At this point, Steam users have successfully turned the review system into an irrelevant feature of the shop. It’s no longer a place to judge the quality of the game, but instead to express personal umbrage you take with whatever tiny and often irrelevant detail a game has. The old magazine world was dominated by…
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I don’t know about other people but when it comes to looking for help with something in a game or anything else I very specifically look for articles and try to avoid videos. First of all I don’t want to hear some strange person talk - Second of all I tend to find these videos have a ton of bloat that I’m not…
I’m not even into fallout but this is the last thing I want out of a Wiki. Its why I can’t stand going to IGN for game news. If you just want a few pieces of information- a video takes way too long. At least for me, 90% of what I look up on the Web can be solved with a little text and/or images. If I want a…
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Something to keep in mind for those of you not working in creative fields:
Imagine, for a moment, that the iconic element of the product you spent months—perhaps years—of your life on were brought to market without your ever having been involved.
Could that product still have been completed?
Yes.
Would it still be…
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