Recent content by Kahani

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    Where are the articles?

    The last article was posted on August 15th by Ron Whitaker. I would tell you when the last article by someone else was posted, but having gone back over two months, there aren't any. I think "gone" would be a pretty good description of any pretence at being a news site. Not that there's a lot of...
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    The Escapist Classic Videos: Apocalypse Lane Ep. 03

    Well, have a look at the rest of the site. The "news" section currently consists of 6 adverts, 2 reposts of old content and just 5 actual articles (3 of which are effectively just adverts as well), while the weekly content schedule has officially been emptied of everything other than Yahtzee and...
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    Firefall is Officially Shutting Down Today

    An MMOFPS with performance issues and a lack of content? Of all the games to take your cues from, Tabula Rasa wouldn't have seemed like the obvious choice.
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    Diablo II and Warcraft III Are Apparently About to Be Remastered

    Diablo 2 could use it. The gameplay is fine, but the graphics are seriously dated and it only plays at very low resolutions that look terrible on large monitors. As long as it's just an HD remaster and doesn't mess with the game itself, I'd probably buy it. Can't see the point of doing...
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    You Now Need to Give Valve Your Telphone Number to Play DoTA 2

    I can't help noticing there is no mention of actually verifying the phone number. Is there anything to stop people just picking a random number?
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    Update: Gearbox Backs Out of Controversial Bulletstorm/G2A Promo

    Indeed, this is the entire point of the concept of "due diligence". The exact legal requirements vary, but in general it's important for any organisation entering into any kind of contract, whether that's a small local sports club getting a builder in to fix the roof, or a big company signing a...
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    8 Terrible Journey to Un'Goro Cards You Should Never Play

    Indeed. The list, and especially the explanations, read more like someone who has read a basic beginners guide rather than someone who actually plays and understands the game. Sure, shield block draws a card, but that's not always the most important thing to ever happen, and there are plenty of...
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    The Boss Baby - Should've Been Killed in Utero

    I think the big difference between them is that Pixar makes adult films that happen to be child friendly, while Dreamworks mainly makes children's films that happen to be adult friendly. Shrek is a great film, but fundamentally it's a generic fairytale with the hero and villain swapped plus a...
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    Power Rangers - Go Go Get a Donut!

    Others have noted that there are plenty of other franchises that have done reboots despite having their previous continuity still active, but more importantly, what continuity? Power Rangers doesn't have an active continuity, it has about 20 or pretty much unrelated continuities, and it reboots...
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    Nintendo says Super Mario Run "Did Not Meet Our Expectations"

    Huh, I thought they were planning more games than that for the Switch. More seriously though, 5% of people who downloaded a terrible F2P runner with a Mario skin actually paid $10 for it even after seeing how bad it was? That's an amazing conversion rate even for a good mobile game, let alone...
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    Mass Effect Andromeda Review - A Galaxy Far, Far, Away

    I feel this is one of the biggest problems with big AAA games these days. People worry about things like too much focus on graphics and flashy cinematics, but even without that, a game developed by hundreds of people across many different teams and often in different offices and even different...
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    SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless Gaming Headset - Pitch Perfect

    There was also no mention of size or lag. For the former, the article did talk about how well it fitted, but made no mention of how big the author's head actually is or of any objective measure of the headphone's size, which makes such mention completely useless. There was also no mention of...
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    Blizzard is Seeking $8.5 Million in Damages From Cheat Maker

    My thoughts exactly. WoW is essentially non-competitive; as long as you're not using cheats in arenas and battlegrounds, there's really no reason for anyone else to care. Cheating in PvP-only game like Overwatch, on the other hand, really has no excuse at all. I wouldn't say it's even...
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    Report: Nintendo has Sold 1.5M Switch Consoles Worldwide

    I think this is probably the most important part of the news. Nintendo haven't sold lots of Switches, they've sold lots of Zelda Machines. The majority of buyers didn't look at the Switch, weigh up its pros and cons, and decide that on balance it was a good gaming machine that would serve them...
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    Warner Bros. is Looking to Bring Back The Matrix - Updated

    Eh, there are plenty of rehashes that do have the involvement of the creators, but still manage to completely miss the point of the original. Hell, the second two Matrix films are arguably examples of exactly that. If anything, getting a fresh perspective from someone who wasn't involved with...