a much healthier use of streaming. streaming is quasi-social so using it to step out of your shell makes a lot of sense. using it treat to anxiety, PTSD, and depression on the other hand seems borderline irresponsible.

you can use streaming to do that but it’s not a very good idea to do that psychologically speaking. the pressures associated with streaming games can exacerbate anxiety, PTSD, and depression. irresponsible article is irresponsible.

I hear that argument a lot but it’s a lot less founded than people think. For starters cheating and duping is a sign the game files are poorly secured and the game. It’s more a sign the game didn’t do its job at protecting itself from cheaters. Putting everything online is giving up on trying instead of developing…

The desire to play hardcore mode instead of the regular one. I mean if you’re going to cheat, why play hardcore mode in the first place?

Yeah, that doesn’t help those of us who prefer their Diablo on the PC. Besides I shouldn’t have to buy a console to or another copy of the game to avoid internet deaths. It’s nice they removed the always online requirement on consoles, but that further shows the always online isn’t necessary in the first place.

maybe you don’t play hardcore mode... but the idea of rezing a character in it for any reason feels wrong.

you know.... I’ve been warning about this since the always online thing was announced. as someone who heavily played hardcore mode (I’m fond of roguelikes), this pissed me off the most. you can have the world’s greatest internet connection and still lose characters from shit like this.

not only that. comment sections provide insight into the opinions of the public/readers. reading comments can be especially informative when the readers disagree with the article (which happens more than not)

self-aware irony? or just irony?

I know right? Just that slim minority of gamers who make death threats and rape threats drag down gaming as a whole, right? gaming has been “dragged towards” another sexist and racist lowest common denominator. Gamers can all be considered one massive vitriolic hategroup. Those fringe minority of gamers define us all,…

I’m going to take a controversial stance but review scores do matter. First off the notion we cannot roughfully quantify something intangible and abstract like gaming on a simple 10 point scale ignores the simple fact humans are very good at doing just that. We do it all the time too. If you tell your doctor you’re in…

right. 1-10 is easy for us to have a sense of. we also are use 1-10 all the time to describe abstract ideas that are difficult to quantify. example, if you tell a doctor you have back pain, the first thing the doctor will ask will be something like, “how much does your back hurt on a scale from 1-10?” that question is…

your comment should be in every Kickstarter discussion because right now people miss the point. it’s either an outrage a scam occurred over this game, or it’s no big deal. the only real scam though is crowfunding itself.

they should for several reasons. one, the take a cut of the money you raise. if they took no money, I’d say they have no obligation. they can’t keep collecting cash from service they created and pretend they are somehow lack control over what content appears on their service, at least not forever. if too many scams…

Just how exactly do you propose we respond to Russia? There’s an old sort of joke I like to use in this sort of discussion.

You’re very welcome. I thought that’s where you were coming from. I could tell because when I see a lot of people exaggerate their love (or hate) for something to such a high degree, my gut reaction is to intensify my reaction the opposite direction. But at that point neither side is talking about the game any more…

Additional important note: This article misrepresents and misunderstands the work of Skinner regarding behavior and reward. The idea of a Skinner Box is not interchangeable with any behavior/reward system. It instead describes a very specific instance of this relationship. You cannot extrapolate an understanding of…

I can’t help but get the feeling this is another one of those “I want shorter, less demanding games. As someone in gaming press I have to play many games in a short period of time to move on to another set of games. Shorter experiences that can be quickly tossed aside really are the best kind of games for me.” I see…

I skipped over the article to the comments to voice similar concerns. I could be wrong, but I feel like the title coupled with the picture of SHODAN have already given me too much information about the story. Even if those things haven’t spoiled the game, they have certainly shaped my expectations.

actually the game got mostly positive reviews mixed alongside a handful of very scathing reviews. even those who enjoyed the game had at a least one or two major issues with it. it certainly wasn’t perfect. the game also didn’t sell very well, which is why the sequel has been sort of up in the air till recently. it…