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    [Update 2] How/why are console gamers satisfied with 30 fps?

    FPS is the telegraphed dick size insecurity of the gaming community. Any time someone cares a little too much about their FPS, I assume they care a little too much about their car and their gun collection as well.
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    Jimquisition: Shadiness of Mordor

    Ding ding ding. You're the winner. I scrolled through until I found some mention of GG. I figured it'd take about this long. (Page 2, about halfway down.) I'm actually more infuriated with the gaming culture in general than the actual content of Jim's video this week. Why? Because nobody...
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    Water Came Before Earth; Implications "Exciting" for Alien Life

    A true hero. Not (just) Mordin. You.
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    What Made Gone Home Such a Powerful Game?

    Ah yes, simplification. The fast road to pseudo-criticism. Let's insert a few other games into the formula for fun: "...lavish praise over a somehow exhaustible and linear trudge through a world full of unmowed grass and concrete interspersed with a hackneyed zombie story that shamelessly...
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    Was it prudent of Jennifer Lawrence to take pictures of herself nude in the first place? Y/N?

    Congrats, you've yet another way of providing the hilarious and self-condemning "I'm not racist, but..." phrase. "I'm not victim blaming, but..." Yes. Yes you are. Suggesting the idea that someone may be in any way accountable for doing what they want with their body and their own property in...
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    Is it time for feminists to step off our hobby?

    There are fifteen definitions of feminism, all differing, in this already brief thread. That's more of a problem than anything. I'm a straight, white male and I'd call myself a feminist. I base my definition on the idea that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender. With...
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    REPORT: Dragon Age: Inquisiton to have Co-Op Multiplayer Sex Scenes

    This seems like a cheap way to get low brow cretins hyped for the game (no offense whoever). My relationship w/ players in any non-couch setting/online multiplayer is so utilitarian and nonexistent that this makes zero design sense to me. Like, why are fetishes unlocks? Why is this a mechanic in...
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    Anita Sarkeesian + Hitman Absolution = Epic Fail

    Generally agree with the sentiment Anita puts forward, but as average as Hitman: Abs was, there are some misguided points here. But I don't support Anita's general message on the grounds that we're identical twins that simply must be in sync on every issue, I support her general message because...
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    Poll: How much money have you spent on DLC last generation ?

    Amen brother. Not a fan of DLC on principle. I understnad the "if you don't want it, don't buy it" thought process, but it's inevitable that a lot of games will purposefully have content chopped in order to sell more DLC. So screw that. The industry needs to be kept in check and thus, I...
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    25 Top RPGs of the Last Five Years

    I'm with the column. The top 3 are more or less interchangeable and the other 22 you could pretty much draw out of a hat. (Except Kingdoms of Whatever Reckoning. Offline MMO? Hallowed out shell of an actual game instead of just checking boxes and going through the motions? Get out please.)
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    Poll: Fallout 3 or New Vegas

    I'm shocked to see the results of this poll. I think 3 was far more inspired and robust. NV was good, but I had lots more crashes and other generally subpar experiences resulting from how rushed it was. It was like an enormous expansion pack for me. I like NV a lot. But I love F3.
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    Ten games in 60 seconds challenge

    Final Fantasy VII Earthbound Silent Hill 2 Persona 3 Bioshock Infinite Red Dead Redemption Portal Mass Effect 2 Vampire: the Masquerade-Bloodlines Resident Evil 4
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    Fez Creator: YouTubers Are "Stealing" Content From Game Developers

    Phil Fish is a grown baby who is in a perpetual state of being sent to bed without dessert. He is loudmouth crap who has provided only small good things for gaming culture that are impossible to detect now beneath the Everest-esque mountain of bullshit he's piled on top of them.
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    Phil Fish believes game-streamers owe revenue to the developer.

    Phil Fish is a self-righteous, hissy fit-throwing, attention-mongering child. Every time someone puts a camera or a microphone on him, he whines about how the entire world is against him. I wish the industry would collectively put him in a baby basket and leave him on a door step somewhere.
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    From BioWare's Problem with Scope to Ubisoft's Problem with Women

    The only thing that would be more refreshing than an AC game with someone besides another industry-standard white guy would be if a forum of white guys wouldn't get instantly defensive when someone calls them out for being the most unoppressed, overrepresented whiners on the face of the Earth...