I remember when EB Games was stateside and Babbage’s was still around. Simpler times: walk in, get the game, walk out. Times change though. You no longer get things like box art, manuals, etc (outside of some online specialty stores) and digital is much more convenient. Admittedly, digital distribution eliminated my…

HELL NO! Sorry if I’m a little salty, but there is absolutely no way I’m giving them $40 extra bucks after the lackluster base game/DLC. I keep hoping they’ll make amends and it’s been painfully slow. It still boggles my mind how such a well established and respected studio could bungle community PR. Saying “We’re…

... you know Carter didn’t really start working with Habitat for Humanity until 1984, 4 years after he lost his reelection bid. While Carter is the model I hope all presidents aspire to post-presidency, summarily comparing 1.5 years after term to 30+ years doesn’t tell the whole story.

I know I whaled on MapleStory.

Well, it’s a mode, so I’m assuming that there’s still things like death match and... I dunno, zombies and prop hunt?

Between Origin, UPlay, GoG, Itch.io, Steam, Epic’s, Twitch’s, and Blizzard’s launchers, and DRM-free, uh.... I honestly don’t even know how many games in total I have. On Steam alone I have over 950 games.

I’ll admit that I use to be heavy anti-microtransactions. “Path of Exile” changed that for me. I think they’ve struck a really good balance, as I’ve felt it’s never been pay-to-win. Granted, that’s probably the only good example I’ve got, but I think microtransactions can work if done judiciously.

Hey, if CoD can do it, great. Lord knows that I playing too many bandwagoning “rouge-likes” lately, trying to find one that does the genre right.

I get it. “Battle Royale” is the new shit. But just because PUBG and Fortnite were huge successes doesn’t mean that your game needs it. If anything, it screams, “We’re out of ideas!” and reeks of desperation.

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I’ll enjoy this for what it is: a clever Nintendo ad. Honestly, it’s working. I don’t have a Switch yet, but everything I see about compels me to get one. I love making things and Labo is hitting me hard.

“Everyone, everyone.... my opinion matters the most, so when I say something sucks, it sucks for everyone.” /s

Oof. It’s kind of hard to give tips then if it’s not your style of game. The joy of Watch_Dogs is in the messing with technology, seeing what you can make happen that you may not be able to do in real-life. I personally enjoy going on high speed car chases and seeing how long I can drag it out before I either die or…

It’s disappointed to hear that Warmind is mediocre, not just from Kotaku but other outlets as well. It stings a bit, to be honest.

Yeah, my router is a dinosaur by today’s standards. I just have a hard time letting go of all the DD-WRT modifications I made to it. Also, my current phone is maxed on N (also a dino). So I guess depending on the reviews, it might be upgrade time for both.

Is your netbook running AC?

Hm, so by your understanding, it was a way of making sure that people could still play their steam games in case Steam got walled off?

Agreed, but I’m hopeful that one day we might get to a point where the latency is unnoticeable to the human eyes. I know that we may never get to do remote competitive play for something like Overwatch, but it’d be neat to be able to play something like Diablo 3, something that requires higher reaction times but not…

I think there’s definitely a couple of factors that come into play; the router’s wifi speed, frequency, distance to the device, the receiving device’s wifi spec, etc, etc. It’s a long list of hurdles to get over and that’s why I’m curious what their recommended specs are; I’m highly skeptical that this will work the…

Without trying to out myself, see the kerfuffle re: ex-Chancellor Beverly Davenport.