I was surprised by how many Star Trek fans took umbrage at the f-bombs. It may be because I personally enjoy swearing so much in real life, but I was thoroughly delighted with the scene. It was a fine example of the spirit of enthusiastic scientific discovery people seem to feel the series is lacking.

I don’t have any problem with it. Video games are a form of commercial art and art is a great way to address relevant social issues

Again expansion or content packs. That thing that managed to keep many a popular online game going for years.

I think the games industry and early magazine journalism ala Nintendo Power has done a lot to perpetuate the myth that brand loyalty and consumption is unimpeachably good. That purchasing games and supporting companies is the best thing you can do.

I was recently trying to explain this to some people in the comments on a Kotaku article a few days ago. if you don’t have a problem with loot boxes in games then you’re part of the problem.

They’re slot machines in everything but name, meticulously crafted to encourage player spending and keep them on the hook.

A company that reviews and covers games is now also selling games? That doesn’t sound like a conflict of interest at all.

This. You see it in a lot of games. You still see the the threads that WoW has been permanently and irrevocably ruined by LFR, group finder, and making the barrier to entry(re-entry if you’re lapsed) easier. What these people don’t realize is that they are a vocal minority. The games would shrivel and die as others…

Guess I never noticed that Mercy wasn’t being played before because she’s always been my main.

Or - if Republican Congressmen/Congresswomen had any balls - they could simply write a piece of legislation outlawing “any firearm or any aftermarket modification to a pre-existing firearm that can fire a bullet or other intended projectile at a rate of more than once per method of activation (i.e. - “trigger pull”)“.…

Guild Wars 2 has done one of the best jobs I’ve seen in keeping their game “casual friendly”... Not surprisingly, it is endlessly shit on by “hardcores.”

You know, I’ve seen many hardcore mmo players complain about casuals getting catered to more, but as the fanbase continues to age I don’t think there’s any avoiding it. My understanding is that the bulk of gamers are adults now, and most adults are in the same situation as Keza and Patrick.

Two things

Also FFA Deathmatch mode is surprisingly awesome. It’s where all the snipers go to murder everyone in quick succession. Although I’ve been told Hanzo is practically meta these days, I will never get over the salt I got for trying to play him in competitive mode and besides, that person who told me is GM and I am down…

What a fucking joke. Six years later and you have to pay for it if you don’t get it in the first week? You can eat a raw dick, Bethesda.

There was audio/visual feedback. NORMALLY, if you’ve got decent shields, you get a warning that your shields are being damaged, then another when your shields are completely down. The Thargoid destroyed his shields so quickly that it went straight to “HULL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED!”, meaning his actual ship was now being…

i mean, usually the ship coputer will proclaim “under attack” when you are being fired on. this is assuming you havent lost power i guess but you said you had shields so you should have heard it unless you had your ship’s voice turned off in sound settings. you should still hear slight pings when you are hit, shield…

Code Vein doubles-down on the vampire Dark Souls vibes in its latest trailer from Tokyo Game Show. Revealed in May and aiming for a 2018 release on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, the game features real-time action and medieval gas masks. It also all takes place in an apocalyptic wasteland for safe measure.