Recent content by Senare

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    Advertising Standards Rules Hello Games Did Not Mislead Consumers with No Man's Sky

    Here is a video regarding this subject. My opinion is that the fault, if any, lies with: 1. Your justice systems and their relationship with dishonest business practises. 2. The dysfunctional relationship between management, marketing, the hype-train and the devs. 3. The consumer...
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    Blizzard Responds to Nostalrius Server Closure Complaints

    I think that there is a high chance for this statement to be a honest answer. Don't dismiss everything as PR bullshit or you risk finding yourself in an uncompassionate echo-chamber. http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/11/25/the-consequences-of-not-protecting-and-defending-your-trademarks/...
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    Should a head-shot always be a one-shot-kill?

    Well you certainly can use more complex "hit detection geometry" for actors (players and NPCs) and I suspect that some games do. But I will still try to answer the "why not" part. It comes down to that using meshes for hit detection is very expensive performance-wise in comparison to using...
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    Zero Punctuation: XCOM 2

    Why snake tits: Because XCOM is thematically playing with stereotypical ideas of aliens. The tactics are certainly pretty hardcore (in gaming terms), but the design of their aliens is imaginative in a sort of naive 50-ies way. The Vipers having boobs seems like a kind of nod to the same...
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    Ad Exec on Blockers: "Little Piss Ants" Threaten Freedom of Speech

    I find advertising in its modern form to be unethical and immoral. This is due to contradicting what I believe are some implicit assumptions about the benefits of our economic system. One assumption seems to be that monetary gain should bring improvement to society through better products and...
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    Where you want the next fallout setting?

    Tl;dr: This is a serious answer. Don't read if you just want light forum entertainment. No story spoilers in my text, but there may be in the linked video. 1. Let the old team do their thing: Let the people who made Wasteland, Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 do their thing again. For all of those...
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    Google Driverless Cars Get Into More Accidents Following Road Rules

    Ergh... These findings really strike a nerve in me. I am often annoyed by just how badly most drive, to the point that I'd want to say "fuck it" to the careless human drivers. I don't buy the reasoning that they should have to break the traffic laws, because when corners are cut the severity of...
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    Can Meat Eaters be Easy to Offend?

    I have several candidates. Apologies if this post is poorly worded; I have so many thoughts about this and try to bring out the most relevant ones in my tired typing. 1. Emotional investment: Food has a lot of connected memories and values inside their brain, making it more likely to be...
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    Poll: Is it rude to tell people "please don't talk to me"?

    "Rude" is a complicated word to me. It essentially means the opposite of being polite, which in turn implies that you spare people's feelings when you communicate with them. This is often done by cultural norms - etiquette. What is rude or not depends on opinion. It depends on what people take...
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    The Witcher 3 (Finally) Goes Gold

    That is actually a pretty good way to grade games, since I can adopt it to incorporate A-F as well. For example I consider Assassins Creed: Unity for Playstation 4 to be a DCC game in comparison to AC: Black Flag being AAA or possibly BBA. Assassins Creed: Unity Customer acclaim: D (4.7...
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    Poll: Privilege

    Meh. I see "privilege" as an academic concept which is a useful shorthand for something along the lines of "an invisible standard". This is a separate, secondary meaning apart from what "privilege" usually means. "Rights" is a good word on its own, but I do not feel that it captures what I...
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    Star Wars: This Is How You Defend The Ridiculous Crossguard Lightsaber

    I think the problem is not with having a crossguard as such, but with the base of the crossguard being vulnerable to cuts. Competent swordsmen are unlikely to hit themselves with their own crossguard, as explained here:
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    favorite type of melee weapon?

    Winged spear. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjqwZrEnJTU] It is easy to use. It has a long range and can be used at short range. It can block, stab and cut. A halberd or similar weapons seem may nice, but they might not be as easy to use. Unless lightsabers or a magically...
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    World of Warcraft's Blood Elves Are Finally Getting Their Visual Update

    Indeed. The diversity of the eye-candy must not be compromised!
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    Your idea of game journalism

    I prefer slower journalism which picks apart the games long after the hype has died down. I am more interested in deep analysis of the game than any score or buying guide. Stuff like Critical Intel, some of the Zero Punctuation series and Matthewmatosis...