One thing all gamers should know.

[CyanideSandwich]

Your webcam is not your friend. Cover it's probing gaze.

Elaborate?

There are illegal programs that let other people monitor you through your webcam. It's unlikely to actually happen to me, but I don't like it to be uncovered unless I need it.

Oh damn, now I'm paranoid.. I don't download illegal programs (I think) so I guess I'm safe, but I think I'll duct-tape my webcam from now on just to be sure.

 

[Angelblaze]

You should not pursue Lu Bu.

So true....I killed him once actually, but it took me a literal 45 minutes and 8 times of running away to kill that cockroach-y spear wielding pixelated jerk! >_<

 

[battle_otter]

If the game is based on a movie, chances are it will be a crappy game

 

[Mojo]

Dont F**k with Aria.
Also: Expect bugs and imbalance. always

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

If you play games on a console it doesn't make you inferior to anyone who plays games on PC.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Just because I play my pokeymans does NOT make me a fucking weaboo.

So shut up and let me play my bloody pokeymans!

 

[CD-R]

Warhammer 40k is not a ripoff of Starcraft. Starcraft is a ripoff of Warhammer 40k.

 

[Redryhno]

Games you build up in your head will always, always dissapoint you.

Yes, instead, tear them down so that you can be overjoyed at what they really are. works every time

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Games you build up in your head will always, always dissapoint you.

Pretty sure that's not true, Portal 2 blew me away, and I loved Portal 1.

Games you build up in your head will almost always dissapoint you.

That's better.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

You can like more than one game from a genre. You can also like more than one genre. You can also like PC, Xbox and PS3. It is surprising how many people don't know this.

Pretty much what he said. You don't have to limit yourselves to one gaming platform people, unless finances dictate. And even if you can't afford the other platforms you don't have to go slamming them because you can't afford them. And aside from financial reasons I can't imagine why one would limit oneself to just one platform.

Labeling a game as "casual" because it's accessible to people who've never played a video game before is a stupid idea. I could call most Call of Duty players 'casuals' because they never expand their horizons past it.

I also second this too. Can the elitist attitude already.

if your spending more then five minutes complaining about something you didn't have to buy, you need to look at you self in the mirror

And punch yourself in the face.

 

[370999]

Oh this is fun

Just because you like it doesn't mean it's good/ just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad. You are allowed to enjoy crud and you won't always love great games as they just aren't your taste

There are always cycles of genres being in vogue. At the moment it's the shooter, earlier the cartoon platformer.

Money is king. Most important of all.

 

[Fenra]

Baseless hate for supposed "bad games" is equal to baseless praise for supposed "good games"

Reason, polite discussion and valid points will get your opinion across far better than broad sweeping statements and rage

Unless proven otherwise, everything you say is your opinion, nothing more, and your opinon has no greater worth than anothers opinion

Being polite and courteous online will make your experience so much better (if only everyone did this)

 

[Electric Alpaca]

Labeling games like Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape Torment as "old school" RPGS that are the template for everything a RPG should be is pretty funny, because when they came out advocates of "old school" RPGS like Wizardry and Ultima roundly trashed the "new" RPGS as being soulless and lowest common denominator.

In 10 years, you guys will be smacking the shit out of the new RPGS, and talking about how they did it right back in the olden days, with hardcore old timer shit like Mass Effect and Skyrim.

Much like your heralded games owe themselves to Legend: Four Crystals of Trazere.

My fact - gaming and Facebook will become intertwined, to the extent where games will ask to be liked prior to play.

 

[The Funslinger]

Labeling a game as "casual" because it's accessible to people who've never played a video game before is a stupid idea. I could call most Call of Duty players 'casuals' because they never expand their horizons past it.

I highly agree.

OT: That Tetris is Russian.

 

[BishopofAges]

For Gamers: "Using the internet for EVERY game you buy is the quickest way to end all fun and intrigue to be had with said game."

"If you get angry/sad or otherwise stop having fun, stop playing, take a break, and tell yourself 'its just a game,' everyone will thing higher of you for it, those who do not arn't worth your time." <-- also good for generating a Zen-style, gaming attitude.

"If you 'single-player' an MMO by yourself and raid without any sort of vocal communication or interaction beyond text that would be considered comraderie, then you must accept that you've become a basement-troll."

and finally, "Inventing your own creed for being a Gamer is cool, getting a tattoo of it across your chest/knuckles/back might not be. Especially in your late 60s and on."

For Gamer parents (kid <18 yrs old): There are plenty of awesome, intriguing game titles to play that are appropriate WITHOUT being a BS playstation flower game, or otherwise wimpy enough to get your kid beaten up by his other gamer friends.

For Gamer parents (kid >=18 yrs old): If you don't agree with the game your 'kid' wants, make him/her get a job to buy it instead, then do not complain when they play deep into the night, unless, they jack the volume up and wake you.

Captcha: "spread the net" Will do, captcha. Will do.

Edit: Sorry, I made multiple points, but you have to admit, most of them are valid...

 

[nuba km]

just because you don't like a game, or even hate it, doesn't mean its a bad game. I mean I don't like the first mass effect that doesn't make it a bad game.

 

[doomspore98]

Always save when you open a door and the castle you are in just turned into a dungeon/cave.

 

[geK0]

Save money by watching "story oriented" games on youtube!

 

[Convoy]

Be tactical.

 

[Eldermage]

Labeling games like Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape Torment as "old school" RPGS that are the template for everything a RPG should be is pretty funny, because when they came out advocates of "old school" RPGS like Wizardry and Ultima roundly trashed the "new" RPGS as being soulless and lowest common denominator.

In 10 years, you guys will be smacking the shit out of the new RPGS, and talking about how they did it right back in the olden days, with hardcore old timer shit like Mass Effect and Skyrim.

This made my day :3