Recent content by Thuggych

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    6 yr olds are more tech savvy than 45 yr olds.

    I was just reading a deadspin mailbag that addressed this topic, found their response to be pretty on point... So basically, yes older people tend to be more technologically incompetent, but that has more to do with time/effort spent learning and interfacing with it Source...
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    Escapist Podcast: 119: XCOM Enemy Within, Nintendo and Space Sims

    If you don't mind me asking, what's the progression system looking like in the expansion? Honestly, the main thing that caused me to leave, and still keeping me away from anything swtor is their absurd monitization structure...So even if it's a great pvp game, if it has the bog-standard...
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    Poll: Dragon Age vs Dragon Age: The Battle Continues!

    I liked parts of both games, but I can't say I prefer one over the other Origins had better Storytelling, world design, character interaction DA2 had better Combat, atmosphere, visual design, and less Deep Roads (seriously, fuck the Deep roads).
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    Xbox One Only Accepts Specific Headsets, Microsoft Explains Why

    Bullshit, I just bought the new Roku with a remote control that uses the same Wifi direct technology that the Xbone gamepad does...and it has a built-in headphone jack that works with any standard mini headphone.
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    Escapist Podcast: 098: Multiplayer or Singleplayer

    I was actually curious about the Call of Duty number, so did a quick look at the Steam page for Black ops 2. The achievements indicates that 5.1% of Steam users completed the campaign on Hardened or Veteran, 36.1% of people completed on any difficulty(Death from Above Achievement); Modern...
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    Star Citizen Gets Luxurious with the 300i

    It's actually kind of both, based on what I've seen. The game is divided into 2 parts "Squadron 42" which will be very much a Wing Commander-style single player campaign, and "Star Citizen" which is more MMO/Sandbox Freelancer. They also claim there will be more SP expansions/DLC as the game...
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    Escapist Podcast: Bonus: Game of Thronescast, Season 3 Wrap-Up

    =/ I was really looking forward to this, but I'm unfortunately finding these podcasts less and less enjoyable over time. As a person who has not read the books (or has any desire to) it feels like over time the podcast cast has progressively placed emphasis over direct comparisons between the...
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    Poll: The X-Bone

    I did not like a single thing shown in the presser, and was genuinely turned off with some of the draconian systems they're trying to implement. My opinion was low of the Xbox 360, and the Xbone is even lower. That said, to re-phrase a famous Carville quote... "It's about the games, stupid!"...
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    GameStop President Claims Microsoft Support For Used Games

    This doesn't quell my concerns at all...I had no doubt Gamestop and other "authorized" retailers would be accommodated for by the launch of the console. The question is what about person to person trades? Rentals? Sales through Craigslist, Ebay, CAG, ect. If they're shut out much of the...
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    Escapist Podcast: Bonus: The Xbox One Reveal

    Xbox One's announcement did not really move the needle for me...every single TV / Home entertainment feature they promoted, pretty much already exists in other forms in the living room. So what MS is basically trying to sell is Kinect functionality (which, even if it worked properly, is still...
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    Zero Punctuation: Star Trek

    If they actually do reboot TNG, they'll more likely cast Beiber as a Wesley
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    Tomb Raider

    Then maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to say, because it reads to me like: "I don't mind that it doesn't have heavy emphasis on survival...I'm just upset that it doesn't have heavy emphasis on survival." TR got high scores largely due to its storytelling coupled with competently...
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    Tomb Raider

    Imho, you should ALWAYS do research when buying a product, and not rely exclusively on advertising. TR has been out long enough, where it's not that hard to figure out what type of game it is, and what mechanics it has. It is your responsibility as a consumer to do at least a minimal amount of...
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    Sony Reveals God of War: Ascension Trailer and Demo

    It's supposed to be a prequel to the first god of war game. So of course the demo has you killing everything between you and the next leg of the linear path, beating the living crap out of building sized monsters, in the GoW standard QTE enhanced, slow motion acrobatic glory. He feels almost...
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    Watch Tonight's Sony Event Live on The Escapist

    not showing offline for me, but it has become super laggy