Recent content by Sian

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    Reccomend me some indie games on Steam

    AaaaaAAaaaAAAAaAAAAA for the awesome. Jumping off buildings and avoiding obstacles. Awesomenauts. Team based platformer and shooter. The last federation. You try to manipulate politics from the outside. It also has turn based bullet hell combat. Monster Loves You. A visual novel...
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    Free-to-play is the WORST thing to happen to video gaming.

    I have 3 points. I explained one of them already so. 2. Free to play is the worst possible name for the business model. Mostly in that it's not free. To get a satisfying experience, you almost always have to spend money. Yes there are exceptions, but it's risky, and hard to do. 3...
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    Free-to-play is the WORST thing to happen to video gaming.

    Free to play isn't a replacement for buy to play video games. A free to play single player experience doesn't work. Free to play is a replacement in the mmo bracket for the subscription model. Let's do some math here, and see what kind of subscription you were paying to League of Legends...
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    Representation in games must be properly contextual

    A lot of games aren't set in the real world, and even if they are we shouldn't be ignoring everyone who isn't a straight white man. A straight white man as a CEO is a stereotype, and stereotypes do not make for good or interesting stories. It's not a problem that a developer is making a game...
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    Demonization of Moviebob and other Escapist Staff

    I like moviebob. His taste in movies is similar to mine, and he makes occasional videos about comic books which allows me to talk comics with my friends. That's my entire opinion on him. I don't want it any more complicated than that. People on the internet have no power over you that you...
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    I'm a straight male gamer, convince me diversity in games is a good thing

    Uh. Do you hate knowledge? Sorry bad start. But seriously games are good because they're a storytelling medium where the audience is able to act. At the very least diversity gives you a new perspective. On top of that, there are some stories that can only be told from the perspective of a...
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    What are your top 3 most anticipated games?

    Well this is easy. Mewgenics Crypt of the Necrodancer (which is early access so I don't count it) Hmm... This is hard. I'm not really looking forward to any other games. It's not like I expect every other game to be bad, but I'm just not very excited about them. I really only get...
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    Your favourite game < 100 megabytes

    Unholy Heights comes in at 50MB. It's a simple game about managing an apartment complex as the Devil.
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    Poll: Would you rather... Warning, bit bleak

    Are you okay? This is a really specific question, so I'm a little concerned. As for me, I think that saying goodbye would be better. It feels more honest, somehow...
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    An Idea for a Perpetual motion machine that obeys physics

    Perpetual motion isn't hard. You just need a closed system. This goes to Newton's first law of motion. An object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force. The bigger issue with perpetual motion, is that even if we could take something and give it a push, and then...
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition to Have 40 Different Endings - Update

    I'm actually impressed with how well Bioware knows their audience. I was completely ready to give up on Dragon Age Inquisition, but now I'm considering it. Honestly, Bioware is going to make different endings this time. After ME3 they're not going to just turn around and do the same thing...
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    Poll: Would we all be cool with a female Link?

    I'm not okay with a female Link. If all you change about Link is gender, but everything else stays the same, then what was the point? I think it would feel really weird. You'd need to change more than Link's gender for me to be okay with this. Note: I'm not saying that we should go...