EricUmbarger
Eric Umbarger
EricUmbarger

I’m not scared of science, I love it actually. That being said I don’t need a panel of researchers to tell me not to drink bleach. 

I’m sorry but I don’t need some long scientific research to tell me what I can feel, dark mode definitely feels better on the eyes. This is even more relevant at night when you have no bias lighting. Try going from a darked out Gmail to Facebook at 11pm in a dark room, you’re going to wince. I try to do dark mode

I updated my game last night but never got around to logging in. I hope the raid is as good as you say because in general, I *despise* alliance raids. No one ever knows the mechanics (including me), the ilvl of the gear drops is too low, and it just feels long since most raid fights in this game are singles. I kind of

“By the beginning of 2018, the message to Blizzard staff was clear: Make more games, but cut costs.”

That’s how game companies fail. The most recent (I think) episode of Death of a Game explained how this exact thing killed Telltale Games. Blizzard was so much better as a standalone. I feel like the original founders

If it’s not we’ll take you over at Last Epoch. Currently in beta, scheduled for a full release in April. I picked it up a few days ago and love it so far. Only took about nine hours to hit lvl 50 (half of the max) and get to end game as the main story isn’t finished yet, but I think it could be one of the best ARPGs

It depends for me. I just bought Last Epoch the other day, which is a game currently in Beta with an estimated release of April 2020. I also played Heroes of the Storm beta which was basically the full game. I go into those type games with an understanding my progress won’t be wiped. Despite being one of Heroes of the

HotS was one of my favorite games of all time. I played the crap out of it 2015-2017. I watched probably tens of thousands of hours of HGC games. I wish I could be excited with the remaining community over this but I haven’t played a Blizzard game since they acted the way they did at the end of HGC (telling players a

I’m beginning to think I’m a luddite. I don’t want screens instead of dash instruments, I don’t want a screen instead of knobs and buttons on the stereo. I do not want back up cameras. I do not want cameras instead of real mirrors.

Gosh, the rims on that Jetta look SO much better than the ones on the one I just bought. I’ve never bought after market rims but the 2014 TDI rims are disgusting

It was only for two months, but I took a full time IT job in a healthcare company some 11 years ago. They had no rush getting me setup so they had me work in the closest office, a probation office 120 miles (one way) away. With a little bit of traffic getting into town it was close to a two hour drive one way.

I didn’t know all four was an option until last week. I’m 31, have had my own vehicles since 14. I’ve had seven cars and two motorcycles. Only one of those (Suzuki Kizashi) had auto ups/downs on more than one window, but it was only the top. Then, after Jalopnik posted about good deals on TDIs a few weeks ago I

I played the crap out of Borderlands 1 and 2 and while they rank as some of my favorite shooters of all time, I would be lying if I said Gearbox had even the slightest ability to balance their games. With both the above titles, I got the most enjoyment out of the first, maybe even second playthrough. Ultimate Vault

I’m even one further than that; I beat Xillia I but haven’t even unwrapped Xillia II. I own through Berseria and honestly, have been tempted to skip Xillia II and Zestria because haven’t heard many good things about them and didn’t even enjoy the first Xillia very much. 

So it’s really fun to play and look at, but the story and music are trash tier? This wasn’t going to be a day one for me anyway, but maybe I’ll pick it up when it goes on sale

Literally my favorite part about electric vehicles is the lack of sounds. I hope there will be hackers out there that can disable it

I think I still have my Gameboy Color copy of Dragon Warrior I and II. I think I was only in the 4th grade or so and ti was the first RPG I ever played. IIRC I got to the final dungeon cave thing fairly easily but in classic RPG fashion the attrition of having to go through the entire dungeon AND fight the final boss

The biggest issue [to me] regarding FF14 is low level content, particularly the combat. While the main story is a bit slow 1-50, the combat is just the worst. Pugilist was my first job way back in Heavensward days and thought it was decent at best, just because they have faster attack speed and GCDs than other jobs. I

Chrono Cross is one of the best JRPGs ever made. It is in my top five right next to Xenogears and some Final Fantasys. I always get flamed when I say it but I like it more than Chrono Trigger (by a lot). Oddly enough, I rarely think about it like I do Xenogears, Xenosaga, FF7, FF8, etc. When I did play it back in the

I know it takes more time and money to have artwork as beautiful as Violet Evergarden, but I really hate the animation/art of 90% of Netflix’s anime

Hate the name but that is actually one of the best looking new cars floating around right now