1. Using two left hand fingers, in an awkward position, to scale your movement speed is unequivocally worse than gently pushing a stick with one finger. The point is that with a joystick you get "infinite" degrees of scalability; even two buttons on a KB is only two steps of movement. No movement, half speed, or full…

I've played all the GTA's like the other guy- and this isn't just the best GTA ever made, this is one of the best games of the generation.

You can't scale movement with KBWASD. I.e., press W to walk forward, and you go from 0-7mph. With a joy pad you can lean the stick to walk, so you can go by degree, 0-1, 1-4, 0-7. Which gives you a ton more flexibility with games where stealth, subtletly, or precision are required.

Glad you weren't hurt! It's still definitely an intense experience.

Realism is all about the game mechanics. The screenshots are nice, but I want to know what mechanics they're employing in the game. The announcement post doesn't tell us anything about what the gameplay will be like (something which most announcement posts actually do!)

It's a crazy effect isn't it? I've had it a couple of times too. Imagine what it would be like on a battlefield in real life- that effect would be constant. Pretty traumatic.

It was a bit on the bootstrappy side. Thanks for appreciating the post!

Yeah, it won't just stop, you can't just insta change. But it does take time and work to get interested in other people, and to stop being afraid of looking or being alone. And if you never use a phone to hide behind- you'll be putting yourself out there, forcing your brain to work at engaging people around you. So it…

I'm cool with what you're saying- I've got a partner and everything and she's all I could ever want, and while I have moments of thinking "God if I was single, I could do xyz or be with xyz person," I always come around after a bit of thinking: for me, being with anyone else, or being alone, don't compare with being…

As m9105826 says, the sense of time slowing down is what your brain does in moments of stress or emergency. The more information your brain records, the slower time appears to move; whenever an accident happens, your brain goes into "emergency mode" and writes down everything to make survival chances increase. I can…

I'm a feminist myself- no flames to dodge, pal. Although a lot of people take issue with the idea of a "male" feminist; so perhaps I'm the one who should be ready to dodge flames. Feminism's the least evil thing ever. My girlfriend's the same: she likes games a lot and is a feminist.

Apologies for the inherently male-oriented colloquial lingo!

I think if you have anything higher than two stars, there's a high chance a chopper will see you from a great distance (i.e. it isn't actually on your radar.)

Sometimes you just need to leave the backlog bro! Get your gear engaged with contemporary releases for, say, a month or so. Then return to your backlog when the holiday season is over. There's a lot of time!

Good God, if they do this with GTAV when it inevitably next-gen-releases, my life is made.

If you're in an incredibly fast vehicle, i.e. the top 10% of speedy vehicles in the game, then yes, six minutes.

The first half of Bladerunner is slow as hell. It's more like a noir drama.

GTA is an intended comedy, often with dramatic scenarios. In GTAIV's final act, really serious shit goes down. But throughout the game is tons of spoof on American culture, from dialogue to advertisements to situations.

That's a pity. Make one of your friends let you play the game from "New Game." There's always an excellent story with incredibly witty dialogue. Even if the mechanics aren't amazing. There's usually a really good progression matching the story and where you go in the world, safehouse to safehouse, friend to friend,…

Wait... Are you talking about race there? Or are you talking about yourself as the minority who don't like GTA?