Woffle posted:

This is totally true. You play the game in an entirely new way. I've got my Dark Souls down to about 2 hours and the feelings of tension during a speedrun are totally different than the feelings of tension you get from just, you know, Dark Souls.

Akuma posted:

What is your location?

Akuma posted:

Yeah I probably should have just said that there are other things like Nature Box that exist in the world outside the USA. Graze has existed for years.

Gamespot posted:

The game's control setup is its most terrifying element. The left analog stick moves you forward, back, and strafes right and left, while the right analog stick turns you and can be used to look up and down. Too often, you'll turn to face a foe and find that your weapon is aimed at the floor or ceiling while the alien gleefully hacks away at your midsection. Add to the mix a few other head scratchers - such as how the triangle button controls item and health use - and you'll be wondering how Sony let this get by without requesting a few different control configuration options.

moller posted:

Timesplitters predates Halo by, like, a year and was an FPS controlled with standard modern twin stick controls. Just sayin.

Lone Goat posted:

I think Goldeneye had this too, somewhere in the options.

Woffle posted:

I believe it and tried it briefly. I really dislike that game.

Captain Novolin posted:

The pronunciation of "gif" argument is the Internet equivalent of the argument over how to put toilet paper in the holder

Song For The Deaf posted:

I don't want to build it up, but "Dudes With Attitude" is a top-3 episode of the show for me.

Captain Novolin posted:

I go to the website and download each mp3 individually

Song For The Deaf posted:

My feeling is that we're talking about people who can intentionally keep their world very small. Anonymity is part of it, but what can you do with people who can gain social acceptance for doing this kind of thing?

When you don't have to answer to anyone who disagrees with you because an army of faceless dickheads will back you up, it's real real easy to be shameless.

Szmitten posted:

"Playing video games" is as much a hobby as "watching movies" or "reading books" i.e they're pretty prolific and as such there are assholes in all walks of life. The bigger issue is that video games are still a young and immature industry, inside and outside: the audience is mainly kids and teenagers, and those that stick with it into adulthood might remain somewhat immature (there are also plenty of grown-ups who play games a lot and aren't weird about it); devs are also starting kinda young but even as they age they're still often marketing towards a younger audience, even the oldest-and-still-working developers are entering their sixties and they're typically still aren't making games geared exclusively towards people their own age.

Some people just don't believe that video games aren't an insular thing anymore. I'm pretty sure the tide is changing and what we've been seeing the last few years are the final death throes of a few loud sticks in the mud who are still clinging desperately to their rock until they inevitably give up or go with the flow and keep a lid on it.

They also take the enthusiast press way too loving seriously. And they shouldn't. Yeah, Ebert or Kermode said/say a lot of interesting things, but they're still just guys writing their own opinion pieces, they're not the paragon gatekeepers of the entire industry they write about.

Also, this discussion might be better for the gamers.txt thread rather than here.

Gorn Myson posted:

I genuinely can't believe this thing is still going. I was quite happy with accepting that some indie game developer that I'd previously never heard of is an rear end in a top hat, but apparently people actually care about this stuff.

Lone Goat posted:

Was there a Campo Santo panel at PAX and where is it viewable?

ja2ke posted:

I was mostly goofing around, but they were also using the exact same logo to treatment unadorned for both Wii U and 3ds for almost all of development, to the best of my memory.

TetsuoTW posted:

Nintendo is very insistent about terminology in my limited experience, so I could see it being them wanted people to refer to the game as Smash Bros. and not just the subtitle (cf. Brawl, Melee). I seem to recall one of the consoles they were very adamant about the naming convention - I want to say it was the Wii (that is to say, not the Nintendo Wii, just the Wii), because I definitely remember they did not want the term Wiimote used in any official capacity (idiots).

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RACOON CITY STREETS
Come on, we started it! Dont stay there like deaf-dumb! Get your knife in hand
and dodge these bastards! But be careful! Dont bump in em!3-4 hits and you'll be
watching cool "YOU DIED" movie.Get to the Gun Shop Kendo. There, speak bullshit and
collect 2xh.g.b. Movie plays and zombies get in. Ready and handgun the undeads fast.
Check the man's body twice and filch the Rem.M1100P. Dont waste it now, keep the 4 bullets
in it for later, as you really will need them! Before the zombies wake up, get
the hell out fast! Get straight and right. Behind a fence-2 undeads. Mow them down( each
6-7 shots)!!! A movie plays. Dont worry, this guy wont get you fast! Fast! Get straight to
a car and get h.g.b.!Return and mow him to death. Enter basketball ground. Ther's another one
stupid mother-fucker, trying to get at you! Dodge him and get fast to the door!
Climb up and down stairs. When you get down, check the bin behind you. More h.g.b.
Get on box and equip your knife! Woo! Cut the throat of the fierce lady. Wait a while,
two males come up and the lady one gets up from sleep. Wack'em fast! Almoust with
cut-off heads they lay down. Be careful! They can vomit on your leg, draining
your health! Escape to the street! Walk/run past the cars. YUK!!! 4 undeads eating a
cop. Beware, cause they want flesh raw meat! Dodge the all of them and run to the
hosed bus and get h.g.b. behind you. Aim down, pummel 4 shots in a fierce lady,
that closes to you. If your ammo is a little let her grab your leg and then stomp her
head! A frame up, comes another motherfucker! Mow him to death. Get off bus! Fuckside!
6 zombies comin up, wanting flesh raw meat! Kick asses! Kill the first 2 and the last 2!
Get in door. Now where? Right or straight? Straight, cause on the right are waiting for
dinner two zombies. Climb down and up stairs! Get a g.h. from the bushes. This can cure
you. Use it, if you are dangered and get fast to the really hosed police station!
*Note that if you've picked no items to this point, you will meet a Brad Vicks zombie
*in the stairs tunnel before the RPD. Plunk him with 16-18 handgun shots and check his
*body for the special key, that you can use later to change your clothes.

coyo7e posted:

Captain Internet posted:

The art style also translates super poorly into the SNES and everything looks muddy and blurry

Woffle posted:

Especially if this name starts with T and rhymes with Total Biscuit.

Optimus Subprime posted:

I fully expect to see autonomous selfie drones in the next couple years, in which we will all miss the days of the passive selfie stick.