theyarecomingforyou wrote on Oct 21, 2018, 12:08:

Beamer wrote on Oct 21, 2018, 11:14:
Honestly, if I don't play what's likely to be the best game since The Witcher 3, because it isn't coming to my preferred platform soon enough, I feel as if I'm really only hurting myself.

That's fair enough. However, I still have yet to play The Witcher 3, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor or Battlefield 1 for more than ten minutes, even though I've had them for a while now. Having young children means I have to prioritise my time and because my girlfriend games on XB1 I mostly play Fortnite with her on my PC.

Mr. Tact wrote on Oct 19, 2018, 10:17:

Squirrels are a popular food in rural Kentucky, where people eat either the meat or the brains but generally not both, Dr. Weisman said. Families tend to prefer one or the other depending on tradition.

Uh, what? I don't know what to say to that...

VaranDragon wrote on Oct 19, 2018, 10:22:
Jesus Christ, who the fuck cares about any of this shit? I mean seriously, how the fuck is this not wasting developer time and money on completely useless shit that is also very taxing on hardware...

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Oct 19, 2018, 10:00:

bigspender wrote on Oct 19, 2018, 07:39:

jdreyer wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 23:17:

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 13:32:
Battlefield single player campaigns... lol!

An alternate history WWII game would have been so much better, oh well. I'll probably still end up getting BFV eventually.

We have alternate history WW2 games. They're called "Wolfenstein"

A battlefield-sized Wolf game would be great though.

I was somewhat vague, but clearly this is what I mean. a Battlefield game free from the constraints of 'historical realism' or whatever the hell people are expecting from BFV. Aka they should have just made BF2143, but maybe in a couple years.

I have all the new Wolfensteins, and obviously the old ones too. Great in single player, was there even multiplayer? I have no idea.

Prez wrote on Oct 19, 2018, 08:56:
I don't personally think protagonists in media need to be likeable or relatable. With the popularity of cult classics like 'Pulp Fiction', 'From Dusk til Dawn' and 'The Devil's Rejects' it seems movies about despicable bad guys can be compelling entertainment. I also don't understand why simply because Nazi atrocities actually happened that any media portraying a Nazi protagonist is off limits but maybe that's just me.

As an aside, Jurgen Prochnow, while not specifically a nazi in the movie, was undeniably a sympathetic and honorable protagonist as the WW2 German U-Boat captain in 'Das Boot', one of my favorite films of all time.

Jagacademy wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 14:06:

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 13:13:

He's probably just really, really good.

It's more the fact that this is a viable gameplay mechanic. The greatest sniper in human history couldn't do this once, let alone nonstop like a machine gun. I know CoD's are more arcadish than realistic, but this is just taking it to an extreme. Might as well give people magical powers.

VaranDragon wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 17:37:

bigspender wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 17:32:

Telling a story is perfectly fine. But you can't make them a hero.

What about telling a story where you are not the hero? Would that be OKAY?

bigspender wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 17:32:

Prez wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 17:23:
Does Rockstar have to make apologies or clarifications for each Grand Theft Auto villain protagonist that sees you committimg what are very often vile crimes? No? So why then does DICE have to nervously explain themselves and shy away from using the word 'Nazi' in their game?

Because Rockstars bad guys are fictional. It would be a different story of you played as Jeffrey Dahmer or those kids who shot up Colombine, or even an ISIS member.

The last thing you want to do is glorify the Nazi's or any other kind of people or ideologies responsible for such tragedies.

Telling a story is perfectly fine. But you can't make them a hero.

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 14:04:
Man flu hit everyone in my reach, and through a miracle all I got was a scratchy throat, no coughs no runny nose, nothing.. meanwhile everyone around me is nearly dying of coughing fits at night. And best of all, the vaccination was this week, and NOBODY could get it because they were all already sick. A+ in timing there.

jdreyer wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 02:40:

Creston wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 21:06:
Unbefuckinglievable. The WEB ENGINEER gets busted, but the asshole CEO and CFO who did millions (and were responsible for the whole fucking thing in the first place) get diddly jack shit.

Fuck this bullshit. It's time for another revolution. Where do we sign up?

The rich fuckers could afford good lawyers. The engineer couldn't. Case closed.

I'd be all for actually funding a much larger and well-paid public defender corp, and prohibiting private lawyers in criminal cases. Would really even things out, IMO.

Bodolza wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 15:09:
This should tell you all you need to know about the Bing article:

"Anecdotally, it feels less burdened with ads."

I though Wired hired actual journalists?

Ozmodan wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 07:41:

Numinar wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 02:53:

CJ_Parker wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 23:50:
CONSLOW GARBITCH

1GB conslow pixel puke soup a.k.a the "game"
99+GB Rockstar Social Club spyware + monetization features

This is the most jealous ass shit I've read from what I assume is a grown ass man I can remember. I bet if the exact same game had a PC version you'd hail it as the second coming of baby jebus or at least the equivalent of a Witcher 4.

Seemed quite accurate to me. You do realize this is just a Red Dead Redemption game that has added mulitplayer and will be taxed with a expensive cash shop? Going to laugh at the fools that buy it.

NetHead wrote on Oct 18, 2018, 09:24:

DrEvil wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 21:54:

dubfanatic wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 20:31:
Oh you naive COO. It doesn't matter if you don't want to, the mob will force you to.

Many creative projects (software, games, etc.) clearly represent the politics and bias of their creators in some form. That's normal and it's perfectly fine. In fact, it's so common in non-entertainment software there's a law for it, "Conway's Law":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

In short, software projects frequently reflect the organizations that produce them.

Sure, a game like pong or something along those lines is arguably "apolitical", but as soon as you involve any sufficient amount of artwork or writing, politics are definitely involved, and the work represents that.

That is fine, to an extend. What many have a problem with, including myself, is when someone deliberately creates content around or even for the purpose of pushing their personal/political agenda and injects it into the entertainment. Essentially turning what is meant to be entertainment and escapism into their own little soapbox where no-one can reply.

Then they get all pissy when they get backlash or even negative feedback elsewhere, sometimes even playing a victim to some "hate group", regardless of the arguments being made and often using extreme examples (which are in such short supply on the internet) to further them being some kind of victim.

subx wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 13:31:
RDR Undead Nightmare?

Seem to remember it as being a decent addon, and not too heavy on the use of darkness (unlike most crappy horror games).

Creston wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 12:43:

Beamer wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 12:18:

Cutter wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 10:45:
Advertisers/marketers live in their own little world. A world where they think people actually appreciate what they do.

I dunno, I appreciate that Blue has a site he updates twice daily and makes a living off of without me paying a dime for it.

Even so, how many people here that allow the ads through uBlock ever bother to look at them, or, God forbid, CLICK on them?

I mean, I'll do from time to time just to generate some click-through revenue, but I have literally never bought a single thing because of an ad here. (The Amazon links excepted.)

Cutter wrote on Oct 17, 2018, 10:45:
Advertisers/marketers live in their own little world. A world where they think people actually appreciate what they do.

Cutter wrote on Oct 16, 2018, 13:39:

jdreyer wrote on Oct 16, 2018, 13:28:

Cutter wrote on Oct 16, 2018, 11:51:
Black people involved in criminal activity? But liberals and BLMers say this is impossible! Must be that fake news Trump is always talking about.

LOL @ Beamer.

Cutter, it's Jamaica. The entire country is black, and they have a long history of corruption and organized crime.

And no liberals or BLMers assert that blacks never commit crimes. The issue is that they are targeted at much higher rates proportional to the crimes they do commit, and usually treated much more unfairly when they are suspected. This includes being shot and killed when they are unarmed. Thus "Black Lives Matter."

That's not at all the liberal narrative put forth these days. And don't feed the trolls. Beamer is a 15 year old basement dweller who does nothing but troll boards all day long.