Sure I agree entirely. I was just saying that naming things E3 specific was not a bad thing.

Indeed, that's why I said a lot of devs don't like E3. But I also think you can cut them a bit of slack. It was one of the first next-gen games annouced (it was announced before the PS4/X1 were even announced) and they probably just got directives to make it look as good as possible.

Listen, I know its easy to get on the hate train, but there are tons of non-evil reasons for why they would take out certain effects. It's easy for modders on non-representative hardware who don't have to worry about breaking their entire game to make some changes that improve performance/visuals. As a developer, you…

I don't think you got my point. It's a bad thing that these options weren't available at release, but there is nothing wrong with them referring to a graphic preset/effect as an E3 effect. Tons of E3 specific code is written for every game at E3.

There's nothing inherently malicious about them referring to them as E3 effects. For AAA games, E3 is generally a huge milestone in development and a lot of effort goes into making that one demo they are going to show off well before their game is actually ready to be played (this is partly why a lot of devs don't…

I really hope so. Either way its still disappointing. I mean, the press conference is over and there is nothing from Rare. I know its stupid, but I was really hoping for Banjo 3.

I was so happy for a second, then I realized he's just gonna be a character model you can use in the game. Oh well.

Well, it doesn't seem all that comfortable for a bed, but I would love a bean bag chair shaped like this.

Hmm, while I'm sure that is really shitty in its own way, its still probably better than just coming to work one day and finding out you might not make rent the next month. I'd rather go on my own terms when I'm ready, but then again I'm sure switching companies is much harder in general in Japan because of that work…

I actually just got mine this week. I only have Mario Kart and Wind Waker HD (Wind Waker came as a bonus free download with Mario Kart), but I plan on getting Super Mario 3D World and DKCR2: Tropical Freeze sometime soon. I think the other big games are Pikmin 3 and New Super Mario Bros 2.

Honestly I was really planning on joining a game studio, but after hearing horror stories from other game developers about less pay, longer hours, less job security and no creative control, I decided I would be better off just being a normal software engineer in a stable company and try my best to create games on my…

Damn, reading Nintendo's stance on the issue makes me want to go and buy a whole buncha Nintendo games....

I've been getting them randomly since last night. Haven't got any today yet though.

You should read this:

Sweet! I just got my Wii U today. Glad I won't ever have to deal with this.

Yeah, I'm really thankful for that occasional game that makes me remember, "Yeah, this is why I love this medium". I do finish those games. But I don't have much patience for anything else anymore.

Yeah, I've come to terms with this after a long bit of introspection.

As an Indian that grew up in the US with an abnormally long middle name, I can tell you it doesn't make it any easier. Sure I can spell my own name fine, but its not like I can spell all other Indian names by instinct or something. I butcher Indian names just as much as the next American when I hear them for the…

I would highly recommend looking into a Sager/Clevo from a boutique shop like xoticpc.