jdreyer wrote on Jul 17, 2019, 16:55:
Apple is planning to buy up original podcasts with exclusivity in mind.

Can I see some EGS style outrage please?

Xero wrote on Jul 11, 2019, 08:04:
It feels unnecessary but it's an easy buck for the developers when all they did was re-skinned the game.

I'm curious if this goes off the Starcraft Remaster or original Starcraft? Pretty sure Starcraft Remaster has access to higher resolutions and HD graphics. I own it and barely touched it so I forgot. I also have that WC3 Reforged pre-ordered. Hoping it turns out real good.

Waiting on Diablo 2 - Hella Hotter Edition.

Saboth wrote on Jul 8, 2019, 16:46:
What a scummy site. Glad I've never done business with them. It was apparent from the start they were shady. Of course many gamers don't care one bit and will still fork over the $$, even if it hurts developers.

Of course many gamers don't care one bit and will still fork over the $$

even if it hurts developers

Ozmodan wrote on Jul 8, 2019, 10:17:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jul 7, 2019, 23:18:
After all this hyped, they are still not 1 inch closer to beat intel in games. At this point, it can not be the hardware, because in optimized tests it's 3% faster than intel in single core IPC. So is this a compiler optimization issue? Is there a review actually touching on this?

Also I wish benchmarks for CPU would include the end-turn time in Warhammer 2 mortal empires.

Hard to tell with initial reviews, goint to wait a bit and see what turns up. At least if money is an issue, AMD owns Intel.

WaltC wrote on Jul 4, 2019, 11:09:
GPUs, like general CPUs, offer so much more performance per watt than they did 30 years ago that the two periods aren't really even comparable because GPUs are enormously better than they were! Back in the 2d glory days, a Matrox Millennium--*the* card to have in those days--would set you back $475-$600. When 3dfx debuted the Voodoo2, SLI (the original 2x SLI) it would set you back 2x $300--and, you still had to have a ~$300 2d card installed! Later, when 2d/3d cards debuted, even a 16MB (yes MBs, not GBs) Voodoo3 or TnT2 cost $300-$400 dollars.

As well, this article makes no mention of inflation; makes no mention of the fact that both AMD and nVidia share a few FABs together--etc. Guy who wrote this article doesn't have a clue, imo. The only really bizarrely overpriced cards selling today are the "top" nVidia cards--2080ti's selling for $1300-$1400--$3k Titans, etc. Online vendors couldn't get away with those prices if everyone was was savvy enough not to pay those prices...! It really is as simple as that.

there is BAD metroidvania that indeed disrespects gamers time ( badly thought out save points, no teleports, shitty map with no markers that indicate certain power ups are needed )

then there is GOOD metroidvania that respects them ( example Bloodstained. Lots and lots of save points, can teleport back to base with an item, and also teleport points outside boss rooms)

Well I have to strongly disagree with you. I have long used Intel even though their price points pushed my spending limits. I started making AMD systems with the 2700x chip and people loved them and I now have a bunch of orders for the new chips to UPGRADE existing computers which NO Intel owner can do. Intel needs to drastically change their methods or they are going to be an also ran. Right now, there is not one Intel chip I would recommend to a client. I am not an AMD fanboy, I buy what is best for my clients and right now, it is not Intel. I hope Intel gets their butt in gear and becomes competitive again, but they need to start listening to the customers.

FloorPie wrote on Jun 27, 2019, 15:28:
"3. Don't be an idiot and buy games on release, be mad at yourself. "

Thats not very supportive of devs now! Buy those exclusives, buy those day one dlc's and season passes right away!

Don't for any reason wait 6-12 months to see how well a game pans out in support or even in advertised capabilities being true.

Xero wrote on Jun 25, 2019, 15:27:
I remember getting to the point of Black Mesa where it basically just ends because of the lack of "Xen". It's still an awesome game and probably the best part overall of Half Life-1. Never was much into the Xen portion anyway.