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October 20, 2013

Gaming Thread 10/20/13
— Gang of Gaming Morons!

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PC Stuff
Nvidia had press conference this past week, nothing too interesting to come out of it outside of: announcing a 780 TI version which is supposed to slot between the 780 and the Titan cards (out next month)

Shadowplay which is a GPU level based streaming to Twitch
that they renamed their streaming tech to their Shield to Gamestream and that with the handheld's HDMI out, it goes into a console mode that lets you use it use a different to play your PC games on your TV.

Really, it was a quite uneventful press conference until they dropped a pretty big bomb. They announced that they have created a mod for monitors that makes them have veritable refresh rates. Now, this may not actually sound that interesting until you realize that if they work the way it's supposed to, this means the death of screen tearing which has been a long time coming. Should also bring a little boost to the quality of 3D Vision. They are going to have two flavors, you can buy the boards for you to install yourself (no price was given) or wait till next year for the OEMs to have it built into their new monitors. It works with the Kepler cards (660 and above). May not be 'sexy' news but it's a pretty big deal.

They also have another presser on Monday which no one really knows what it's going to be on. It's just dubbed 'super secret'.

Apple conference on the 22nd
Don't think this is considered video gaming related but Apple is having a conference on Tuesday. Main things people are expecting is the new iPad which should be 64bit and different colors and that they might be showing off a new Apple TV which with the iOS 7 having built in controller support should make it into a quasi console with it's regular stuff.

Gaming Stuff

In news that shouldn't really surprise many, Square announced Kingdom Hearts 2.5 for the PS3 to release next year. It will contain:
•Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix
•Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix
•Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded

Also at the Japanese version of the D23 Expo, Square showed off some Kingdom Hearts 3 gameplay

•Well, looks like Microsoft's Games with Gold beta launch isn't going anywhere as they announced that they're going to keep the train moving with making it's an ongoing benefit on the 360.

•Sad that this hasn't gotten much press since they announced it but Microsoft has used the biggest spade they have when competing with Sony. Using Azure (which means compute and simple stuff like dedicated server multiplayer) is completely free for any game on the upcoming Xbox One.

In the battle of nextgen basketball games, you have NBA 2K14 in one corner:

And in the other you have NBA Live 14

• With being a month out for the new console releases, it's last call for game delays and two stepped up to the plate.

The first one is that Ubisoft is delaying Watch_Dogs till at least April of next year. Their stock price took a beating for doing so though (dropped almost a third)

The second one to step up was Sony itself as they pushed back the release of the upcoming DriveClub till sometime early next year. It needed from the footage they have shown but it does leave Sony in a bit of a bind when it comes to physical PS4 exclusive games from them as they're now only going to stores with Killzone: Shadow Fall and Knack. Throw in that a paired down version of DriveClub was their cornerstone in starting their Instant Game Collection (they've replaced it with Contrast) on the PS4 and well....yeah

• Sony announced that Flower, Flow, Escape Plan and Sound Shapes will be out for the PS4 during launch. Sound Shapes IMO is worth picking up.

• Japan gonna Japan. Here is a new trailer for the upcoming re-release of Criminal Girls on the PSVita

• Stardock announced Galactic Civilizations 3. You can buy it now for $40 which gets you into the beta or you can spend $99 to get everything that they release for the game (ie expansions).

• The owners of the money printing machine, Puzzles & Dragons, GungHo bought a 51% controlling stake in Supercell (Clash of Clans) for a whopping $1.5 billion dollars. Well, they're the two current giants of F2P with GungHo pulling in almost $120 million a month through Asia and Supercell pulling in a respectable $90 million a month in the west so it should be interesting in how they merge. Going to be interesting in if/when this bubble bursts with the amount of cash being thrown around

• Haven't checked it out yet but the 0.22 update to Kerbal Space Program has come out. The main thing that it add is the career mode. And new update means a new fun trailer. Buy it damn it, there is tons of content for the small price of $23

Not one but two new story trailers for Ryse

• After sitting atop the console sales board for the last 32 months, the PS3 knocks the 360 of it's perch with the release of the GTAV bundle (it was a pretty good deal).

Random sales
The IOS adaptation of the boardgame, Stone Age is currently on sale down from $6.99 to $4.99. I really dug this myself as the online multiplayer is good and it pares down some of the intricities of the actual boardgame. Appshopper link

As the year winds down, it's about time for Out of the Park to start putting their seminal baseball sims on sale. This year's iOS version of the game is currently down to a buck. The series may not be as robust as the PC game but the meat is still there. Worth the buck. Appshopper link

Flat out, though Battle of the Bulge for the iOS is an original boardgame made specifically for the iPad, it's one of the best on the appshop. It's just a really good war boardgame with enough depth to keep you on your toes. It's down from it's $10 price to a modest $5.99. Appshopper link

Groupees is really hit or miss on their PC build a bundles but their current "Let's Build a Doujin Bundle 2" is really good. It's $4.29 for all of the games but the main ones that I think people should check out are: Exceed 3, KAMUI, Armed Seven but the big ones is the first half of the Higurashi series and Hatoful Boyfriend. The first three games are pretty solid shmups. If you can get over the fugly graphics (which you can fix a little bit with the PS2 graphic patch), Higurashi is one twisted little murder mystery visual novel (think a book with graphics and multiple choices). Hatoful Boyfriend is more about the oddness of playing a decently written romantic visual novel staring pigeons. LINK

Amazon has some decent sales on PC games, namely Bioshock Infinite for $10

New releases this week

Lego Marvel Superheroes (everything) - Never really got into these games but this is the latest one and except for the Wii, it's on everything under the sun.

Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies (3DS) - Well, Capcom really didn't want to release this game over here but they did finally relent though by giving us at least an eshop release. Run ya $30

Batman: Arkham Origins (PC, 360, PS3 and Wii U) - I keep forgetting this game is coming out and to be frank, I've been kinda over the Arkham games about half way through Arkham City.

That's it for the week,
The Dude

Posted by: Gang of Gaming Morons! at 11:41 AM | Comments (115)
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1 Hmm may have posted that cosplayer before

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 11:50 AM (vJdyz)

2 All hail Yoko from Gurren Lagan[/i[ cospura!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 20, 2013 11:51 AM (kH//i)

3 Yay me

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 20, 2013 11:51 AM (kH//i)

4 Speaking of Batman, I just read that Microsoft is shutting down their GFWL servers and if you bought your AA or AC game through them, you will be given a Steam key to activate a Steam version. No saves or achievements will transfer over though.

I guess I will have to get my keys.

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 11:51 AM (doBIb)

5 Nice melons

Posted by: Vic at October 20, 2013 11:52 AM (zZbNF)

6 Well I had to go out and buy a new PS3 the day after GTAV came out because after installing it and getting two seconds into the opening cut scene my five year old PS3 decided to die. And I did buy the GTAV bundle with my cousins target discount and my red card so it was really a pretty good deal.

Posted by: Adam at October 20, 2013 11:53 AM (Aif/5)

7 Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 03:51 PM (doBIb) Yep, there isn't many games still using GFW much more. The turnover has been faster than I was expecting. Steamopoly it is

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 11:53 AM (vJdyz)

8 Yep, there isn't many games still using GFW much more. The turnover has been faster than I was expecting. Steamopoly it is

That's because everyone quickly found out how fucking awful Microsoft is.

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 11:54 AM (doBIb)

9 I'd drill that.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at October 20, 2013 11:54 AM (m9V0o)

10 So are there any PS4 tentpole releases for release date? I know COD and Assassin's Creed 4 are date of release but I am presuming those are pretty much PS3 ports.

Hell, same thing for Xbox One. There's what, Ryse, and that's about it. IIRC, Titanfall is a 2014 release as are Destiny and the new Halo.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 11:55 AM (Gk3SS)

11 The Kerbal Space Program 0.22 version has gotten me to obsess again about designs and manually flown moon missions. It's the bare bones of Career mode (sandbox has been in since the beginning) and it really changes the game for the better. Already people are figuring out how to mod the tech tree - making it either harder or more difficult, depending on the modder. I've gotten my purchase price back a hundred times on this game.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 20, 2013 11:56 AM (VFtsA)

12 Bummer about Watch_Dogs. I was looking forward to that one.
My experience with the Arkham games is the same as with the Assassin's Creed games. They're really fun for a few days and then I get bored and they gather dust.

Posted by: Chandler's Ghost at October 20, 2013 11:57 AM (9JS/n)

13 *"harder or more difficult" should read "harder or less difficult". I am the stupid.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 20, 2013 11:57 AM (VFtsA)

14 Resogun and Killzone for the PS4. Fora, Killer instinct 3, Dead Rising 3 and Ryse for the One.

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 11:58 AM (vJdyz)

15 I guess Watch Dogs was supposed to be a PS4 tentpole, and it was the only one I was really interested in.

Is the survival horror game about the asylum meant to be a release title, or is that coming later?

Posted by: Kensington at October 20, 2013 11:58 AM (uaEZS)

16 Thanks for the gaming update, Dude. This *may* be of some interest - Cyan, the company that made Myst and Riven, is utilizing Kickstarter to get funding for a new project called Obduction. http://tinyurl.com/kj4bxex Obviously it'll be an exploration game like Myst except with aliens. I was a little skeptical at first, but I think this has potential. The graphics will be amazing, of course (even today, I think Riven has awesome graphics), but what'll really sink or raise this game will be the writing and puzzles. If anything else, the Kickstarter video is a walk down nostalgia lane, seeing the dagger from Riven on the wall, hearing the different Myst and Riven soundtracks in the background of the video, and seeing all the concept art.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 20, 2013 11:59 AM (ZyqBH)

17 That's for the console exclusives at launch

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 11:59 AM (vJdyz)

18 "veritable refresh rate"? I suspect you meant "variable".

Got a beta invite for Hearthstone. It complained that my trusty HP Mini 210 doesn't have enough memory. It's a fargin' card game! Why wouldn't 2GB be plenty?

Haven't had a chance to download KSP 0.22. I had problems with 0.21; sound going away in map mode. I was hoping they had fixed it in 0.22, but judging by traffic on the forums, they haven't. So it'll probably still 0.20 for me, anyway.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 20, 2013 12:01 PM (U82Km)

19 Posted by: Thrawn at October 20, 2013 03:59 PM (ZyqBH) Knew I forgot something (tend to forget at least two items a week that I want to hit), I wanted to mention that in the post.

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:01 PM (vJdyz)

20 I got a chance to play the Firefly board game this week. It is a "pick-up-and-deliver" type space game. They did an excellent job capturing the theme and my buddy who played with me liked it even though he has never seen the show. The downsides are that it takes a while to play (a hour per player) and the rulebook is a little disorganized. The online FAQ is required reading and printing off some of the fan made player aids from Boardgame Geek would help a lot. I ended up buying a copy for another friend's birthday present.

Posted by: BornLib at October 20, 2013 12:02 PM (iUuDU)

21 I guess Watch Dogs was supposed to be a PS4 tentpole, and it was the only one I was really interested in.

Is the survival horror game about the asylum meant to be a release title, or is that coming later?
Posted by: Kensington at October 20, 2013 03:58 PM (uaEZS)

Which one?

I understand the push to get the systems out in time for Christmas 2013 but I wonder how many people are like me and who aren't going to bother upgrading until 2014 when all the big next gen titles (Watch Dogs, Destiny, The Order, Titanfall, Quantum Break) release. By that point, supplies should be walk in and buy and all the roll out bugs should be fixed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 12:04 PM (Gk3SS)

22 Space Battleship Yamato pachinko... oh kami

Put these at an anime convention, Dealers Room would be doomed.
http://youtu.be/VdES82OnDYY

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 20, 2013 12:04 PM (kH//i)

23 Ok. Best console bootup screen. And........ go...

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 20, 2013 12:07 PM (4/o9U)

24 I finally started "The Witcher" while I've been on vacation. It's okay--definitely a time-killer.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at October 20, 2013 12:07 PM (U1RqT)

25 Them boobehs are almost nice enough to make her a MMPORG character

Posted by: kbdabear at October 20, 2013 12:08 PM (aTXUx)

26 All I have to say is that GTA: Online has been a mess. Disappearing apartments, money, cars, glitchers in full force, freezing and the game not saving. Four patches and things are still ugly. I feel fortunate, as I've been smart enough to not buy any cars or properties due to all the issues and I only lost a few levels one time, but I have friends who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of in-game stuff.

I hope they get their act together soon, people are getting really frustrated.

Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 20, 2013 12:08 PM (GrtrJ)

27 Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 20, 2013 04:07 PM (4/o9U) Kinda like the footage from when the One comes out of sleep mode but probably the Genesis if that counts

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:09 PM (vJdyz)

28 All I have to say is that GTA: Online has been a mess.

I haven't even been able to start a game yet. Good thing the single player holds up pretty well.

Posted by: Chandler's Ghost at October 20, 2013 12:10 PM (9JS/n)

29 Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 20, 2013 04:08 PM (GrtrJ) Still haven't been able to get into a server with others on it

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:11 PM (vJdyz)

30 Oops. First sentence was supposed to be a quote.

Posted by: Chandler's Ghost at October 20, 2013 12:11 PM (9JS/n)

31 My goodness, I didn't realize there were still issues getting on a server. That's freaking insane.

Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 20, 2013 12:12 PM (GrtrJ)

32 4 Speaking of Batman, I just read that Microsoft is shutting down their GFWL servers and if you bought your AA or AC game through them, you will be given a Steam key to activate a Steam version. No saves or achievements will transfer over though.

I guess I will have to get my keys.

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 03:51 PM (doBIb)

How do you get those, because I have AA and AC and they both installed with Games for Windows. I wish Ubisoft would do this as well.

And I've gotten a free copy of Arkham Origins because I bought a new graphics cardthat I plan to do SLI with and I didn't realize it but it had a deal for a copy of Origins, so I got myself a Steam key for it.

Posted by: buzzion at October 20, 2013 12:14 PM (LI48c)

33 I'll be picking up the 3DS version of the LEGO game as a Christmas gift for my son. He loves 'em. I think they are fun too. I grabbed a copy of Dead Space upon many recommendations from the horde. Looking forward to playing while the kids are in school.

Posted by: no good deed at October 20, 2013 12:14 PM (k55Fc)

34 All I have to say is that GTA: Online has been a mess. Disappearing apartments, money, cars, glitchers in full force, freezing and the game not saving. Four patches and things are still ugly. I feel fortunate, as I've been smart enough to not buy any cars or properties due to all the issues and I only lost a few levels one time, but I have friends who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of in-game stuff.

I hope they get their act together soon, people are getting really frustrated.
Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at October 20, 2013 04:08 PM (GrtrJ)

There's talk of a class action suit, if one hasn't been filed already. You'd think people would learn from the SimCity debacle but apparently not.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 12:15 PM (Gk3SS)

35 I imagine the GFWL "local account" feature will still work, even if someone has to create a patch. That's always the way I set it up anyway.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 20, 2013 12:16 PM (qyfb5)

36 Shit, forgot to mention that if you buy Hatoful Boyfriend, you need to change your applocale to Japan :/

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:19 PM (vJdyz)

37 I liked the PS1 bootup best. It was like you were in the future, and sh*t was about to get real. Genesis probably second.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 20, 2013 12:23 PM (4/o9U)

38 Eh something about the audio clip of the corous saying SEGA was magical to me

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:26 PM (vJdyz)

39 Since I don't have any magazine gigs anymore, I cannot think of any reason to jump on the new machines any time soon. Those who are wealthier and more in need of bragging rights can have them. If you have to spend more than thirty seconds pondering whether you can justify the cost, you should just wait. The thing about consoles is they just get better with age as the library grows and the cost of the base hardware and early software goes down.

The only complicating factor is the online factor has increased the dependence on external infrastructure and timed events. Since the first console to have built-in connectivity, the Dreamcast, there have been more and more games that become useless once the servers go away. Up until now, this has been a very limited number of titles but I fear it could increase considerably.

A related concern is the number of games that are severely broken as shipped. In about three or four years from now, somebody shopping for used PS3 or 360 games may find they can no longer download the patches for a game they've acquired. The only versions that would retain any value would be the 'Game of the Year' editions that should have all patches and much DLC already on the disc. Though in the case of Skyrim they gave up on fixing a lot of the bugs and just moved on to new projects.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 12:27 PM (kcfmt)

40 How do you get those, because I have AA and AC and they both installed with Games for Windows. I wish Ubisoft would do this as well.

And I've gotten a free copy of Arkham Origins because I bought a new graphics cardthat I plan to do SLI with and I didn't realize it but it had a deal for a copy of Origins, so I got myself a Steam key for it.

Posted by: buzzion at October 20, 2013 04:14 PM (LI48c)

Here's the link on Steam on how to do it. I just tried to activate my copy of AC on Steam and my key failed. They are having issues with keys from other vendors (GFWL) and hope to have to probs fixed soon.

http://tinyurl.com/os8mw2g

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 12:29 PM (doBIb)

Thank you EC

Posted by: buzzion at October 20, 2013 12:30 PM (LI48c)

42 http://www.americancornhole.com/

Posted by: Jane Spencer at October 20, 2013 12:31 PM (hO8IJ)

43 Thank you EC

Posted by: buzzion at October 20, 2013 04:30 PM (LI48c)

Give it a go and see if it works for you.

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 12:33 PM (doBIb)

44 Though in the case of Skyrim they gave up on fixing a lot of the bugs and just moved on to new projects. Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 04:27 PM (kcfmt) Hide posts from (kcfmt) And Oblivion, and both modern Fallouts, and... They just have crap QA. Abysmal. And they outsourced most of their support to the customer base. I hope the whole industry goes that way, though, it will free up a lot of my leisure time for things other than games.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 20, 2013 12:36 PM (qyfb5)

45 But who has the worst QA, Bethseda or Obsidian?

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:37 PM (vJdyz)

46 But who has the worst QA, Bethseda or Obsidian? Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:37 PM (vJdyz) Hide posts from (vJdyz) It's a team effort. They work together to get worse.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 20, 2013 12:39 PM (qyfb5)

47 All these extra threads are wearing me out. Is this the thread where we talk about S/M?

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pedarist at October 20, 2013 12:39 PM (0FSuD)

48 Lego Marvel looks cool, any word on what level of voice acting if any they are including?

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:39 PM (9jfyN)

49 Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 20, 2013 04:39 PM (qyfb5) Don't think your script worked that time

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:42 PM (vJdyz)

50 Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 04:39 PM (9jfyN) No idea, didn't even know the LEGO games started having voices that weren't simish

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:43 PM (vJdyz)

51 But who has the worst QA, Bethseda or Obsidian?

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:37 PM (vJdyz) Hide posts from (vJdyz)

It's a team effort. They work together to get worse. Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 20, 2013 04:39 PM (qyfb5)

I don't know, Bethesda seems to be taking the position that since you little scamps are going to rip it apart anyway, we'll just let you fix things for us.

My personal pet peeve is day of release DLC. That's just blatant money grubbing.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 12:43 PM (Gk3SS)

52 Don't think your script worked that time Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:42 PM (vJdyz) Hide posts from (vJdyz) It just adds that text to everything. Except the ones already hidden.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 20, 2013 12:44 PM (qyfb5)

53 50 The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:43 PM (vJdyz)

Well Lego Batman 2/DC Heroes has some voice acting.

It sorta caused some controversy on their web boards, but I found it to be a nice touch.

Then again I also took great glee in the Lego Star Wars games having better acting than the Lucas "new trilogy" so there's that.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:45 PM (9jfyN)

54 Take it no one has watched the Criminal Girls trailer

It's quite classy

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:46 PM (vJdyz)

55 #48

And do Captain America and the Human Torch have the same voice?

Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 12:46 PM (kcfmt)

56 Shadowplay which is a GPU level based streaming to Twitch
that they renamed their streaming tech to their Shield to Gamestream and that with the handheld's HDMI out, it goes into a console mode that lets you use it use a different to play your PC games on your TV.

Is this english?

Posted by: Adam B at October 20, 2013 12:47 PM (0XqlD)

57 Me write in English....lol

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:48 PM (vJdyz)

58 51 alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 04:43 PM (Gk3SS)

for extra rage fuel rage add in that the DLC is as buggy as the main game in most cases, and on Skyrim the SOBs made high-def graphics packs a separate update that was also screwy.

Great work.

The ONLY saving grace is the community winds up putting out UOPs that fix it and some of the smythes there make better content than the devs.

The modified Breezehome rocks.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:48 PM (9jfyN)

Give it a go and see if it works for you.

Posted by: EC at October 20, 2013 04:33 PM (doBIb)

I would do it now EC but I'm on the couch on my laptop and my dog is using my leg for a pillow, and all that stuff is on my desktop.

Posted by: buzzion at October 20, 2013 12:49 PM (LI48c)

60 55 Epobirs at October 20, 2013 04:46 PM (kcfmt)

"Is Captain America as hot as the Human Torch?"

//Sharon Carter's Grand Daughter

"I certainly hope so I am wearing his underwear..."

//Steve Rogers

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:50 PM (9jfyN)

61 #51

I don't mind if it's stuff that has only a subset audience. I was going to hold out for the GOTY version of Uncharted 2 but when it arrived all of the added material was solely for multi-player and useless to me. Release date DLC that follows the same pattern I can ignore.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 12:50 PM (kcfmt)

62 My personal pet peeve is day of release DLC. That's just blatant money grubbing. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 04:43 PM (Gk3SS) Hide posts from (Gk3SS) There is the belief in the industry that they can't bear much more than $60 as a release price. Inflation is eating the industry. They need to raise prices. So they create new models like nickel-and-dime MMOs and DLCs to make up the difference. The "top price" for games has been about $60 for like 25 years, and that would be close to $110 now.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 20, 2013 12:50 PM (qyfb5)

63 Meh, always found politics as a form of BSDM myself

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:50 PM (vJdyz)

64 Shit, wrong thread

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:51 PM (vJdyz)

65 63 The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:50 PM (vJdyz)

You may need to indulge us in a "politics of gaming" subpost or give your thought Dude...

I thought the Geneva Convention wanting video games punishing the players for "war crimes" was funny...

imagine New Vegas with a Geneva Ruling...

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:52 PM (9jfyN)

66 Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 04:52 PM (9jfyN) The problem with having three threads open on my ipad. As for the war crime crap in video gaming, I just rolled my eyes and quickly forgot it as quick as I could

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:54 PM (vJdyz)

67 66 The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:54 PM (vJdyz)

I understand the impulse, and am sincerely not critical of you. I think you know I am a hobbyist my fear is that ignored moonbats are seldom idle. Look at all the pressure Germany has succeeded on levying in Strategy gaming.

Anyway I respect your desires.

Happy hunting.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 20, 2013 12:57 PM (9jfyN)

68 Non-geek question: will an Xbox One disc Play on an Xbox 360?

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 20, 2013 12:57 PM (VYUou)

69 Posted by: WalrusRex at October 20, 2013 04:57 PM (VYUou) Nope, new hardware. May get the original xbox games to work on the upcoming Xbox One but I expect them to just do it digitally

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 12:59 PM (vJdyz)

70 Anyone played Beyond: Two Souls yet. what's your opinion? Reviews are all over the place.

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 20, 2013 01:05 PM (CRY7r)

71 Depends on if you like Cage's writing, frankly think it got worse myself. The QTEs have gotten dumber in comparison to Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:07 PM (vJdyz)

72 #62

It was higher in the cartridge era. $80 games on the SNES and Genesis were common, especially for big third party releases that were pushing the then limits on ROM capacity. Street Fighter II for the SNES was one of these, being the first or nearly the first 16 Mb game shipped. Third party games with lesser ROM usage but small production runs also tended to get up into that price range. Or the few games that had the FX chip and smallish ROM usage.

Kind of like how Chinese manufacturing hid a lot of inflation of the US$, the savings from the shift to optical media covered a lot of the increased development costs that optical media itself as part of more powerful platforms required. But we have long since overwhelmed those savings.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 01:09 PM (kcfmt)

73 Remember spending $110 for SFII Turbo (I'm the kid who bought every SF2 game). Also remember Ocarina of Time was $90

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:11 PM (vJdyz)

HaSeraphim, the Khyber server guild of DDO is now level 20 and our airship is operational. anyone interested is very welcome to join.

DDO is doing something weird with forced groupings upon entering dungeons. I have to admit to booting anyone who is forced to group with me since I . Want. To. Solo. (or be in a group of my choice, but still). I'm wondering if they're short on something or other and have run themselves into a corner by having *all* quest create new instances.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 01:14 PM (Pexsc)

75 There were some Ipad games by Playdek recommended a week or two ago, anyone remember which they were? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Boone at October 20, 2013 01:20 PM (tIyK2)

76 #73

Were those imports? Because I've still got all of the pre-order goodies from Ocarina of Time including the EB receipt and it was $60, like most first party Nintendo 64 games with higher ROM usage or bundled items. (Rumble Pak with Star Fox, RAM PAK with DK World.)

I'm putting together a collector's package of some Nintendo stuff that will go on Craig's List. The centerpiece will be the Zelda sword letter opener Nintendo sent out to people on their press list during the OoT launch buildup. The pre-order stuff will go in there and some other debris I've had in storage forever. The press kit for the Yoshi game. There i a CD of Blue Note jazz tracks that was used to promote a game but I'm blanking on which one.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 01:21 PM (kcfmt)

77 Take it no one has watched the Criminal Girls trailer

It's quite classy

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 04:46 PM (vJdyz)

Was wondering if I'd have to scrub my browser history if I clicked that link.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 01:21 PM (Pexsc)

78 Ascension and Tanto Cuore where the ones I mentioned. Agricola is the other great one that they've made (not a deck building game though)

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:22 PM (vJdyz)

79 Alex, I was referring to the game "Outlast." There's been a lot of good buzz about it being unusually scary, and I believe it's being ported to the PS4.

Posted by: Kensington at October 20, 2013 01:23 PM (uaEZS)

80 Posted by: Epobirs at October 20, 2013 05:21 PM (kcfmt) Nope, that's what GameStop and K-B charged if I remember correctly. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 05:21 PM (Pexsc) They're 1000+ year old witches

No, they're actually legit, they're just moe-fied

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:25 PM (vJdyz)

Like Ace quoted the other day - "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me."

GROW UP or get off this blog.

Posted by: Dave at October 20, 2013 01:27 PM (5Cwv4)

82 71 Depends on if you like Cage's writing, frankly think it got worse myself. The QTEs have gotten dumber in comparison to Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 05:07 PM (vJdyz) that's too bad. i enjoyed "Heavy Rain" and the graphics for Beyond look stupendous.

Posted by: John Boehner, SuperGenius at October 20, 2013 01:28 PM (CRY7r)

83 Last week got suddenly busy, so I wasn't able to get started on Witcher 2. With my youngest sister coming in on Saturday for a week's visit, and an unexpected gift of a deer, the next two weeks will be even more so. Which means I won't get to play with it until early November. And Skyrim is even buggier this time through than it was the first time. ::sigh::

Posted by: Empire1 at October 20, 2013 01:30 PM (OO83i)

84 Well, it comes down if you liked his earlier work but if you've had reservations before hand, it won't change your mind

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:31 PM (vJdyz)

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 05:25 PM (vJdyz)

What *is* moe anway? Although I like manga and anime I've been out of the loop for awhile due to price issues. That and my tastes are about the opposite of "edgy".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 01:31 PM (Pexsc)

86 Posted by: Dave at October 20, 2013 05:27 PM (5Cwv4) No one is forcing you to post in this thread, there are plenty of political shit threads for you to shit up

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:34 PM (vJdyz)

87 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 05:31 PM (Pexsc) Think Strawberry Shortcake but Japanese? Moe is kinda hard to explain but you know it when you see it

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 01:35 PM (vJdyz)

88 What *is* moe anway? Although I like manga and anime I've been out of the loop for awhile due to price issues. That and my tastes are about the opposite of "edgy".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, Hobbit teahada at October 20, 2013 05:31 PM (Pexsc)

It's hard to explain, but I'd generalize it as "cute/adorable" - in a way that makes guys want to hug/protect it. Think baby/kid features, vs. adult features.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 20, 2013 01:39 PM (0wHyk)

89 Tvtropes has a decent writeup on it methinks: (Warning! TIMESINK)

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Moe

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 20, 2013 01:41 PM (0wHyk)

90 The untold story is that MS has plenty of Azure capacity to give away because it's been a yet another Ballmer failure. Very disappointed about Watch Dogs, but maybe the delay is because they got smart and bought the Person of Interest license.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2013 02:16 PM (T6c9C)

91 Has anyone else played the game "The Stanley Parable"? I downloaded it off Steam yesterday and spent most of Saturday night playing it. It's...different, but in a good way. Kind of has that "Portal" feel to it, with a little dash of the movie "The Game" or "Memento" thrown in for good measure. Definitely worth the 11 bucks I paid for it.

And I give it high marks for humor. My wife couldn't watch the action (it's first person, which makes her queasy) but the dialogue was cracking her up every 5 minutes. Really good video game humor seems to be thin on the ground these days.

Posted by: Pave Low John at October 20, 2013 02:30 PM (Nf4oW)

92 Missed the thread today, as we went shopping for new pc stuff. One of the things we bought, which is a first try, is the Kraken X60 liquid cooling system (we overclock our gaming computers, and push them hard, with lots of peripheral heat in a smallish gaming/computer room). Fingers crossed. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/nzxt-kraken-x60.html

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2013 02:50 PM (IXrOn)

93 92. Everyone should OC their gaming rigs if their bios allows it I've got the AW oc'd 10% across the board just because I can Need new memory though

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 02:59 PM (wNsNP)

94 Oh, the nvidia rumor over at notebook review is they figured out 3d without glasses Unless a lappy has a monitor at 120hz it's worthless

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 03:02 PM (wNsNP)

95 Well I missed the thread

. I'm finally getting ready to pull the trigger on Bioshock Infinite! (Sadly I want/need the 360 version for a variety of reasons, so that sale does me little good.) By the by, the delay was because my wife and I cut a deal that we'd both be done with classes before we picked it up and I'd have at least part of a job search under my belt. Having done that there's a bit of time for R&R (though not much.)

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 20, 2013 03:06 PM (GaqMa)

96 Posted by: Dave at October 20, 2013 05:27 PM (5Cwv4) Really, someone banhammer this goatfelching son of a c*nt.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 20, 2013 03:11 PM (VFtsA)

97 95. Let us know what you think of it Bioshock 2 burned me out with big sis

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 03:13 PM (wNsNP)

98 No mention of "Xcom: Enemy Within" coming out in the next few weeks? While not as deep a strategy/tactical game as the original computer version, "Enemy Within" was a lot of fun, and I hope the sequel will be better.

Posted by: Grimaldi at October 20, 2013 03:15 PM (odBb9)

99 95. Oh, me and the wife agreed one one between battlefield4 or mw ghosts Hard choice

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 03:16 PM (wNsNP)

100 Hey, several years back there was a stupid fps where you played a chick who was a bond style spy Anyone remember what it was called? Got to kill mimes

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 03:18 PM (wNsNP)

101 Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 07:16 PM (wNsNP) The wife wants to play Bioshock infinite, but she'll need my help (she always does.) Which means I get a 2 hour head start and rules that if she catches up to me, she has to either a) stop and let me get ahead again or b) play on without my help (she's not as concerned about spoilers as I am.)

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 20, 2013 03:19 PM (GaqMa)

102 101. My wife is a hardcore gamer New games turn into a race to finish Of course the soon to be 12yo smokes us

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 03:23 PM (wNsNP)

103 Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 07:23 PM (wNsNP The wife loves gaming, but never seemed to adapt to this generation's control scheme. Oblivion tended to frustrate her at parts. In Skyrim she managed to get to the ending with crappy equipment and to low of a level just sorta trapping her there with no way to beat it.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No Really!) at October 20, 2013 03:26 PM (GaqMa)

104 I understand the push to get the systems out in time for Christmas 2013 but I wonder how many people are like me and who aren't going to bother upgrading until 2014 when all the big next gen titles (Watch Dogs, Destiny, The Order, Titanfall, Quantum Break) release. By that point, supplies should be walk in and buy and all the roll out bugs should be fixed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 20, 2013 04:04 PM (Gk3SS)

I'll buy a PS4 about 3 months after the release of Fallout 4, once Bethesda has gotten maybe half the bugs fixed. I don't see any other must-haves for me in the pipeline yet.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 20, 2013 03:28 PM (un8zR)

105 Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 07:18 PM (wNsNP) No One Lives Forever, wish the series wasn't stuck in IP hell

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 03:28 PM (vJdyz)

106 Posted by: Grimaldi at October 20, 2013 07:15 PM (odBb9) Came out bout a month ago (unless it hasn't come out on the consoles yet)

Posted by: The Dude at October 20, 2013 03:30 PM (vJdyz)

107 Dude, you might want to add a blurb about the MindCrack server's charity stream this weekend (for Child's Play) - they ended up raising over 100k.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 20, 2013 03:42 PM (un8zR)

108 Well, y'all missed the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. (Were any other morons/ettes there?) It was fantastic. If you dig Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, old coin-op games, etc. you'd have enjoyed yourself. Even up to some N64 and sega stuph if that's your thing. Great time. See you there next year!

Posted by: Insert Clever Name Here at October 20, 2013 04:07 PM (SS8WM)

109 105. That's right!!! Man it was awesome!!

Posted by: Navycopjoe at October 20, 2013 04:08 PM (wNsNP)

110 LOVE that trailer for Galactic Civ III. And the first two games were the best Four X games that have come out since Master of Orion II and the glory days of turn-based strategy. Suitably geeked to see this game come out. And Stardock has always treated its customers well.

Posted by: Shawn at October 20, 2013 04:11 PM (/lltO)

111 Any morons playing BF3 on Xbox? BF4 out soon- looking forward to that.

Posted by: ETF at October 20, 2013 04:18 PM (t74ak)

112 GalCIVIII! I just might have to buy all of the things associated with that game...

Posted by: .87c at October 20, 2013 05:55 PM (qZPXs)

113 Dave is being banned. If he would like to apologize to the Gang of Gaming Morons posters and commenters at a later date I will consider unbanning him. But I doubt he will. I do not have any desire to have a site polluted by anger junkies and the unsocializable.

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2013 06:08 PM (/IWYB)

114

@33 - Dead Space 1 can best be summed up in a single word - fetch. That's it. That's the entire game - one fetch quest after another. The user interface and the atmosphere though are top notch, even if the story is a little on the meh side.

Dead Space 2, however, is sensational. Absolutely stellar. Scary, emotionally compelling, and with a strong story and characters who are characters in their own right and not just mute avatars. On paper, giving the main character a voice isn't the best idea, but it immediately alters the game into a role playing game and the series is stronger for it. Picked up DS3 the other day but haven't played it yet. My understanding is it's more action oriented which, not to give anything away, I'd be fine with as a little revenge does the body good.

Picked up Saints Row IV this weekend and it's absolutely the most deranged thing I've played. Hilarious, profane, and as addictive as the purest heroin too so players be warned. It's a massive rip-off of Crackdown and The Matrix, so your character is super powered almost right from the start. The brilliance of this cannot be understated. I'll take Saints Row IV over GTAV absolutely any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at October 21, 2013 10:46 AM (Lljg2)

115 G-Sync wasn't too interesting? :-p

Posted by: Neo at October 21, 2013 12:15 PM (7gZdx)

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