Recent content by Chicago Ted

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    Fallout 4 Eliminates Skills From Character System

    I'm waiting to see how this turns out, but I'm cautiously optimistic. I already prepared and expected for the game to be made more, I hate to use the term, but casual in terms of mechanics, but this looks like it could be a nice middle ground. I don't think there was anything particularly good...
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    The new Star Wars lightsaber - A defence

    Nah, I think the design is pretty stupid. Remember what happened to Maul's light saber in Episode 1? I would expect the part attaching to the handle to be cut through, and then whatever advantage lost. Not to mention the increased chance of hurting yourself with it. You want an actually good...
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    Advice on Valkyria Chronicles

    Picked up Valkyria Chronicles on Steam, and have been playing through it, but kinda had part of my interest die. The story's interesting, but I find the gameplay just doesn't really hold up. The big issue I think is that I find it to be less a strategy game and more a puzzle game. It's not...
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    Meet The All-Female Ghostbusters Team

    I'm getting the exact same vibe from this as I had from The Lone Ranger a couple years back. Can't quite put the words to it, just bracing for the crash and burn.
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    Gabe's power extends

    Not really, otherwise it'd be titled to the fact that Greece is now to base it's economy off silly hats and key exports or something, rather than the founder of Steam. In any event, my reaction to this is pretty meh. The guy has experience in virtual economies and marketplaces and is doing a...
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    Hidden gems [PC only]

    If you haven't heard/look into it, check out Mount & Blade Warband. It's a great low fantasy game that can have some massive battles take place in it and is pretty open to modding. There are few games that I can think of that do medieval combat as well as it.
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    Poll: Playing As The Third Riech

    In regards to RO2, it really comes down to teams more than weapons. That said, the Germans definitely do have an advantage over the Russians in regards to most automatic weapons. The MGs the Germans have are pretty much better in every way, and the SMGs can be as well. While the PPSH is great in...
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    Zero Punctuation: Enemy Front & Valiant Hearts: The Great War

    I enjoy this show but Yahtzee really needs to get off the fucking soap box. Seriously, when he starts going on about "Right Wingers" and "Conservatives" it's just painful. Use 'em as a punchline for a joke, that's good, can easily be laughed at. Going off for a minute long strawman though...
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    Yet another Sky-Mod request topic

    Not sure about the first issue you're having without more info, but for NMM you have to set it up as a custom launcher. To do that go to the NMM settings, figure out the location of the launcher, go to the fourth tab "Skyrim" and in the box you should see "Custom Launch Command". Place the...
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    Thoughts on Steam vs origin with out a link

    That TF2 DLC? You know almost all of that can be easily gained through crafting, trades, and drops, right? Not to mention that none of it is actually needed. Look at EA's DLC practices and tell me with a straight face that Valve's method of going about it is worse. Also, they've added a lot...
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    The games (Xbox) gamers play

    Didn't mean to jump down your throat or anything, so no apology necessary. I tend to get a bit... Well... Rambley, hence why I normally have a tl:dr part of my own posts. But yeah, I do think the whole 'Dudebro' thing is overblown. I'm sure like most there is a grain of truth to it but doubt...
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    The games (Xbox) gamers play

    Or, perhaps some of those games are just more universal than given credit for. I'm going to make an assumption here and take it that the 'Dudebro' titles you talk about here are mostly Halo, CoD, and Gears, especially with how you refer to those three in a post a bit further down...
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    ESA Survey Finds Nearly Half of All U.S. Gamers Are Female

    I don't really think people are saying that mobile game and social games count, just that the net is cast very wide when you include those, and then post it on a more classic gaming site, such as the Escapist. I had a fairly long winded post, going into more details about this as I read...
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    Xbox one in serious trouble!

    When I saw that screenshot, I felt something was off, and with a little digging it looks like my feeling was right. I'm sorry mate but that is not a valid picture in this case. I couldn't find the exact source that you pulled that from, but I did find a copy of it from a different site that's...
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    DC's Heroines Strut Their Stuff In These 1940's Pin-Up Posters

    I feel equally nit-picky to pick out that the world of television and the world of print are far removed from one another, and the standards applied to each weren't universal. Hell, Playboy came into print in 1953, and showed a hell of a lot more than a navel. Really like the Black Canary...