬 [What JRPGs will you be playing in May? What games did you finish in April?](https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.zip/post/63552895) ([direct link](https://lemmy.zip/post/63552895)) (👍22 👎0)
from **World of JRPGs** ([email protected]) 
Posted by [tamlyn](https://lemmy.zip/u/tamlyn)
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### 3. 📰 [Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings retrospective – The millennial medieval masterwork proves that there's more to RTS than killing and destruction](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/rts/p/1066736/age-of-empires-2-the-age-of-kings-retrospective-the-millennial-medieval-masterwork-prove) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/rts/p/1066736/age-of-empires-2-the-age-of-kings-retrospective-the-millennial-medieval-masterwork-prove)) (👍22 👎0)
from **Real Time Strategy** ([email protected]) 
*Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings retrospective – The millennial medieval masterwork proves that there's more to RTS than killing and destruction*
Strategy GamesHeroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era "broke even on development costs in just one day" 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
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### 4. 📰 [Pixel Airport Tycoon, a top down airport management and construction game, with extensive airport operations gameplay, released on Steam](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/tycoon/p/1090996/pixel-airport-tycoon-a-top-down-airport-management-and-construction-game-with-extensive) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/tycoon/p/1090996/pixel-airport-tycoon-a-top-down-airport-management-and-construction-game-with-extensive)) (👍21 👎1)
from **Tycoon Games** ([email protected]) 
*Pixel Airport Tycoon on Steam*
About This GamePixel Airport Tycoon is an airport construction and management simulation game in which you design, build, and run your own airport.
Research and expandUnlock new buildings and technologies, construct larger runways for wide-body aircraft, and expand your airport grounds with additional zones.
Two Airport TypesCommercial Airport — Terminals, passengers, cargo traffic, and full infrastructure.
Cargo Aircraft — Dedicated cargo terminals and cargo parking positions.
Cargo Transporters — Handle cargo aircraft for additional income. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
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### 5. 📰 [The Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/lifesimulation/p/1041713/the-sims-4-s-microtransaction-marketplace-has-officially-shown-me-the-door-after-24-year) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/lifesimulation/p/1041713/the-sims-4-s-microtransaction-marketplace-has-officially-shown-me-the-door-after-24-year)) (👍19 👎0)
from **Life Simulation Games** ([email protected]) 
*The Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming*
Action RPGsLord of Hatred is Diablo 4 at its best because it remembers Diablo 3 was good, actually 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
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### 6. 💬 [The Kessel Run (Star Wars speedruns marathon) starts in 10 hours (May 1-3)](https://lemmyverse.link/retrolemmy.com/post/37079137) ([direct link](https://retrolemmy.com/post/37079137)) (👍9 👎0)
from **Speedrun video games** ([email protected]) 
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/retrogaminglivetv
Schedule: https://oengus.io/marathon/krepx/schedule/krepx
VODs should be here: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroGamingLiveTV/videos
Posted by [Die4Ever](https://retrolemmy.com/u/Die4Ever)
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### 7. 📰 [The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026](https://lemmyverse.link/retrolemmy.com/post/36699025) ([direct link](https://retrolemmy.com/post/36699025)) (👍9 👎0)
from **Fighting Game Community** ([email protected]) 
*"We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026*
"Saudi Arabia, as a country, has been expanding its investments to many industries, including gaming," explains Eurogamer's Connor Makar.
"Saudi Arabia has a poor human rights track record, and is currently ranked fourth globally in the modern slavery index.
There is, as such, an ethical component to supporting SNK in the minds of those who do not support Saudi Arabia."
SNK isn't the only video game company to come under scrutiny because of its owner's reputation.
After all, it's not like there's no way to access SNK's Neo Geo library outside of what's available right now. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [kip5608](https://retrolemmy.com/u/kip5608)
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# Inactive communities 👻
These communities have had no posts in the last month:
- [JRPG](/c/[email protected]) 
- No description
- [Strategy Games♟️| RTS, 4X and Grand Strategy](/c/[email protected]) 
- A community for all things strategy gaming. We love RTS games (like Supreme Commander, Age of Empires and Company of Heroes), 4X games (like Civilization and Age of Wonders) and Grand Strategy games (like Stellaris, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron). Join us to talk about them, organise games, post gameplay footage, and more!
- [Strategy Games](/c/[email protected]) 
- Discuss Grand Strategy, 4X, Real Time, and Turn Based strategy games here! Including, but not limited to Civ, Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Hearts of Iron, Imperator, Stellaris, Age of Empires, Old World, Colonization, and many many others.
- [Real Time Strategy, The RTS HQ](/c/[email protected]) 
- Welcome back, commander. Good welcome, soldiers.
- [Interactive Fiction](/c/[email protected]) 
- The community for interactive fiction and text games on Lemmy.
- [Turn Based Strategy](/c/[email protected]) 
- A place to discuss turn based strategy games. Tactical game discussion also welcome.
- [Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy](/c/[email protected]) 
- For gamebooks like Chose Your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, etc. whether that's in book form or apps or other formats of interactive fiction.
- [ARPG's: Diablo/PoE/Last Epoch](/c/[email protected]) 
- 
- [Truck Simulators](/c/[email protected]) 
- A community for truck simulators enjoyers.
### Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️
📰 [Software for creating gamebooks](https://lemmyverse.link/feddit.uk/post/1097951) ([direct link](https://feddit.uk/post/1097951)), posted in [Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy](/c/[email protected]) (👍7 👎0)
*5 Open Source Tools to Create Interactive Fiction*
On the flip side is interactive fiction, which puts the story before anything else.
While it was popular back in the early days of computing, interactive fiction has also seen a resurgence of popularity in recent years.
Here are five open-source tools that you can use to create your own interactive fiction.
But before that, let me tell you what interactive fiction is.
Today, I’ll show you some tools that you can use to create Interactive Fiction on Linux. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Emperor](https://feddit.uk/u/Emperor)
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The main links are using lemmyverse.link which should redirect to the post on your own instance. If you have not used this before, you may need to go direct to https://lemmyverse.link/ and click on 'configure instance'. Some apps will open posts correctly when using the direct link.
️🤖 indicates a summary generated using AI - 🖋️ TLDR This, 🖊️ news3k, 🖍 Deepseek. It is possible that the summary does not accurately convey the meaning of the original article, refer to the source material if in any doubt.
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from **Computer RPG Games** ([email protected]) 
*I played the Lord of the Rings RPG where Frodo can straight-up die and the game just keeps on going*
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history.
Did you know Frodo never reached Mordor, but was actually beaten to death by three identical men of no known affiliation in a mill at the edge of the Shire?
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol.
In the CD version of the game, this preamble is communicated in the form of snippets of the 1978 Ralph Bakshi version of Lord of the Rings, rendered in scintillating 200p.
Alas, no one really bought Interplay's LOTR, nor its Two-Towers-based sequel, and its moisturised Gandalf and dead Frodo slipped into the dustbin of history. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
----
### 2. 💬 [What JRPGs will you be playing in May? What games did you finish in April?](https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.zip/post/63552895) ([direct link](https://lemmy.zip/post/63552895)) (👍22 👎0)
from **World of JRPGs** ([email protected]) 
Posted by [tamlyn](https://lemmy.zip/u/tamlyn)
----
### 3. 📰 [Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings retrospective – The millennial medieval masterwork proves that there's more to RTS than killing and destruction](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/rts/p/1066736/age-of-empires-2-the-age-of-kings-retrospective-the-millennial-medieval-masterwork-prove) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/rts/p/1066736/age-of-empires-2-the-age-of-kings-retrospective-the-millennial-medieval-masterwork-prove)) (👍22 👎0)
from **Real Time Strategy** ([email protected]) 
*Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings retrospective – The millennial medieval masterwork proves that there's more to RTS than killing and destruction*
Strategy GamesHeroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era "broke even on development costs in just one day" 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
----
### 4. 📰 [Pixel Airport Tycoon, a top down airport management and construction game, with extensive airport operations gameplay, released on Steam](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/tycoon/p/1090996/pixel-airport-tycoon-a-top-down-airport-management-and-construction-game-with-extensive) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/tycoon/p/1090996/pixel-airport-tycoon-a-top-down-airport-management-and-construction-game-with-extensive)) (👍21 👎1)
from **Tycoon Games** ([email protected]) 
*Pixel Airport Tycoon on Steam*
About This GamePixel Airport Tycoon is an airport construction and management simulation game in which you design, build, and run your own airport.
Research and expandUnlock new buildings and technologies, construct larger runways for wide-body aircraft, and expand your airport grounds with additional zones.
Two Airport TypesCommercial Airport — Terminals, passengers, cargo traffic, and full infrastructure.
Cargo Aircraft — Dedicated cargo terminals and cargo parking positions.
Cargo Transporters — Handle cargo aircraft for additional income. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
----
### 5. 📰 [The Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming](https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.world/c/lifesimulation/p/1041713/the-sims-4-s-microtransaction-marketplace-has-officially-shown-me-the-door-after-24-year) ([direct link](https://piefed.world/c/lifesimulation/p/1041713/the-sims-4-s-microtransaction-marketplace-has-officially-shown-me-the-door-after-24-year)) (👍19 👎0)
from **Life Simulation Games** ([email protected]) 
*The Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming*
Action RPGsLord of Hatred is Diablo 4 at its best because it remembers Diablo 3 was good, actually 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Agent_Karyo](https://piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo)
----
### 6. 💬 [The Kessel Run (Star Wars speedruns marathon) starts in 10 hours (May 1-3)](https://lemmyverse.link/retrolemmy.com/post/37079137) ([direct link](https://retrolemmy.com/post/37079137)) (👍9 👎0)
from **Speedrun video games** ([email protected]) 
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/retrogaminglivetv
Schedule: https://oengus.io/marathon/krepx/schedule/krepx
VODs should be here: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroGamingLiveTV/videos
Posted by [Die4Ever](https://retrolemmy.com/u/Die4Ever)
----
### 7. 📰 [The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026](https://lemmyverse.link/retrolemmy.com/post/36699025) ([direct link](https://retrolemmy.com/post/36699025)) (👍9 👎0)
from **Fighting Game Community** ([email protected]) 
*"We, The Consumers, Need To Vote With Our Wallets" - The Moral Dilemma Of Supporting SNK In 2026*
"Saudi Arabia, as a country, has been expanding its investments to many industries, including gaming," explains Eurogamer's Connor Makar.
"Saudi Arabia has a poor human rights track record, and is currently ranked fourth globally in the modern slavery index.
There is, as such, an ethical component to supporting SNK in the minds of those who do not support Saudi Arabia."
SNK isn't the only video game company to come under scrutiny because of its owner's reputation.
After all, it's not like there's no way to access SNK's Neo Geo library outside of what's available right now. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [kip5608](https://retrolemmy.com/u/kip5608)
----
# Inactive communities 👻
These communities have had no posts in the last month:
- [JRPG](/c/[email protected]) 
- No description
- [Strategy Games♟️| RTS, 4X and Grand Strategy](/c/[email protected]) 
- A community for all things strategy gaming. We love RTS games (like Supreme Commander, Age of Empires and Company of Heroes), 4X games (like Civilization and Age of Wonders) and Grand Strategy games (like Stellaris, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron). Join us to talk about them, organise games, post gameplay footage, and more!
- [Strategy Games](/c/[email protected]) 
- Discuss Grand Strategy, 4X, Real Time, and Turn Based strategy games here! Including, but not limited to Civ, Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Hearts of Iron, Imperator, Stellaris, Age of Empires, Old World, Colonization, and many many others.
- [Real Time Strategy, The RTS HQ](/c/[email protected]) 
- Welcome back, commander. Good welcome, soldiers.
- [Interactive Fiction](/c/[email protected]) 
- The community for interactive fiction and text games on Lemmy.
- [Turn Based Strategy](/c/[email protected]) 
- A place to discuss turn based strategy games. Tactical game discussion also welcome.
- [Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy](/c/[email protected]) 
- For gamebooks like Chose Your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, etc. whether that's in book form or apps or other formats of interactive fiction.
- [ARPG's: Diablo/PoE/Last Epoch](/c/[email protected]) 
- 
- [Truck Simulators](/c/[email protected]) 
- A community for truck simulators enjoyers.
### Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️
📰 [Software for creating gamebooks](https://lemmyverse.link/feddit.uk/post/1097951) ([direct link](https://feddit.uk/post/1097951)), posted in [Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy](/c/[email protected]) (👍7 👎0)
*5 Open Source Tools to Create Interactive Fiction*
On the flip side is interactive fiction, which puts the story before anything else.
While it was popular back in the early days of computing, interactive fiction has also seen a resurgence of popularity in recent years.
Here are five open-source tools that you can use to create your own interactive fiction.
But before that, let me tell you what interactive fiction is.
Today, I’ll show you some tools that you can use to create Interactive Fiction on Linux. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by [Emperor](https://feddit.uk/u/Emperor)
----
The main links are using lemmyverse.link which should redirect to the post on your own instance. If you have not used this before, you may need to go direct to https://lemmyverse.link/ and click on 'configure instance'. Some apps will open posts correctly when using the direct link.
️🤖 indicates a summary generated using AI - 🖋️ TLDR This, 🖊️ news3k, 🖍 Deepseek. It is possible that the summary does not accurately convey the meaning of the original article, refer to the source material if in any doubt.
[Multicommunity: gaming-genres.json](connect-multi://gaming-genres.json/[email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected])