How to get into video games for an absolute beginner? Where do you find games to play? Like do you use the app store/windows store or do you download games from your browser? I want to try gaming but I have no experience.

the cool kids play blue archive

>>81732274 (OP)
if you are on PC

steam is the app you need to download

its currently in a summer sale which means you can buy games for huge discounts

I got the tomb raider trilogy for like 10 bucks

XD

theres also epic game store too

those are the two main ones

but steam is the best one

>>81732292
thanks. can I use a laptop or are most laptops not powerful enough to run games?

>>81732386
it varies on the lap top you are using

if you know about pcs you can check your GPU n CPU

for modern gaming 1080p

you would need at least a ryzen 5 n a rtx 3060 min to game comfortably

anything below those n you gonna struggle

>>81732274 (OP)
Having trouble choosing which games to play? Let your choices be curated by the whims of fate.

There's a website that does weekly charity fundraising drives. You can donate money to charity and receive video games as a thank you gift. I check it out every week and see if anything looks interesting to me.
https://www.humblebundle.com/games

For the next 3 days you can get a trilogy of games called BioShock by paying $10.
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/2k-classic-trilogies-mafia-x-bioshock

>>81732386
depends on the type of game ur playing...

>>81732417
The games are usually played through Steam, but occasionally they'll be sold for an alternate store like Epic or Gog. They will let you know if they're doing this.

And always be sure to manually adjust your donation to a customized level that feels right to you.

>>81732274 (OP)
>>81732417
is this a genuine shill thread wtf?

>>81732386
Every game on Steam will come with a Minimum hardware requirements and a Recommended hardware requirements. Older games and 2D games will be less demanding. Turn-based games will be more forgiving of hardware issues than real-time games, the former doesn't care if your computer has slowdowns or stutters, and the latter will have you die in the game if your computer freezes at the wrong moment.

>>81732447
The post above yours shows how to pay 0 (zero dollars and zero cents) to the game publishers.

>>81732274 (OP)
You can play handheld games on your phone using emulators. My old boy I use for gameboy games and drastic I use for ds games.

>>81732274 (OP)
Buy a PC and pirate literally any game and play it for free

>>81732386
you can also go to canirunit.com and look up a game. it will download a file that scans your pc specs and tell you if you meet the minimum requirements. it's more convenient than having to go to google or dxdiag.exe and cross reference specs and such

Just buy a Nintendo and start with mario

>>81732599
Except playing with on screen controls is shit, lol

>>81733811
RPGs like Final Fantasy and Pokemon run great on a phone. They don't care if your fingers are fumbling around on the screen and missing the controls.

What are you trying to game on? PC? Console? Mobile