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Hello and welcome to the 142nd edition of the Screenshot of the Week!

To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! pinckerman's screenshot from won with 17 upvotes!

Last week's winning screenshot one

To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:

  • One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!
  • Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.
  • To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.
  • Stack Exchange’s Code of Conduct still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.

Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.

How long will the contest run?

We will accept submissions for a week, until May 26, 2025, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.

After the end of the second week, at June 2, 2025, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.

No theme

There is no theme this week

As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a question of its own. Additionally, there is the hall of fame you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.

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    @Alex yep. [filler for comment length requirement]
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 20 at 0:13
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    Yay! It's been a while since my last win
    – pinckerman
    Commented May 20 at 6:15
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    Photo widget on main site needs to be changed
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 20 at 17:00
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    @Otaku I flagged the post. I believe that's the preferred way since the mods will get pinged. I have left comments about updates several times, and it can still take days :)
    – Joachim
    Commented May 21 at 13:48
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    Sorry for the delay. Yeah flags go to our inbox so feel free to custom flag in future. Alternatively, @tag one of us in chat :)
    – Robotnik Mod
    Commented May 21 at 14:00
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    I like how, on day two of the contest, all 7 answers either have 4 or 5 upvotes
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 22 at 11:59
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    @Clockwork I'm kind of hoping for a first place tie with at least 4 people. I'd love to see that. At the moment, we have a 3-person tie.
    – Alex
    Commented May 22 at 19:23
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    @Alex There is now a 5-person tie for 2nd, 6 votes each. 1st is now winning by 3.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 23 at 16:58
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    I wonder why the question is marked as modified today when I don't see any trace of edit, hmm (edit: I just realised it's because someone edited an answer). Oh, by the way, it looks like the submission period is over.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 27 at 10:46
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    @Alex i'm hoping for not a tie because i don't actually know how the SOTW tool will handle it ^^'
    – Themoonisacheese
    Commented May 27 at 13:03
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    @Clockwork Thanks for the heads-up. You could always edit it yourself too, if you catch things like this :)
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 27 at 14:35
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    I can't. I only have 563 reputations i.sstatic.net/M6TWbBCp.png
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 27 at 15:25
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    @Clockwork Oh, I forgot about that rule ;_;
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 27 at 15:27
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    @Themoonisacheese Sounds like an opportunity to test it! ;) I think there was a two-way tie once. I think they were just both shown in the sidebar, one below the other.
    – Fabian Röling
    Commented May 28 at 2:27
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    @FabianRöling If I remember, in case of 2 victors, each is shown for the duration of 1 week (not sure if there's 3 victors or more), and the SOTW post itself looked like this (damn, I didn't know the last tie was so long ago): gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17045/…
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 28 at 5:23

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I'm enjoying the narrative symbolism and the at times wonderful views in .

screenshot from Death Stranding showing a scenic view of a small lake bordered by cliffs, behind which larger hills are visible

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    Are you a fan of watery environment, by any chance? ?? gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/17308/226066
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 20 at 17:55
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    @Clockwork In a way, I guess, now that you mention it: I have always been intrigued by the techniques used to recreate convincing surfaces in games/CGI (and art), and water is a mix of extremes the evolution of which has been a clear curve for a long time (high specularity (cubemaps to real-time reflections), animated normal maps, tessellation, vertex mapping, edge detection for waves, no to simple to complicated physics - I remember Half-Life ported to Source, Lost Coast, Morrowind, Crysis, ACIV impressing me. ...and Dishonored always gets me :).
    – Joachim
    Commented May 21 at 9:09
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    For some reasons, reading your comment reminded me of this blog article which I planned to read: Hallucinations re: the rendering of Cyberpunk 2077
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 9:18
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    @Clockwork I'll join you in planning to read it :) Thanks!
    – Joachim
    Commented May 21 at 9:19
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    I can see Tom Cruise riding off that mountain as a ramp.
    – Alex
    Commented May 26 at 0:16
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Oh for goodness sake, now it's stuck ... in

enter image description here

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    You can’t park there.
    – Alex
    Commented May 23 at 17:19
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    Yeah, it clearly says 'stop': this one's on you!
    – Joachim
    Commented May 23 at 18:40
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Down the rabbit hole in Dark Pictures Anthology: House of AshesHouse of Ashes

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    They say “avoid rabbit holes” but look at what you found while down there!
    – Alex
    Commented May 22 at 22:35
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    @Alex Large bioluminescent eggs from some unknown underground species: this can only bode well!
    – Joachim
    Commented May 30 at 9:24
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The remastered version of evidently still has some bugs remaining.

enter image description here

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    It's not a bug, it's a feature
    – Wondercricket
    Commented May 20 at 19:53
  • @Wondercricket Is it a feature? Typically "Air Chairs" are bugs.
    – Alex
    Commented May 20 at 20:25
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    @Alex It's a programming joke. Since Bethsaida games are notorious for having a lot of bugs at launch, people have joked about glitches like this being intentional rather than a bug
    – Wondercricket
    Commented May 20 at 20:34
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    There’s nothing wrong, the guys just exercising. Squats are important.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 20 at 20:57
  • @Wondercricket Ohhhh. That makes sense. I should maybe submit one of my glitchy games and make those jokes. Wonder World (Mentioned in #140) has had many weird glitches. :p
    – Alex
    Commented May 20 at 23:49
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    @Alex To clarify Wondercricket's comment: the phrase intrinsically has nothing to do with Bethesda, but is used a lot in conjunction with their games because they are notoriously buggy (regularly to hilarious effect). The phrase itself already was used in the 1970s.
    – Joachim
    Commented May 21 at 8:08
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    They said: “Sit wherever you want”.
    – Elements In Space
    Commented May 27 at 6:14
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    Didn't the Levitation Act of 3E 421 ban this kind of magic?
    – galacticninja
    Commented Jun 2 at 8:45
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One of the islands in

Far Cry 3 island

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    And for those wondering from last time, I ended up 100%-ing the game :D
    – Robotnik Mod
    Commented May 21 at 13:55
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    The protagonist clearly is (selectively) near-sighted :) (I remember being annoyed by the game's DoF, which could only be disabled by an .ini fix or so.)
    – Joachim
    Commented May 21 at 15:16
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    @Joachim At first, I assumed this was a game where the background was blurry so the game artists didn't have to put too much effort in the art style. The near-sighted character is actually an interesting touch! :D
    – Alex
    Commented May 22 at 19:30
  • Imagine playing a game where the player was far-sighted. It would kind of kill your own eyes if you get too close to something. :p
    – Alex
    Commented May 22 at 19:31
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    @Alex But those are indeed very interesting concepts. There are a few games where you play a blind person, and in one I think I remember you can see only vague shapes, while another is completely (spatial) audio-driven. Something that comes close in the more mainstream games is that annoying tinnitus-like beep after a grenade explodes near the player's position. But how about playing someone with agnosia? Or amnesia - how could you translate that? Very interesting to think about.
    – Joachim
    Commented May 22 at 20:46
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    @Joachim Since I'm currently making games, I'll put that on my radar. Sounds like a very fun and interesting challenge.
    – Alex
    Commented May 22 at 22:02
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    @Joachim There was this prototype game named "Lurking" which I think got converted into a full fledged out game on Steam. You can even play it in VR.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 23 at 6:47
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    @Joachim I also have an over 10 year old Unity concept game where you just walk around some kind of unrealistic world and pick up "things" to read backstory about the "character" you're playing. It felt like the character is dealing with depression induced memory loss or something, because the last "thing" I picked up made it feel like the character lost someone or something important, as you approach an empty dog house.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 23 at 6:49
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    @Joachim I have this strange feeling I've also played a game wherein a character is amnesiac, and the process of piercing up together the memory is how you learn more about the character (like you would with a more traditional character, when you read materials scattered around and talk to others around you)... Unless I'm starting to mix everything in my head. Did I actually play something like that? Edit: Yes I did, except it's more complicated (Tales of the Abyss).
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 23 at 6:51
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    @Clockwork Oh, I'll check that out! The walking simulator sounds interesting, too, but Dear Esther comes very close to that, except the excerpts you read (and hear) are semi-random, suggesting the possibility of the protagonist having amnesia, but intended more like a pure gameplay element, I think.
    – Joachim
    Commented May 23 at 7:53
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    @Joachim There’s a VR game called Blind where you can only see if you make sound (eg by knocking stuff over). Later you get a walking stick to make it easier. It’s an echolocation kinda thing.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 23 at 14:13
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Lloyd is right.

loyd bannings

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  • They say opposites attract. I guess it depends how opposite you are.
    – Alex
    Commented May 21 at 15:59
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    Don't you mean Lloyd with two L? Like the character from Tales of Symphonia?
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 16:50
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    Oh man yes. I will fix it.
    – nobody
    Commented May 21 at 16:52
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    It greatly reminds me of a quote I saw in Octopath Traveler. But alas, the whole quote is too large to fit in a single screenshot.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 16:53
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enter image description here

I refuse to elaborate

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    I really want you to elaborate.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 24 at 1:44
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    Boo says "What?"
    – Joachim
    Commented May 24 at 11:10
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    "Praise the dog!" - An Elden Ring player
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 24 at 11:29
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...Excuse the heavy fog... ahem...

First public screenshot of Wonder World. What you are seeing is a planes biome where grass doesn't exist for some reason, Oceans are as big as ponds, and some trees are half cut.

Anyone else getting Herobrine vibes from this picture??

A proto-type game of a cubed dirt world with a few trees and an oval pond.

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  • I'm now very satisfied that Wonder World sort of got it's own tag on an Arqade post. :D
    – Alex
    Commented May 21 at 1:16
  • Hoaky Smokes! 4 votes in one night! Is it the game, or the Herobrine line I gave? ??
    – Alex
    Commented May 21 at 15:51
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    What I see is a flooded stadium :|
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 16:53
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    @Alex I think it's support - I imagine that if there's anything Arqade users like, it's people like them developing games.
    – Joachim
    Commented May 22 at 9:51
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Pugsley Wrangddams

This pug-faced piscine delinquent drifts about in jailbird stripes, clutching a stick of dynamite and drooling at the bone just out of reach. Torn between mayhem and a meaty snack, Pugsley Wrangddams the underseas’s most adorably explosive hooligan!

A Fish Wrangler fish: Pugsley Wrangddams — a goofy pug-like creature with a bone on a string and some dynamite. The text reads: "Very Rare! Caught my 3rd ever 32.69 lb Pugsley Wrangddams, worth 3,744 points and 3,744 gold. I used 1 Mystery Mousse Chum, have 417 left. 2nd Pugsley Wrangddams in a row! Bonus of 336 points and 336 gold! Pugsley Wrangddams Catching Streak! Due to Grace Period, only 13 min 58 secs ’til next Fish NOW! Chug?"

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    "He's so ugly, I love him" - Cassie, Ant-Man
    – Wondercricket
    Commented May 20 at 14:26
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    First time I saw this, I was like: wait, is this a 4chan posting?
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 20 at 17:59
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The saddest moment in . I nearly cried.

A screenshot of the save screen page on Hollow Knight. Except that there's only one save and it says "Save corrupted".

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    Luckily for me, there was a .bak file which I was able to retrieve to resume my (then) first attempt at Pantheon of Hallownest
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 20 at 10:25
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    I’m currently trying to 112% the game on my first playthrough (~80 hours, 109% so far). If this had happened to me, I’d have taken a very long break :P
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 20 at 14:18
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    My question is, how'd it happen?
    – Alex
    Commented May 20 at 20:25
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    @Alex Something probably interrupted the game while saving.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 20 at 21:04
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    I lost my 100+h "Crash 4: It's about time" save because the game crashed while saving. I know that feel...
    – pinckerman
    Commented May 20 at 22:15
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    The only file corruption I've ever had was on Final Fantasy on the NES. For some reason the game froze up, and I had to start over. That was sad, especially after I FINALLY beat the second boss.
    – Alex
    Commented May 21 at 1:22
  • @Alex I had a... let's say very "Frankenstein" Windows 7 which I still loved dearly. But on some rare occasions, the session would "die prematurely", forcing me to shut down the PC and reboot (or wait long enough for the blue screen to appear). That time, it happened right after I had died to Absolute Radiance.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 7:29
  • @Alex Initially, I panicked, but upon checking the save location of Hollow Knight, I realised the game made a backup of the previous save, and as such I was able to remove the .bak suffix and resume playing where I was.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 7:29
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    @Alex On the plus side, I lost to Absolute Radiance when it happened. I would have hated it if my PC crashed when succeeding for the first time ??
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 21 at 7:30
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    @Clockwork Thank goodness for .bak files. They really are game changers… literally speaking!
    – Alex
    Commented May 21 at 15:57
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    sorry for you loss, but I'm going to name my saved games "save corrupted" now
    – arghtype
    Commented May 23 at 4:43
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    @arghtype I can't wait till later, when you forget you did so and panic.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 23 at 16:54
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    Also, a reminder to the downvoter - downvotes aren't taken into account when deciding the winner.
    – Otakuwu
    Commented May 23 at 16:56
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    @Otaku unsure if that's true of the SOTW tool, it's just asking the API for the top answer. if an answer is accepted, it for sure picks it first though.
    – Themoonisacheese
    Commented May 30 at 18:08
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    @Themoonisacheese Sounds like this contest brought up many interesting edge cases to deal with.
    – Clockwork
    Commented May 31 at 10:18

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