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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in Did you notice that cheat codes aren't a thing anymore?   
    I feel like this has largely been replaced by console commands, at least for PC. Not that I'm complaining or anything. Console commands are way easier to use than old-fashioned cheat codes, as was already mentioned above.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in Unpopular series installments you love   
    I concur on this one. I understand the original trilogy was highly beloved, and it would have been nearly impossible for any spin-off game to recapture that lightning in a bottle. While there were certainly things about Andromeda I didn't like, I don't think it was the massive trainwreck everyone treated it like it was, and I actually really enjoyed playing it.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Patrik in Are games ever going to be so photorealistic they're confused with real life?   
    Absolutely. I was playing Mass Effect: Andromeda once, and my mother happened to stop by. She's not a gamer at all, and she was like, "Wow, these graphics are amazing!" And I was like, "Really? Because people actually complained about them when this game was first released lol."
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in Thoughts on Alan Wake?   
    I'm actually super hyped for that. It's been a long time since I played it, but if I remember right, the ending of that game left a bad taste in my mouth. Didn't he get stuck in some eternal eldritch limbo under the lake at the end? Would definitely be interested in seeing a continuation of this story. Just so long as I don't have to fight anymore impossible possessed construction equipment xP
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Kane99 in You guys remember the Paperboy games?   
    I'm a relatively young gamer, and the only reason I've ever heard of it was because it got namedropped in a Starbomb song once and I googled it to see what it was. Ah how times change.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Crazycrab in Has anything ever offended you in a game?   
    I think I disagree with that. The fiction that we consume as a society says a lot about us and who we are and what we value. Conversely, the fiction that we consume also plays a role in shaping our society. I can't think of an example from a specific video game, but let's say there was a video game that had a negative/stereotypical portrayal of a trans person, for instance. For the people that are out there who think it's OK to be transphobic, playing that video game reinforces that belief in their minds. 
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from The Blackangel in Has anything ever offended you in a game?   
    I think I disagree with that. The fiction that we consume as a society says a lot about us and who we are and what we value. Conversely, the fiction that we consume also plays a role in shaping our society. I can't think of an example from a specific video game, but let's say there was a video game that had a negative/stereotypical portrayal of a trans person, for instance. For the people that are out there who think it's OK to be transphobic, playing that video game reinforces that belief in their minds. 
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Jaicee in Stupidest video game bans by regulators   
    I could be wrong, but I've heard that Wolfenstein 3D is banned in Germany because there are Nazis in it. Even though you're literally fighting the Nazis. Go figure.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in Stupidest video game bans by regulators   
    I could be wrong, but I've heard that Wolfenstein 3D is banned in Germany because there are Nazis in it. Even though you're literally fighting the Nazis. Go figure.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in Gaming good for mental health   
    I have a social anxiety disorder, and I'm on a forum for people who have that sort of thing. One of the users was showing off a VR program/game they were in the process of making, designed to help people with social disorders or autism learn to socialize with other people. It was very cool! There were different settings (like a store, or a party, or whatever), and lots of different difficulty settings to tinker with, including the "friendliness level" of the NPCs. It was very realistic looking, too. I signed up for their email list to hear about future updates, but haven't heard anything yet.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Reality vs Adventure in Gaming good for mental health   
    I have a social anxiety disorder, and I'm on a forum for people who have that sort of thing. One of the users was showing off a VR program/game they were in the process of making, designed to help people with social disorders or autism learn to socialize with other people. It was very cool! There were different settings (like a store, or a party, or whatever), and lots of different difficulty settings to tinker with, including the "friendliness level" of the NPCs. It was very realistic looking, too. I signed up for their email list to hear about future updates, but haven't heard anything yet.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in Not using items ever to conserve resources   
    You've suddenly triggered in me a very vivid memory of crawling on my hands and knees across the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout New Vegas trying to get to a vendor because I can't afford to just drop loot on the ground, but raiders are shooting at me from all directions and a popup keeps flashing in my face telling me, "You are overencumbered and can't run!"

    I'm a big hoarder of health items, because in every game I will inevitably get to a boss fight that I just can't beat for the life of me, and I will need every health item I can get. And even then it might not be enough. Every time I play Dragon Age Origins, I always save the Broodmother boss fight for last so I have practically the whole game to stock up on health potions. Luckily they don't take up inventory space and you can theoretically get your hands on an infinite amount of them.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from AndreiMirfi in What social medias do you use?   
    None, except YouTube, if you count that. I do actually post comments and interact with people on there, though, I'm not just watching videos.

    I quit Facebook back in 2015 and never really looked back. Dabbled briefly in Twitter. Very briefly. Guess I don't really see what all the fuss is about.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in what do you prefer in walkthroughs?   
    If I'm legitimately looking up a video walkthrough because I'm stuck in a game and don't know how to progress, if I click on the video and hear, "Hey guys, it's...!" I will immediately click off and go find one without commentary. I love YouTube, but everybody with a console and a mic thinks they're a Let's Player these days.
    That being said, there are Let's Players that I do follow, but I watch specifically for the commentary, not necessarily the gameplay.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in Not using items ever to conserve resources   
    You've suddenly triggered in me a very vivid memory of crawling on my hands and knees across the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout New Vegas trying to get to a vendor because I can't afford to just drop loot on the ground, but raiders are shooting at me from all directions and a popup keeps flashing in my face telling me, "You are overencumbered and can't run!"

    I'm a big hoarder of health items, because in every game I will inevitably get to a boss fight that I just can't beat for the life of me, and I will need every health item I can get. And even then it might not be enough. Every time I play Dragon Age Origins, I always save the Broodmother boss fight for last so I have practically the whole game to stock up on health potions. Luckily they don't take up inventory space and you can theoretically get your hands on an infinite amount of them.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in How do you keep frustration at bay?   
    I set the game on the easiest difficulty level. And then if I still somehow encounter a boss I can't beat (it happens), I ragequit and look up the ending to the game on YouTube (because it almost always happens towards the end of a game). Looking at you, haunted bulldozer in Alan Wake!
    My Fallout 4 player character who currently has a rainbow of pixels instead of a face would agree with you. If he could talk.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in What does EA need to do to win fans back?   
    What EA needs to stop doing is charging me $40.00 for a Sims 4 expansion pack. Forty dollars! For one expansion pack! I don't even think I spent that much money on the vanilla game omg. I don't even think most video games are worth forty bucks.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from StaceyPowers in Lines from video games you say constantly IRL   
    It was a cute line. I would have liked it even better if the PC hadn't felt the need to repeat it every single time you hit the "attack" button. Or any other button, for that matter. I think there was even a reference to it in DAI, if I recall correctly 

    In the Ace Attorney franchise, there's a line associated with Miles Edgeworth that goes something like, "You're not a clown, you are the entire circus!" I can't recall if he actually says it in any of the games or if it was just something the fans made up, but I've definitely used that one to jokingly insult my friends on multiple occasions.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in What does EA need to do to win fans back?   
    What EA needs to stop doing is charging me $40.00 for a Sims 4 expansion pack. Forty dollars! For one expansion pack! I don't even think I spent that much money on the vanilla game omg. I don't even think most video games are worth forty bucks.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from StaceyPowers in How do you keep frustration at bay?   
    I set the game on the easiest difficulty level. And then if I still somehow encounter a boss I can't beat (it happens), I ragequit and look up the ending to the game on YouTube (because it almost always happens towards the end of a game). Looking at you, haunted bulldozer in Alan Wake!
    My Fallout 4 player character who currently has a rainbow of pixels instead of a face would agree with you. If he could talk.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in Why do some people hate playing games?   
    This, essentially. I think video gaming used to be kind of a niche hobby, and, because of that, a bunch of stereotypes sprung up around it that certainly aren't true anymore, but some people think they are.
     
    I've always maintained that if you don't like video games, it's just because you haven't found the right game yet. There's a lot of people out there who think that every video game is like Doom.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from StaceyPowers in Games that made you say WTF?   
    Oh, that must be from one of the DLCs. I don't have a whole lot of experience with those. Maybe that's for the better? lol

    See, here's the weird thing. I like puzzle games. I really, really do. But what I can't stand is puzzles in games that don't typically have puzzles. Like, you're going along your merry way, stomping bad guys, looting crates, doing your thing, and BAM, puzzle. It's like my brain has to be in a certain mindset to want to do puzzles, and blowing people up does not put me in that mindset.
    Like those animal pillars in Skyrim that made me want to cry whenever I saw them. If you can even call those puzzles, I guess.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from Withywarlock in What open world game do you have the most playthroughs on?   
    Probably Fallout 4. Fallout New Vegas was actually the better game, but it has an absurdly low level cap. Once I'd hit the level cap halfway through my playthrough with ten sidequests still to do, it kind of took the fun out of playing it. At least Fallout 4 let me level up forever.
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    staticradio725 got a reaction from killamch89 in In-game organizations you hate the most?   
    I think I hated most of the factions in Fallout 4 for one reason or another. I kind of wanted a wild card / no faction ending like we had in Fallout New Vegas, because I didn't really want to side with anybody lol. But yeah, the Brotherhood was probably the worst, and consistently so across the franchise. Arthur Maxon can take a flying leap. (Off the flight deck of the Prydwen)
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