Mordecai Walfish wrote on Nov 14, 2012, 20:35:
RIP Nintendo Power!

This was the first gaming magazine I had a subscription to, and was a publication I would read from cover to cover every month when I was younger. My early addiction to NP was in no doubt formative to my current-day addiction to Bluesnews. The only other gaming magazines I can recall being as excited in receiving as NP were Sierra's magazine, Interaction, and Electronic Gaming Monthly.

The era of gaming mags is officially over at the end of this year, as far as I'm concerned. Every gaming mag I see nowadays seems outright bought and paid for by publishers, which is funny because two of my favorites were directly from large publishers. I was flipping through an old Game Informer at a buddy's place not too long ago and saw the review for RAGE. 9/10. 'nuff said.

Beamer wrote on Nov 14, 2012, 16:05:

Agent.X7 wrote on Nov 14, 2012, 15:46:
#3 is actually what they say. Glass is not a true solid, rather an amorphous solid. I learned that in science in 10th grade, and a year ago again in college. Also, a quick Google will confirm.

Yeah, but it has two main flaws. One, it says "glass isn't a solid," then says "glass is an amorphous solid." That's like saying "Doom isn't a video game, it's a first person video game."

Secondly, it claims stained glass is thicker on the bottom due to flow. It isn't. Glass doesn't flow. It's due to manufacturing decisions.

The Half Elf wrote on Nov 10, 2012, 13:52:
How about Joss Whedon to write and direct 7?

Prez wrote on Nov 9, 2012, 23:13:
Someone care to explain to little old clueless me how a million people tapping on a friggin' cube with a virtual chisel keeps them so busy that they can't get more than three hours a sleep a night? I couldn't possibly care any less that this isn't coming to PC; I'm just at a loss over the reason they cited.

DangerDog wrote on Nov 9, 2012, 13:53:

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 9, 2012, 11:19:
I wonder what scenes in particular were related to this reprimand.. because it can't be the locations.. or can it?

Regenerating health and the ability to respawn.

door breaching techniques as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Ew-awbsNw

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 9, 2012, 11:19:
I wonder what scenes in particular were related to this reprimand.. because it can't be the locations.. or can it?

nin wrote on Nov 8, 2012, 10:46:

"Top Gun" Sequel Collapses Post-Scott.

Probably for the best.

nin wrote on Nov 5, 2012, 21:31:
I'd try this out, except I've enjoyed all the other lego games, and I'm already waaaaaaay behind on new releases as it is.


But I'll def grab it at some point...

sauron wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 23:37:
I'm having trouble putting GW2 down, best game I've played in ages. Have been trying out the dungeons, WvWvW, crafting, events, all of them great.

Regarding updates, there are several places in the game world where there are gates to new places that are currently shut. One of the places is in SE Lions Arch, where there is an area with 6 Asuran Gates that right now are under construction. Where they will eventually link to is anyone's guess.

I get the feeling the dev team is looking long-term.

Creston wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 20:25:

Agent.X7 wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 14:13:
If the TP keeps you from enjoying a game, you're probably doing it wrong.

Creston, how do you have 2 80s? I thought I was playing the game a lot, but my main isn't even 80 yet (69, I think) and my alts aren't even close. (Only one is 30, the rest are all sub 20) Guess I'm not playing as much as I thought.

The funny thing is that I have 2 80s, but a grand total of 3 gold... :\
I also have a 20 something and a 10 something.

I've probably played around 300 hours, but the big thing is to just log in and get the daily achievements every day. I had left my thief at 65 and went to play my Guardian, then decided to get my thief to 80 as well.

I got her from 67 to 75 by mastering cooking, and then the last five levels I just did dailies in Queensdale. You kill everything in basically 1 or 2 shots, are never in danger, there's a billion events going on, and every day with the dailies you get like 120K xp. (plus 4500 karma!!) Nine days later she was 80, and every day took me like 30 mins or so.

Playing an elementalist again, hopefully the class will sit better with me this time around.

Creston

Acleacius wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 18:03:

Agent.X7 wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 14:13:
If the TP keeps you from enjoying a game, you're probably doing it wrong.

It didn't seem to difficult too, level to 80 in 30 days. Maybe your playing too many different toons at once or not doing enough events. There are approximately 3 zones for every 10 levels. After level 25 or so I started doing all 3 zones for a range (30 to 40). I'm still in the 65 to 70 zones at 78.90 level. So I still have about 6 full zones left. Plenty of XP.

Got an example, I really didn't say that and did actually say why it's an issue? If you've got something specific, I'd be glad to hear it.

Fion wrote on Nov 2, 2012, 21:36:

Cutter wrote on Nov 2, 2012, 20:40:
How can you not have it yet, Bats? No wonder the cool kids don't pick you for their team.

I hope the Xmas event is better than the Halloween one. Wasn't at all impressed with it.

To each their own Cutter but if you weren't impressed by the Halloween event I'm going to assume you only participated in Act 1. Because in whole, it surpassed every other MMOGs holiday event. I mean WoW has been known for having great holiday events but they usually consist of a few new quests that take you an hour, an achievement and if your lucky, a new boss to farm. Boring and tiny by comparison.

I had an extreme amount of fun doing the clock tower, the soft PvP and the Mad King's dungeon. I gained 10+ levels, got a whole bunch of fun stuff, a bunch of exotics waiting to be equipped, and two of the unique skins. I can only hope future events are even close to as good.

On topic, really looking forward to the Lost Shore later this month. The clues in Lion's Arch have been titillating, I'm sure it'll be great fun and if it includes even half as much content as the Halloween event did, it'll mean GW2 has had more 'free' content updates than WoW has in more than a year. Hell of a bargain if you ask me.