It’s definitely not Joe the Grocery Bagger being super generous. The people topping the leaderboards probably haven’t worked a day in their lives, because their parents own a Fortune 500 company.

Nope, I’m with you. I’ve never even -thought- about the frame rate while playing a game, let alone allow it to detract from my enjoyment. I understand why people would want their games to look and run as pretty as possible, but that kind of stuff is very low on my list of priorities.

Small towns like this breed juvenile psychopaths. Cut off from the rest of the world with nothing to do, surrounded by the same faces every single day and raised to be distrustful of outsiders, bored kids left to their own devices will do some seriously messed up stuff. And nobody sees it coming, because small towns…

What needs to change is something much, much bigger than Steam and video games in general.

Oh, I’m aware. I don’t play competitively at all, but I like to maintain a theoretical understanding of how things work, because I find it interesting. Just not interesting enough to put it into practice.

And that’s why every fighting game needs decent offline, single-player content. I’ve loved the genre since the days of Street Fighter II in the arcades, but I’ve never had the time or dedication to reach a point where I can win as much as I lose.

I just looked at my “time played” list, and I only have 23 minutes on Reaper and 30 on Bastion. I’ve been playing Overwatch almost every day since release.

Yeah, you do have a point. I’m sure I’m coming at the argument from a different angle than most people. I still can’t fault those people for preferring aesthetically pleasing things, though. It’s human nature.

I think you misunderstand me. I’m not suggesting that people flip through digital storefronts and choose games based solely on the icon. I’m saying that many people, going in blind, won’t even get to the “screenshots, trailers, articles, reviews” phase if their first exposure to the game, in this case the icon,…

Good, good. With all that extra time, you may want to try reading up on basic advertising principles to get additional perspective on why bad icons matter.

If you’re doing that much research on the games you’re interested in, you’re not a casual gamer. Most people can’t be bothered to put that sort of thought into choosing a politician, let alone the entertainment they consume.

Shitty box art and promotional material can have a negative impact on peoples’ perception of a game, not to mention its sales. Games themselves are art, and people tend to be passionate about the art they love, and they want it to succeed.

I’ve been meaning to pick one up eventually, if only for Xenoblade Chronicles X and Fatal Frame. I might have to start looking around a lot sooner than I anticipated. Either that, or hope those games show up on the Switch in the future.

I don’t know if you realize this, but children are the worst and there is no way the kid will get through life without being teased about something, even if other kids have to make something up.

I’m pretty sure if you put a Wildlands guy and a Rainbow Six guy next to each other, I would have no clue which was which.

Though he worded it in a confusing way, I don’t think Rer was saying that Bioware made Destiny 2. However, Anthem looks as if it draws some heavy inspiration from the Destiny model, and it’s entirely possible that EA will force them to borrow the shittier elements as well. It’s perfectly valid to bring up Destiny 2 in…

It’s unfortunate that every time racists latch onto a particular phrase or picture, everyone else is penalized by never being able to use and/or enjoy it ever again.

You’re getting some thoughtful responses here, and there’s little I can add. As long as you’re responsible enough to tell the difference between fantasy and reality, you can fantasize about whatever you want. If you’re lucky enough to have a partner who willingly indulges those fantasies, have at it (safely within the…

I don’t understand how people can watch this shit and not just... cringe. I can’t even make it thirty seconds into videos put out by people like this (and there are a lot of them out there). On top of everything else, it’s just one more thing to make me ashamed for being American.

Bloodrayne, hands down. It had some serious flaws, but I used to love it back in the day. With the cheat code for infinite slo-mo enabled, it felt better than The Matrix.