I've never been in a situation where I had to do a job that I really didn't like in order to make ends-meet. I don't have a fat pay check either, but that's because the jobs I've chosen to do (indie game development, game programming instructor) don't offer the kinds of pay I could garner with similarly skilled jobs…

The pretentiousness is awful indeed. I do love to learn how to pronounce concepts and names (such as for cities) in their original languages properly though. I really enjoy learning the intricacies of pronunciation. It's the best part of learning a new language for me, and the first thing I do when I come into a new…

We all have stories like that, right? It's always worse when you're younger, don't know what you're doing, and are still working out unrealistic societal pressures that tell guys they have to be experienced Don Juans and women that they have to be immaculate bastions of purity.

For me, suicide is not about wanting to die, it's about not wanting to live.

Agreed. Anything under 3.5 average is pretty abysmal on the App Store.

QUOTE | "It will start to tail off because the people who play the games will recognize when they're about to be nickled and dimed, and stop playing them." - MMO pioneer Richard Bartle, arguing that free-to-play games have a "half-life" and will soon start to fail.

Basically blocked my entire weekend for this. And I've moved my sleeping times forward 9 hours to PDT :P

Last year I actually downloaded all of the International games and watched them in my own time. Valve has them up for download on the tournament website almost immediately after the game.

The diversity question really doesn't come into its own when asked about specific products though, at least not in isolation. The question I would ask when observing a game in isolation is more along the lines of opportunity: "could this game have been more diverse than it currently is". This because it demands an…

I'm really glad they went back to this type of game after Ego Draconis. They are so much better at making this. I tried playing Divinity 2 but it was hampered by so much fail (often technical, but sometimes also design) I couldn't bear through it for more than an hour or so. I still reference it for the worst running…

[Insert Here] Simulator 2014 Reviews:

"...AN ACTUAL GAME!!" - LiveInRealLife

Simulator Alligator!

That's usually how it works. Must pay to keep up. That's why the "pay to win faster" doesn't work in multiplayer. It works just fine in single player, if you don't make it too much of a hostage situation.

So... basically free to play slowly, or pay to win faster.

There's one instance in which I felt guilty about something I was about to do in Skyrim. I played through the Foresworn quest in Markarth twice, where you get imprisoned and help their king escape. The first time I killed him as he was escaping. The second time I initially vowed I wouldn't kill him. I didn't really…

A lot will have changed then heh. My first trip to Utrecht was about 20 years ago as well, as a kid with my mom. Don't remember much from that, though.

Bijenkorf is pretty easy. You just use the regular Vredenburg exit and cross the square. There's some construction beyond that point, but by train it's pretty straight forward still. Just make sure you pay attention when getting to the station, so you don't go the wrong way. It's like a 5 min walk.

Utrecht, Netherlands. They're rebuilding the entire area around central station. Have been for like 10 years now, and will be until 2030. And then there's all the other construction going on elsewhere in town...

My city is currently Road Construction Simulator 2014.

Honestly wouldn't put this on the same level as Goat Simulator. GS was a game about hilarity, this is the comedic equivalent of a failed slow clap.