Doom is an RPG. I’m playing the role of a space marine killing aliens.

Chess is an RPG. I’m playing the commander of an army, which is a role.

Are you familiar with the concept of the panopticon? The idea is that if people know they can be under observation at any time, but not whether they’re under observation at any particular moment, they’ll behave as if they’re under observation most or all of the time and self-regulate, thus limiting the need for actual…

Take Two be like "We're not gonna make the game you want and dammit neither are you."

I’m still holding out for a new Burnout game. Paradise was my favorite racer by some distance

>using the same password on multiple sites

It’s worth noting here that this means every site you use that password on is only as secure as the least-secure site you use that password on. Considering that it’s 2018 and people are still serving plaintext passwords over easily-monitored protocols (https://www.reddit.com/r/…

You could review, dispassionately, the airport meal that made you sick, so that we don’t eat it and also get sick. You’re right, it’s not healthy to dwell on negativity for its own sake. Its also not healthy to have fluid flying out of either end of you. Giving that negative review seems like hating the business…

I’m kinda with you here, esp when it comes to businesses. I don’t write a review unless something exceptional happens, either good or bad, because the existence of a cheeseburger shop (for example) implies that I can probably buy a reasonable cheeseburger there at a fair price. I only talk about it if that implication…

I can’t take the phrase “Smash Coochum” out of my head now. So, neither can you. It’s there and you can’t make it stop.

expected value = sum of [scenarios * likelihood of each]

Assuming the other player is random, if you cheat there’s a 50% chance you gain one, and a 50% chance you break even, so EV is .5/round. If you don’t cheat there’s a 50% chance you lose one, and a 50% chance to break even, so EV is -.5/round.

Couldn’t agree more. No one predicted the grinding halt and bloodbath that would result from trying to charge infantry onto a position protected by fully-automated guns. That’s why WWI was such a grind; once opening positions were established (and before artillery and armor were understood to be the counter to…

Soulless eyes, with diameter comparable to some small stars

I assumed the game was japanese based solely on the length of the title. As a rule, if it’s more than five words long and/or contains words like {happy, paradise, utopia} it’s japanese-influenced (which this clearly is). I also see nothing wrong with regionalizing your product. Domino’s is allowed to sell a squid ink…

Plenary indulgence. Rockstar needs a Lutheran movement if we’re ever gonna get them to stop selling forgiveness for our sins.

THEY DID IT! THEY FINALLY DID IT! I’ve never played warhammer in my life, not tabletop, not the RTS, not the 4x that I’ve just heard about. But I have *all* of the books (or at least all the ones I can find). The gods of the warp, the heresy, I absolutely *love* the world of this, but I’ve never found a game that…

The last Joy Division song...

The only difference between Dems and Reps is that Dems have the decency to lie to us as though our opinions were ever relevant. They are all whores to the status quo, because they are all owned by the same people. These donor/owners then use political tribalism to trick us into thinking that picking what color belt we…

I’ve played since 1.5 and, while I knew about the ender dragon, I’d simply never bothered with it.

““What do you need?” instead of “What should I do?” which seems like just a minute semantic distinction but really isn’t.”

Was actually kinda ready to be mad at you but this hit really close to home. I got my bullshit, same as anybody, cuz I came up in a time when that bullshit was not just acceptable but actively…

North Versailles as in “ver-SALES”, PA.

Moments like this are why we’re gonna have e-sports on TV as soon as the world is full of nothing but people who grew up with video games. Shit was exhilarating.