{PH}88fingers wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 20:14:

Every friend or family member that comes to my place asks me about my setup as if I must either be rich or some kind of engineer. (and they know I am neither) Most of them don't game like I do, but the few that do have all gone and bought similar setups when they find out how easy and cheap it can actually be.

Have you really tried to use a mouse down by your ass? Seriously? lol...

mind sharing a link? since this is so simple and awesome I'm sure a link or two would help us all out?

Golwar wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 19:16:
This whole topic is insane. First off, I doubt that Jason Jones quote was directed mainly at the mouse/kb faction. He made a general statement about how the genre evolved since Halo and parts of his claims, as the health recharge ie, are legit.

But people love to blow up things, especially media. And Blue's News makes there no exception, sadly. So everyone gathers around and "analyzes", with the result being that even stranger theories are published.

So what do I think about the Ars Technica comment? Less people play CoD on the PC you say?
Marvelous! It proves that PC users are smarter and capable to withstand Activison. Wait, you didn't think that CoD was an universally accepted milestone in gaming history, did you Ars Technica?

It is simple, I love to play on any platform and with any kind of controls. The joypad is perfect to relax, the m/kb combo is a must for competitve gaming. Life is good.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 17:41:

Beamer wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 16:04:
They make games for their consumers! They make games that people who buy their games will enjoy. Making a change that makes you happy will make them unhappy.

Well you missed about half my sarcasm, but that's okay it doesn't always translate well. Here's the thing, console gaming has degenerated nearly the point of "it's not a game, it's an interactive movie" and in 15 years, I expect to see someone has gotten the brainchild idea to turn it into a choose-your-own adventure machine. Where it gives you a list of options and you're simply along for the ride.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 15:26:

Beamer wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 11:26:
and even just 1 person on a server using a mouse against everyone else using a pad will ruin the fun for everyone.

Wait, so because everyone is dumbed down to the point where they need the game to autoaim for them, no one should get their feelings hurt when PC master race comes along with a mouse and wtfpwns them using fine control. Gotcha.

Verno wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 09:59:
I don't need to see benchmarks, its for forum braggarts

Beamer wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 09:26:

RollinThundr wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 08:54:

Beamer wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 08:38:

Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 08:29:
You know it sucks that people this clueless manage to get rich. *sigh*

He was also the lead on Myth and Marathon, the two games people that hate Halo cite as reasons why Bungie used to be great.

Eh Bungie isn't particularly great then either, if Myth and Marathon are considered their "great" period.

I'm not making the claim. I have no fond memories of either.

Plenty of fond memories of Halo 1 PC, which makes me in the minority, and of Halo 3, which is the closest thing we have to a spiritual successor to GoldenEye/Perfect Dark. We did a couple of, well, kind of LAN parties a few years back. 2 TVs, 2 Xboxes, 16 people rotating on and off in groups of 8. Very few other games let you do 4 per system. Online, too. Which makes it far and away one of the best party games and one of the only hardcore party games.

Ozmodan wrote on Feb 19, 2013, 05:45:
Any idiot knows that a mouse keyboard combination owns in FPS. Even on consoles. The only thing I can say is this guy is an idiot.

this campaign will be our sole source of funding for development

Linksil wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 20:17:
Let us hook up a mouse and keyboard to the 360/ps3/720/ps4, Give us proper configs for it (no mouse lag options) and see what people REALLY want to play FPS games on.

Bhruic wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 18:25:

Beamer wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 15:47:
I get why some here see me as an apologist, but it usually means they're not reading what I say closely. Maybe my arguments just don't translate to text. I just try to fight hyperbole more than anything. You can have rational discussions about how something sucks or why something sucks without launching into massive amounts of FUD. But I guess that's not how the internet works.

Oh, please. If there is any situation where one thing is good for consumers, and one thing is good for companies, you are always in here arguing on behalf of the companies. Every time. Maybe you just like to play devil's advocate, who knows? But this site is about consumers. It is about what we want from companies. So of course our posts are going to be pro-consumer. And as it's primarily a PC gamer site, of course our posts are going to be biased towards PC gaming.

You seem to have made it your personal mission to take the side of the companies in every debate. Sure, I suppose it's nice to have both sides represented, but don't try and act all innocent when you get called out on it.

Eirikrautha wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 16:06:

Quboid wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 15:43:

Beamer wrote on Feb 18, 2013, 15:13:
I rarely apologize for companies. It's how it's viewed, but usually people are saying things like "they're trying to rape our unborn children!" and I try to explain how these decisions are made.

Rarely do people sit in a conference room and say "how can we fuck over our users?"

This, though, seems to be the result of just that.

I've seen this attitude here so many times, if you're not completely against something (typically MS or EA) then you must be completely in favour of it. A couple of times in the last 24 hours I've seen Eirikrautha explicitly exhibit this, by making accusations against you which show she/he thinks in nothing but extremes.

Wow! You're a regular Kreskin! Tell me what number I'm thinking of right now...