Category: Gaming

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Resident Evil 2 Remake is official, but

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The awaited remake is finally official after a group of modders attempted to complete the job by themselves, great news and I am personally happy to see the project officially started but there are a few things that I’m worried about.

While Capcom is officially making the remake, the original director as well as a number of stuff who worked on the original is no longer there. And with the new guys and director taking over as well as the disasters Resident Evil 5, 6 and revelation I’m not entirely sure I want these guys to handle my childhood dream.

The Original remake was awesome and I was wishing for Resident Evil 2 and 3 to be handled the same way by the same guys. To be honest, I want the new remake to have an option for the tank controls. Keeping it old school with an option for the new generation although I’m not sure if the new generation even played the original to appreciate the remake.

All in all, I want a good old school game, not insane graphics and a bad game. Capcom, this is your chance to make things right so please do it.

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Latest pickups

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Its been sometimes since I ordered something retro related, or was it? Anyway, I managed to pickup something nice; Dremfall Game of the Year edition. The game of the year edition includes the original and amazing The Longest Journey game as well as the Sound track CD and ofcourse Dreamfall.

The Sega Saturn modem was supposed to come brand new and it did, except that the box is torn and ripped open supposedly by the checkup reps..
The Super Mario world is something I always wanted but struggled to find new or in good shape so this will have to do, if only the batteries would last forever…

Amway, its great to receive retro stuff and still waiting for my BioHazard PS1 version.

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Latest pickup: Sega Touring Car Championship

All the way from Japan and to my new place; Sega Touring Car Championship for Sega Saturn. This gem is responsible for my early Saturn memories. A racing game with only three trucks not including the hidden two and only about four cars, where is the fun? That my friend is something I cannot answer. Maybe its the classic SEGA feel? Maybe its good memories or maybe its classic old racing?

I’m hunting the PC version as its probably dirt cheap along with a few others including and not limited to:

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$_57 (3)I know I can get the GOG version and I already own it, but I just love physical media and collecting big box versions. I even enjoy truble shotting olfd games to run on my PC. Call me crazy but this is life :J

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Steam Controller design is finalized and ready

steam_controllerLove it or hate it, you are interested in some level. The design itself is not bad and have this futuristic feel although it kind of looks like a Xbox One controller in some way. Only one Analog Stick? Who thought that its a great idea needs to be fired! The track pad thing needs to be played with before giving judgment so no comment there although I feel it will fail.

All in all, the controller looks amazing but the missing stick is a deal breaker to me. I just hope that games will continue to support both 360 pad and this one.

Hardware Specifications

Overview

  • Dual trackpads
  • HD haptics
  • Analog stick
  • Dual-stage triggers, each with 10° of travel, a magnetic flux sensor, and a tactile switch
  • Gyroscope and accelerometer sensors enabling tilt-to-steer racing wheel functionality and other motion-controlled input
  • Configurable controls
  • Local multiplayer capability, as supported by games
  • Wired or wireless (dual mode)
  • USB 2.0 via Micro USB port (cable not included)
  • Estimated 5 meters of wireless communications range. Actual results may vary.
  • Provides up to 80 hours of standard game play using the included AA batteries during preliminary testing. Battery life will vary based on usage and other factors, such as type of batteries used. Actual results may vary.

In-box

  • Steam Controller
  • 2 AA batteries
  • USB wireless pairing dongle

Requirements

A Steam Machine or other computer capable of running Steam Big Picture Mode, in order to view, edit, save, and share Steam Controller mappings.

 

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Violence and Gaming

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Ever since Hatred was announced and shown things went south very quickly. Many stores, including Steam at once refused to carry the game and Twitch even made a clear statement that streaming AO games will not be allowed considering Hatred will most probably end up with an AO rating. What’s the deal?

Video games promote violence

Long before Hatred, many news and so called justice warriors claimed that video games make people go crazy and violent. Despite many studies that proofed else, these fanatics continue to fight gaming as if it was Satan’s gift to sinners.

The real question is; Why aren’t movies and music attacked as much? After all, hate rap songs can be heard in music stores across the world with violent movies following such as The Human Centipede and A Serbian Film.

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To this day I haven’t heard a real answer to the above question so I just came to a conclusion that the media is simply attacking gaming because it is considered the newts form of entertainment.
Blame the new guy for everything even though gaming is not so new by now and countless studies suggest that gaming makes a heather mind behavior.

Of course idiots make it worse by gaming for 3 days non stop, dying and ruining gaming for everyone. Despite the few, this should not be held against gaming as idiots do idiotic stuff every day like drinking water to death or jumping of a building.

What I’m trying to say is; don’t blame gaming for someones mental condition. Playing a war board game does not make me a commander and playing a video game does not make me a criminal.

Have a lovely day.

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15 GB Mortal Kombat X deletes your save file, what the?!

So wait, downloading giant patches is a thing now? First Halo the masterchief collection and now this? So releasing broken games with a promise that future updates will make it more playable is slowing becoming the norm, just ask assassin’s creed unity.

Rage aside, the latest Mortal Kombat X Steam update simply deletes your whole save file along with statistics and progress. Do developers test their games anymore? It is very sad that players who progressed and worked hard for game statistics are getting back to zero to start all over again with no future guaranties that this wont happen again. Sad indeed.

On another note, why downloading 10 GB+ patches is becoming the norm? Its like downloading the whole game again. Not everyone has fiber optics internet speed and most don’t want to wait days to finis the download. I understand that game breaking bugs are discovered after release but putting more testing in place is the key, NOT pushing out broken games.

Back in my days Sega Saturn games had zero patches and was playable since day one. Developers: Please take your job more serious or else don’t cry when you end up like Capcom.

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Is gaming a eSport?

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This question brings back memories of people arguing that Extreme Sports are not real sports. Doing aggressive rollerblading I know what it feels like to start from nothing and work your way up with practice, gaining skill and getting better everyday so why is it exactly not a real sport considering I actually exercise?

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After thinking for a while I came to the conclusion that any competitive activity that involves skill, training and competition can be considered a sport. Why must it be a ball game for it to be recognized and considered a sport? Now comes the important question: Can gaming be considered an eSport? Of course, here is why:

  • Its a skill and training thing

You work your way from nothing to the top by hard work, training and learning especially in competitive games like Counter Strike. If gaming was easy then everyone would have been a pro.

  • Its Competition

Playing against another human is tricky. Unlikely the predictable AI, humans can adapt and learn on the fly learning more of your gaming style and counter it with practice.

  • Its called eSport for a reason

eSports stands for electronic sports and that’s exactly what competitive gaming is about. You compete electronically. Who made the rule that a sport needs to involve your body physically?

People keep giving chess layers hard time cause its not a real sport but if you ask me it takes more practice and strategy than soccer, sorry but its true. Anything that involves the above mentioned points should be considered sport in my opinion. The world is constantly evolving and so should our thoughts. We need more sports and entertainment not less.

And to the idiot Colin Cowherd who apparently have a grudge with gaming; Its not our fault that your stuck in stone age era with debunked stereotypes about gaming. I for one welcome the idea that idiots like you should do us all a favorite and quit. Not liking something is one thing, being an ignorant idiot is another.

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Steam accounts restriction is a good thing

media_steam_logoI was about to rage as soon as I red the news but quickly came back to my senses after realizing that its actually a good thing. Let me explain; Free Steam accounts and by free I mean zero purchases are mostly a ghost town or used to spam. It is very unlikely that a spammer or troll will put any money toward creating trouble. The paying customer will not notice a thing provided he spent $5 or more.

Official Restrictions:

Sending friend invites
• Opening group chat
• Voting on Greenlight, Steam Reviews and Workshop items
• Participating in the Steam Market
• Posting frequently in the Steam Discussions
• Gaining Steam Profile Levels (Locked to level 0) and Trading Cards
• Submitting content on the Steam Workshop
• Posting in an item’s Steam Workshop Discussions
• Accessing the Steam Web API
• Using browser and mobile chat

I can however see this becoming a problem for the following users:

CD Keys, retail purchases, and gifts do not remove limited user restrictions even if they significantly exceed the required quota.

What if the persons uses retail keys? Why should any paying account gets restricted? I feel the above will be removed or at least less restricted with time but for anything else this seems like a fair deal.

 

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Daily Update: Playing Titanfall

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As you may have guessed; Titanfall quickly became my all time favorite shooter even though I used to hate this game before until I decided to give it a try. Man, I’m glad I did and will be preordering Titanfall 2 from day one. Forget Bore of duty Advance Same Crap, this is the game to own and for many reasons.

The graphics are great as well as the engine itself. Everything looks futuristic and nice including water and fire. Weapons have great textures and overall feel as well as Titans. The movements themselves feel smooth and well done. The double jump feels natural and light as opposite to CODAW.

Sounds are also well done and Titan OS voice is a great addition. But I’m not here to review the game, instead I’m gonna update you of my progress and latest. in general.

My Smart Pistol MK FAQ is now available on GameFAQs.com so check it out.

I’m now a G4 pilot almost G5. For the ones confused; G is a rating system in Titanfall which allows you to regenerate after reaching level 50. Once regenerated, you are given a new G level banner with all the challenges reset back to zero. To upgrade to later G levels new special challenges must be completed and some of them seems hard.

I’m now on my last G4 challenge which is to score a critical hit on Titans using the charge rifle. That is hard in itself and can effect the way you play as you are constantly trying to get the challenge not caring about the overall score which to be honest is kinda of the game’s fault.

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Overall, I’m enjoying Titanfall and became addicted. I know I should be playing The Evil Within new DLC but ?I just cant let go. I just hope that the next Titanfall will have more things to do than just regenerate. More weapons, maps and Burn cards as well as weapon mods. Get the game now.