Shagger

I will never understand why people have a personal care about game sales because it's a measure of nothing that should matter to the average gamer. Sales numbers, wether they be large or small, say nothing about how good or bad a game is. They say nothing about about wether or not a game will suit your tastes or not. It doesn't yield any useful information whatsoever, so why even bring it up?

To describe this in one word, pointless. Not only has this been available on console since the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One, third party software for this purpose has been available for this purpose on PC for, if anything, even longer. This feature is actually built into the support software for graphics cards these days. I know that because I've used it. That software also has the advantage of being available to use with software not launched through Steam, so why would anybody use this? I'm not dissing the software not it's features, I'm sure it works fine, but anyone even remotely serious about recording gameplay on PC would be either using a capture card or premium third-party software and that's not likely to change.

@Knight Barida I have locked this topic and encourage you to instead post a new topic on this subject under the Video Game Deals sub-forum. Information or the rules and format for posts on that sub-forum can be found here.

Gender segregation in athletic competition is understandable, but for e-sports it's ridiculous. It's like having gender segregation for a Chess tournament, it makes no sense and can't be justified.

Saw this in my news feed yesterday. These idiots came back from the void whare we all hoped they would stay promising honesty and transparency. Within just a few weeks of that promise, they are asset flipping, trying to fund that asset flipping with a bullshit Kickstarter campaign and now trying to trick people into developing thier game for free. Fuck Fantastic. Glad to see they're not getting away with it, at least not in the eyes of the community.

Looking forward to seeing this flop and die within weeks and I hope both Ubisoft and the crypto-twats who lap this up loose everything they put into this.

For everything to come together for life on Earth to evolve as we know it was literally a billions to one chance. Whilst I have little doubt that other planets have met the correct conditions for life, I don't think there are as many of them in our galaxy as most people assume. Even if the conditions are right for life, there is no guarantee life would take hold, especially evolving to the point of sentiant life. Are there other sentiant beings out there in the universe? For sure, but it's very unlikely we will ever make contact with them.

Dualshockers' have made rejecting thier cookie policy on thier website ridiculously hard. Instead of reading thier article, I found the information detailing the rules on the FTC website. Link below. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-rule-banning-fake-reviews-testimonials Having read the new guidelines, I can't help but feel I'm missing something. I don't actually see anything in these new rules that would forbid review bombing, or at least not review bombing for legitimate reasons. If alot of people are unhappy with changes to a game, the company policies or whatever people will still be able to write or alter legitimate user reviews to make thier feelings clear. It seams to mostly target review bots, paid reviewers and insider reviews. As far as I can see, it's game companies that need to be concerned. More specifically, game companies that twist people's arms on storefronts and on social media for positive reviews, companies that buy reviews and have employees review the own games as well as other forms of manipulation. The only concern I've got is the possibility of companies claiming that review bombing as a form of review manipulation. However would have a hard time proving that when there are hundreds of legit accounts with no connection to each other saying the things because it's true. So I'm not that concerned, but if I have missed something here please let me know.

Rogue every time. They usually combine melee with ranged weapons, so actually offer great attack options without the vurnerbilty of a mage and tend to be more fun to control than warriors. Not to mention stealth has a tendency to be overpowered in RPG's.

The quick answer is no. They are not even remotely similar. If fixing mental health problems and trauma was as easy as planting one's ass in front of TV and handing the patient a controller mental health issues and social problems wouldn't exist. Video games are entertainment made to help you relax, test you reflexes and strategies, stimulate your imagination with stories and characters and all manner of things generally good for one's mental health, but it's not therapy. Therapy is to the mind is what surgury is to the body, by it's very nature is not entertaning or relaxing. It's invasive and uncomfortable because that's how it works. Quite frankly, people need to stop looking at arbertry entrainment as some sort of substitute for real help.

This topic is just spam from 5 years ago that didn't need dug back up. I've removed the other link as it's not genuine anyway and locking the thread.

I feel you. Magic is probably the worst part about Skyrim. It's so badly balanced against the player that it's crap both to use and fight against. Melee by contradiction is, if anything, overpowered, mostly because of how smithing works.

The platform makes all the difference here. Games consoles are designed to pair well with televisions, but PC's and normal televisions don't actually get along very well. Without the right optimatarions, PC signals tend to tear up and be unstable on normal TV's.

Just be glad you're not burdened with Cricket. That sport makes baseball look like a rock concert. Not only is it pompous and formal compared to baseball, it's way more tedious and slow paced. Cautious, defencive play is a huge part of the game, making an already boring game even more boring. In test cricket, it takes 5 days to play one game and it usually ends in a fucking draw! Motorsport is pretty much the only sport that holds my interest. I enjoy the technical and tactical side to it as much as I do action on-track, that's I can watch things like Formula 1 even when it does get tedious without getting bored. However, NASCAR is whare I draw the line. I admire the drivers as I know those cars are not easy to drive and they are being driven at incredible speeds, way faster than F1 cars, but there is a lack of sophistication and variety to the spectacle that just does not appeal to me. At least Indicar hold races on both ovals and racetracks, so there's some varaity.

Moving this to the Movies and TV sub-forum as this topic has nothing to do with gaming.