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wheresmahbombs

I didn't have an issue either.

wotzgoingon

I play all PC games on Xbox One controller. The learning curve is too steep to learn to play with K&M I find anyway(and I cannot be bothered to spend much time learning) as I tried and found the controller so much more comfortable after years of console gaming.

wheresmahbombs

I use both. In games like Rocket League, Dark Souls and GTA V, I usually always use a controller. I usually stick to K&M in FPS games.

Robert ninja

It doesn't matter what he was playing with. A baby fiddling with a guitar hero peripheral would perform better than most game journalists these days based on gameplay footage they show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjXaAZHEQE

gizmo

May be worth noting that it wasn't Gies who was playing in that god awful footage, it was Russ Frushtick, the Editorial Director for Live Video on the site.

I mean, it still doesn't reflect well on them for not taking down the footage when they realised how poorly it demonstrated the game, but if you're going to **** on someone it may as well be the right person.

J. Marston

MGS HD collection might be coming to PS4, according to someone sleuthing on the MGS subreddit...

https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/7wnepe/metal_gear_solid_hd_collection_coming_to_ps4/

I dream one day of Konami not being evil and doing a MGS3 remaster with their Pachinko graphics...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ4QgBpQN8

It hurts...

I'm afraid not. Simply a typo.

https://www.dualshockers.com/metal-gear-solid-hd-collection-ps4-armature/

johnny_ultimate

Feels like the mobile app scene has dried up a bit since the flurry of exciting activity a few years ago, but things are definitely looking a bit more interesting recently. These two are out in the next couple of days.

Florence first on Wednesday, from a designer of Monument Valley and with the Annapurna Interactive seal of approval:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPUwFEhgvVA

And then Alto's Odyssey on the 22nd, which is a beautiful looking sequel to the very lovely game that pretty much single-handedly justified the existence of endless runners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaZsrAi6iJg

Thargor

Seen it all before no matter what latest hipster art style they apply to it, mobile gaming is a total bust.

Zero-Cool

Thargor wrote: »

Seen it all before no matter what latest hipster art style they apply to it, mobile gaming is a total bust.

I'm playing Spotlight: Room Escape on my phone and it's so addictive. It's free and has loads of content. Love the music.

Dyr

Thargor wrote: »

Seen it all before no matter what latest hipster art style they apply to it, mobile gaming is a total bust.

Especially when one of them isn't a game but an animated story

Billy86

Bambi wrote: »

Especially when one of them isn't a game but an animated story

Doesn't that also describe the likes of What Remains of Edith Finch, Abzu, Journey and Firewatch, all of which have been massively successful and acclaimed games from both critics and audiences alike? I bought Abzu on sale for a bit of a visual treat when I got a HD projector, otherwise not really into that genre, but it's caught on a lot and I really don't get the snobbery towards it from some.

As for the other title, it looks really good visually at least, and the first was also a massive commercial and critical (critics and audience) success. Credit to them... so long as they don't use microtransactions!!

Dyr

Billy86 wrote: »

Doesn't that also describe the likes of What Remains of Edith Finch, Abzu, Journey and Firewatch, all of which have been massively successful and acclaimed games from both critics and audiences alike?

It says in the video for Florence that it's a story

I've a rule of thumb that if watching a play through of a game gives you roughly the same experience as playing it would then it's not a game at all.

Grumpypants

Pretty scary stuff. Nut job drove for 11 hours to break into the house of two Youtubers with the intention of killing him as he was in love with the girl. Police shoot him dead as he left.


https://www.pcgamer.com/youtubers-gavin-free-and-meg-turney-survive-break-in-by-armed-deranged-fan/?utm_content=buffere9a1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

Billy86

Bambi wrote: »

It says in the video for Florence that it's a story

I've a rule of thumb that if watching a play through of a game gives you roughly the same experience as playing it would then it's not a game at all.

Well yeah and it's usually not my type of game either, but the likes of 'walking sim' and 'animated story' type games are quite popular and increasingly so, so to each their own if you ask me. It's just another genre.

Billy86

Grumpypants wrote: »

Pretty scary stuff. Nut job drove for 11 hours to break into the house of two Youtubers with the intention of killing him as he was in love with the girl. Police shoot him dead as he left.


https://www.pcgamer.com/youtubers-gavin-free-and-meg-turney-survive-break-in-by-armed-deranged-fan/?utm_content=buffere9a1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

There are some really disturbing characters out there, between this guy (clearly not well in the head) and the scumbag-for-hire that wound up with some random guy dead a month or two back. I had not heard of these two and she is pretty stunning, but clearly the guy is not at all well in the head... what did the think would follow if he killed this Gavin Free fella, that she would fall into his arms and they'd live happily ever after?

Dyr

Grumpypants wrote: »

Pretty scary stuff. Nut job drove for 11 hours to break into the house of two Youtubers with the intention of killing him as he was in love with the girl. Police shoot him dead as he left.


https://www.pcgamer.com/youtubers-gavin-free-and-meg-turney-survive-break-in-by-armed-deranged-fan/?utm_content=buffere9a1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

Looks like he topped himself, anywhoo if you're a successful toobyoober living in a place like new mexico you would think that owning firearms would be a precaution you'd take rather than hiding in cupboards

Jerichoholic

Not a fan of Rooster Teeth myself, but that's going a bit too far.

Nailz

It takes a special kind of lunatic to drive 11 hours straight without thinking to yourself "maybe this isn't a good idea", let alone coming up with the idea in the first place.

Scary stuff alright.

Jerichoholic

Did he think she was going to run into his arms when she saw him?

Sabre0001

One for the Football Manager aficionados. The Football Manager World Esport Championship 2018 takes place at Birmingham’s NEC Arena in Birmingham from March 30th-April 1st as part of Insomnia 62. 64 players will compete for £25,000 as well as the chance to manage a team of Norwich legends against Inter Forever, the club’s official legends team, featuring the likes of Javier Zanetti, Marco Materazzi, and others.

It will use Football Manager's draft mode (so it's not a case of picking Real Madrid, but I imagine the first few players to pick will have a distinct advantage!) "with player and budget restrictions playing an important part in the selection process."

Source
More details about the tournament

Thankfully, Jay is banned from entering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TWYcQ8tAKg

Jerichoholic

Wow, Jay has his own gaming channel! Didn't know that.

Zero-Cool

Lovely story about how Firewatch inspired a 14 year old kid to visit 140 fire towers, worked on helping them be restored and may have even saved some from being knocked. He was even been asked to give a firetower historical talk to hikers. Worth a read.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/12/17004402/firewatch-kid-historical-preservation-story-twitter

Varik

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Not a fan of Rooster Teeth myself, but that's going a bit too far.

He is and she was, but I'd say it's more the general weirdness of the Patreon modelling that leads to fans like that.

Jerichoholic

Patreon modelling? Sounds perfect for exploiting total creeps.

ShadowHearth

Nailz wrote: »

It takes a special kind of lunatic to drive 11 hours straight without thinking to yourself "maybe this isn't a good idea", let alone coming up with the idea in the first place.

Scary stuff alright.

It was a really long loadin time. :pac:

Bad jokes aside. 11h trip, on your own in a car is a perfect time to talk to yourself and think through the idea. Looks like he was quite unstable for sure.

What really was annoying that they really emphasize the notion that he is a gamer. I can already smell big media licking their lips to blow this sky high and make video games evil. We did not had a good media ramt about gamers in a while.

gizmo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

It was a really long loadin time. :pac:

Bad jokes aside. 11h trip, on your own in a car is a perfect time to talk to yourself and think through the idea. Looks like he was quite unstable for sure.

What really was annoying that they really emphasize the notion that he is a gamer. I can already smell big media licking their lips to blow this sky high and make video games evil. We did not had a good media ramt about gamers in a while.

Someone must have said his name three times while looking in a mirror...

Disbarred Anti-Video Game Attorney Jack Thompson Offers Aid in Marshall School Shooting Case

Dyr

ShadowHearth wrote: »

What really was annoying that they really emphasize the notion that he is a gamer. I can already smell big media licking their lips to blow this sky high and make video games evil. We did not had a good media ramt about gamers in a while.

Don't need big media for that, kotaku and polygon will be all over that angle like a pigeon on a chip :pac:

Rumours that a remastered Spyro Trilogy is to be announced next month for release in Q3 2018
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/02/13/spyro-trilogy-remaster-coming-to-ps4-this-year

J. Marston

Would be up for that, really enjoyed those games.

Although, was Spyro always as hideous as the pic in that article?