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Your servers suck... big time. Examples? Ok. Battlefield Bad Company always takes a few times to finally connect to your servers. Great game - terrible online service. FIFA 12 is a prime example of your server problems. It takes me at least 30 retries to get into a online game. If I'm trying to play ultimate team FORGET IT. I can't play one player without being connected. Forget trying to connect to another player unless you want to sit for fifteen minutes to finally connect. >

Older gamers will remember back when gaming first transitioned to 3d, a lot of people were not sure what gaming was going to look like from then on. There were many well established franchises (like zelda and mario) that managed to survive the transition, but others (e.g. mega man, castlevania and sonic) that did not. IMO it is reminiscent of what is happening now with the transition to VR. So my

I'm really tired of the number rating system, as it has gotten so blown out of proportion. Anything lower than an 8 is almost certain failure. So, in this format, there would be four or five sections of grading, as seen here in an example of the Killzone 3 Multiplayer Trial: Plusses would represent no problems or only minor faults. Checkmarks would represent mistakes but still solid. Minuses would represent a place where the game failed. This is represented at the end by an overall plus, checkmark or minus. A plus means must buy, a great game worth full price. Checkmark means either rent this game, or wait until it goes on sale. Minus means just don't even waste your time. What do people think? The website I write for is asking me to do a Mass Effect 3 review when it drops next week, and I think this system is an accurate way to judge it. This would be in addition to a written review; this section would summarize the review and also present it for the

I know this isn't the most relevant game right now but I picked it up secondhand for cheap. I tried watching a Youtube video recap and it was horribly done and way too much information. After 10 mins of watching I got almost nothing out of it. I tried googling a typed recap and thought I saw something that looked spoiler-y so I backed out. Can someone give me the

I find it interesting. I enjoy watching e-sports and where games like DOTA, Starcraft, and League you'll have the commentators trying to emulate a pro sports type feel (ref. NFL, MLB, NHL, etc...) When I watch pro fighting game tournaments like EVO or anything else the commentators are always shit talking and joking around, have to look up a lot of terms and phrases they use on urban dictionary. It's fun as hell to watch, just wondering how it came to be that way, there is a noticeable difference from other e-sports. It's hard to explain but

I'm not sure how I feel about what seems to be happening.. First it was ME3, with an ending that had a very "to be continued" feel to it, then I just recently finished FFXIII-2 which had a flat out "To Be Continued" at the end which from what I'm reading is going to be resolved via DLC so there seems to be an ermging trend with game companies deciding to give you most of the game at release, then the rest of the game later via DLC.. now up to this point' Ive been ok with DLC as long as its of the "additional content" variety, meaning that the game you pay for has a beginning, a middle and and end, and the DLC just adds moer to one of these parts, but now it seems like devlopers are trying out a different strategy on us.. a beggining and a middle, but not necessarily an end until you pay for DLC. I'm of two minds here. the first is making an ending DLC instead of a full blown sequel could potentially be a good thing under the right conditions. For example, let's look at RPGs that have multiple endings. Rather than playing through the entire game over and over to get to see different endings, we could pay a nominal fee for a different ending, then just change the last few hours rather than replaying 40+ hours of the saem stuff. Also, how many sequels have we seen where its' essentially the same gameplay mechanics of the first, just with more storyline? Rather than wait several years for a sequel, it could potentially reduce development time to work on an existing game engine and expand the story via DLC.. On the other side of the coin, and this is the side that I'm more leaning toward that worries me, it gives game companies an easy out. If we as customers don't vote with our wallets and say this practice is not aceptable, companies could use this strategy to their advantage, charge 60$ for a half a** game that only gets better if you are willing to cough up an extra 10 bucks to see it get better.. So i guess the

I did. It was awesome. The thing is, I haven't been able to play the game ever since college started. We got snowed it today and I miraculously had internet so I started playing Black Ops II. Keep in mind, I've been playing Call of Duty ever since the first one ever came out by Infinity Ward. I like to think I'm a veteran. Anyways, so a random round of free for all (that's how I roll) and I'm just destroying these 14 -15 year old kids listening to them how they're prestige etc etc. As soon as I start playing I'm literally doing the same thing. Baiting. Using a care package, not picking it up, using target finder, etc etc and I clear the game in 5 min. Most of the kids actually tried to gang up on me which didn't work since I kept on popping out the hellstorm missile. It's fun making kids rage quit. Still got the moves. EDIT:

I've been enjoying Diablo 3s single player and limited multiplayer quite a bit since launch. Sure there are flaws, but altogether I think it’s quite a blast. However, what REALLY gets me going is the thought of PvP multiplayer. Imagine a moba-esque arena, that is to say one with two ends and creeps/towers of some sort keeping people from just waltzing to the enemies’ base, and a bunch of Diablo 3 heroes on each team. I'm a big LoL fan, and the thought of playing a moba with my Diablo 3 character gives me a huge nerdboner. The Arena could use pre-existing SC champions, allowing all of that loot farming you've been doing to pay off in a competitive (somebody say ranked?!) setting. Imaging farming to fuel your arena play, farming to help your arena team get loot, and having a more social feel to the multiplayer. Alternatively the Arena could use HC heroes... Another idea for PvP arena: Still moba-esque, but instead of using a preexisting hero, everyone starts out at lv 1. Bare with me here... All heroes start at level one, and while there is a shop, they don't have a lot of starting gold. As they move out into the arena, they battle creeps. Creeps drop gold, but also have the chance to drop items. As heroes fight in the arena to get more gold and experience (xp rate boosted substantially for this game type, of course) they would also have the chance to pick up a few items (maybe skew the drops towards more balanced grey/white items early game). Imagine the intensity of these Arena games... The diversity in skill building would be awesome, you’d see such different strategies and gameplay styles develop. (

Now that I am getting older I have less time for games and I will never buy games on the release day anymore with the exception of Skyrim (Almost pissed myself in anticipation) I have learned my lesson spending lots of money on games I don't enjoy (I am looking at you Two Worlds 2) So what are some good games. I haven't tried Bioshock or Deadspace and haven't bought an RPG since Demon Soul's (NOT Dark Soul's)

Lately, I've had a lot of spare time and I've started watching tv shows/anime, but I feel so unproductive, I want to play a game while I watch, but the game can't be something that I need to pay a heap of attention too, any suggestions. (

Me and a friend have been playing said LotR game, and we have reached an impasse. Our game has glitched on us around chapter 5, and we are looking for someone to host a game around the start of the chapter so that we can try and fix the original problem. Checking the internet told us that this should work for us. We are playing as the elf and the man, so we are looking for a dwarf player. So

This happened earlier this year but I thought reddit should hear it. After watching some zero punctuation reviews I decided to go snooping around for thief 2 (pun intended). I'd never played the game before but I love stealth games and it was hyped up quite a bit. So first stop is my local eb games. The first guy I talked to didn't know what the game was so I asked the other attendant and he said "sorry mate, game is too old for us to stock" I was remorseful but it was a rational choice since it probably doesn't pay for the space it takes on the shelf. Next stop an independent game store, he was much more friendly and open but regretfully informed me he didn't have it. In a last ditch effort I tried my GAME store (the one that no longer exists) and the most shocking thing happened too me. I'm the only one in the store and after asking the attendant, and I quote "mate that game is so old I don't think you'll find it anywhere, may as well torrent it" stunned I thanked him for his time and left. It still stuns me that someone who of all people would be the most against pirating suggested that just because if its age it doesn't matter if you just steal it. Anyway for the

As you know, summer is a great time to play catchup. Perhaps you just got out of school? Perhaps the dearth of new games gives you a chance to play some less-heard-of titles? Perhaps work is dying down, or your kids are going off to camp? Whatever the reason, I thought that we should compile a list of games that can fill up those lazy summer days. So, (

So a friend of mine posted this image on Facebook so i decided to put some solid thought behind it and gave tons of reasons… So here is my response… All right, time to throw down my choices and the logic behind them… For my Primary Weapon i would have to go with the Shotgun. (D.) My Logic behind this is because all the other guns are long ranged. This is good, but the major downfall is in close quarters situations. I would much rather have a gun that can knock out multiple zombies in one bullet, rather than having to spray. (Choice C.) Also, the other two (A. & B. are not very reliable for close quarters, The Sniper (A.) being a very low capacity gun, just wouldn’t cut it for a close quarter encounter. Then the RPG (B.) would be a 1 Shot, so do not miss your chance to blow (Some Eminem there for yah) cause if you don’t kill them, you will either be mauled in the reloading, or you must have one hell of a secondary weapon and/or melee. Thus leaving my choice to the shotgun, yes it doesn’t reach far, but that is made up in the security of the pack it punches. Now for the Secondary… This was a close choice between the Machine Pistol (B.) The Desert Eagle (A.) the Silenced Pistol (C.) but after some thought, I went with the Silenced Pistol. (C.) Here is my reasoning… All the guns seemed really nice, but the crossbow was an quick no. For one, it doesn’t seem like it would do much damage and the reload time would be awful. So that quickly went out the door in my choices. But when choosing between the last three, there was one factor i ultimately wanted, and that was stealth and surprise, leading to my choice of the Silenced Pistol. (C.) Although the other two had great features, i stuck with the Silenced Pistol (C.) due to the silencer. I would like the security of being able to save my other ammunition rather than waste it since i alerted zombies of my presence. For the Melee Weapon, I decided to go with the Machete (D.) due to its flexablity of tasks it could do. The Baseball Bat (A.) was good and all, but it has the possibility of denting (although small) and it just doesn’t seem that useful. I feel like it would be easier to hack a zombie and kill it instantly, than hit it with a blunt object numerous times. Now the Chainsaw (C.) seemed like a good idea if i wanted to hack shit up, but the downfall is the requirement of gas, which could be used for the Vehicle. Now leaving the Sword (B.) I originally thought that this would be great, but when i thought about it more, i found that the Machete (D.) was much better. The Sword (B.) was great for hacking at a distant, but would be big and just a pain to carry around. As well as being less useful and resourceful as the Machete. (D.) I found the Machete (D.) to be my final choice, since i felt like i could use it for so many more things than just hacking and sawing the living dead. Now for the Gadget… I decided to go with the Swiss Army Knife (D.) due to the large amount of tools in that tiny thing. This is the logic behind that choice and not choosing the others. Since i had the Shotgun with me, i wasn’t looking for long range targets, shooting down the Binoculars. (A.) Although one thing that is bad about not having the Binoculars is i wouldn’t be able to see far range, since i don not have any scoped items. But i felt if i was fortunate to know the area well enough (say if i went to Kalamazoo for safety) i think i would be able to navigate myself fairly well. Now to the flashlight… This seemed so unpractical, since for starters I wouldn’t travel at night, that’s just plan stupid. Leaving only the battery and light bulb for use. Such as to make traps and what not, but that would take some scavenging of items, so i wouldn’t do that. The only good thing left would be the very low amount of battery acid, leaving me to the conclusion that the flashlight was a complete and utter waste of a material. Now to the Rope (C.)…. What the fuck I’m i going to do with this, set a trap to ketch some food… Fuck that, I’ll find some other way of getting food… maybe raid a super market? I found that the rope would also be an utter waste of a choice. Leaving me the Swiss Army Knife. (D.) I was grateful to find that this wasn’t a piece of crap. I found that all the tools would be so resourceful in obtaining my own items. With the Machete i found that this would be the ultimate tag team of breaking & scavenging. Finally, the Vehicle… I picked the Hummer (A.) since all the others were utterly terrible choices. The only one that came close was the Boat (D.) but that was still far off. The Dirt bike (B.) wasn’t bad for speed and gas mileage, but the openness is the killer. If your surrounded by Zombies, you couldn’t just run them over, that thing is too puny. And in a hypothetical situation, if there were “special zombies” like their are on Left 4 Dead, you would get rapped on that thing. Now to the Tank (C.) cool, you got some fire power, but that thing is slower than a sloth. (Not really, exaggeration) You could easily get swarmed and be stuck in that thing for days before killing of the hoard, and if you don’t have a good food and water supply in that thing, you will either starve or dehydrate to death. And lets not even go into the fact that it gets hotter than Hades in that thing. Now to the Boat (D.) its great and all, but it’s downfall is that it’s only good on water. What happens when you have to go get food, or even water. (if your in the ocean or a sea.) You will be very open for attack, and much slower than you would be if you had a vehicle. This option would be great if you had unlimited food and water, but lets get real now… That doesn’t happen. Plus, if you were to say “but we could find an uninfected island.” Well, good luck finding one that’s uninfected… Cause if your in the Atlantic, you’ll have a tough time, due to the fact that all the islands are tourist attractions and have the possibility of having Zombies. Now to the Pacific… Take out your map and notice how far of a ride it is to an scarcely populated island. (Scratch off Hawaii, tourists.) That is a really long ride, and with the possibility of running out of food, water, and/or gas, it seems too much of a risk to leave the coastline. Plus it would be much faster to find a helicopter or plane and fly to one. So now all that’s left is the Hummer. (A.) The gas mileage sucks, but that’s all that’s left. But at least it has a huge hunk of metal around it, and i can set up a cow-plower (the things on old-day trains) to plow the zombies out of my way. (Like in Zombie Land) I would also most likely ditch the hummer at some point for a diesel truck, so like in Zombie Land, make my own fuel from the grease at Fast Food places… Those things are everywhere. Then I added this Comment at the end of it all. This would be more of a Strategy, but i would keep away from the West Coast… Mass population, plus there is that desert in the way… No thanks… Also sorry for the length, just had to throw down my ideas and reasonings. For All you

A lurker until I saw this bestof post . If you're interested you have every reason to get it since it's free (which I will point out beats all the Steam sales) and needs players. I'm an avid gamer and in my opinion Continuum has gameplay that's more fun than most of the enormously popular FPS shooters out there today. I recommend trying out the Powerball server which has a gametype that's basically soccer with spaceships, but Trench Wars and Hyperspace have a friendlier crowd for beginners. **

I'm not usually one to go on rants and such, but for the past week or two /r/gaming has been constantly filled of people posting pictures of how they have switched to PS3 for The Last Of Us. Yeah, it's great you decided to have a change and decided to play a great game, but I for one would rather see pictures of what you liked about the game (Easy on the spoilers though!) instead of inside your car or living room with a console and disk box. I hope I'm not the only one. So yeah,

I logged into steam this morning to find an extensive, passionate and totally unprovoked 'review' comparing Titan Quest to LoL (sort of) courtesy of my shitfaced friend who sent this to me at 4am this morning. Dunno if you need to know him to find it funny but trust me when I say it's totally out of character, even compared to his usual drunken self (he's a sweaty hugger like). Bit long but if you're bored go for it. Warning!!! Industry-shattering drunken insights abound. Will almost certainly result in the collapse of the whole moba genre as we know it. Was fun while it lasted... right? >Titan Quest: Pros and cons >Wait wait >let me rephrase >Titan Quest vs. MOBA trash: An objective appraisal >Both have hundreds of different playstyles, each unique in one way or another >Both cater to those who prefer to approach the game with an autismal degree of fine tuning and give that adrenaline rush we all know and love when you finally get that upgrade which increases your dps from 735 to 738 >However >One has charming, excellently voiced npcs which deepen the rich storyline and never repeat phrases until you've exhausted everything else they have to say, which is consistently informative and at times genuinely educational >The other is inhabited by an ever-increasing list of 'heroes' which are generally little more than catchphrase-based husks which provide little to no immersion; have a vocabulary consisting of about 25 words which repeat themselves in a rotation of like 3 whacky and/or quirky soundbites triggered by the press of a button, and clearly exist for no other purpose than to milk every last penny from their NEET audience. The game has a blatant agenda that goes beyond simply making money like every other game does. They know exactly what they're doing with their audience (completionists, koreans, MLG circuit, MLG wannabes, obnoxious elitist recluses, koreans etc), and it's fucking cold. Sure it's an effective business model and you can't not appreciate how they've gone about it in financial terms, but it's an abhorrent practice which takes advantage of vulnerable folk who don't have anything else to spend their money/time on, become fixated on some repetitive bullshit that you know has been meticulously optimized by psychologists or whatever to maximize its addictive potential. > pronounced like your dad who says it trying to sound hip and/or happening, you know like he really emphasizes the 'wh'. > Joke's on you I don't even have a dad loooool but it's what I'd imagine him to do all trying to be 'cool dad' >Traumatic tangents aside it's pretty much gaming heroin. >Also one has catwomen who have the most gloriously undignified deathposes in any game ever >Thank you based ragdoll physics >If that doesn't make TQ objectively superior I clearly don't know what fun is any more >feel free to put this on /r/xXxMOBAS4EVERxXx or whatever autismal paradise it is that you use to ratify the dismissal of good games in favour of a facebook-tier pile of pish which on the surface is simply an innocent nostalgic homage to those diablo-type games with a multiplayer twist, but actuality (jesus fuck that shouldn't be a word) is barely more than a shallow, repetitive minigame driven by a brutally efficient business model that sucks people in and manages to consistently incentivize players to sacrifice their fucking soul in order to 'have fun' >Man that felt good >I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't be able to have a rational, open-minded discussion with anyone on this topic >I just wonder how accurate my insight is despite the closest thing I have come to actually playing LoL was 15 minutes on some other shitty p2w moba that masqueraded as a quaint village sim (not usually my thing but the interface reminded me of the heroes 3 city screen when you can click on the individual buildings and upgrade them & buy troops n whatnot. >The background music for the rest of this article is the heroes 3 OST. Main menu theme dude, so fucking joyous. >Anyway I think I played one and a half tutorials, but from footage I've seen they're all much of a muchness. That game's sneaky attempt to rope me into its cold, bony grasp only confirmed what I'd already presumed about the genre. But yeah there's no denying that the reasons for my complete dismissal of the genre are based on 98% conjecture and 2% fact. >The 2% fact is technically conjecture, but if you can present any (ANY) moba that comes close to providing as many lewd anthropomorphized cat corpses as titan quest then I'll humbly concede and dedicate my whole existence from that point onwards to unlocking every oh so pretty alternate piece of clothing for every super epic hero to express their heroic deeds in a most stylish fashion that literally every human being in the known universe will gawp in disbelief then in amazement at the heroic deeds of my unique little snowflake of a hero and appreciate my hard work so much and then deepthroat my e-penis for however long it is between matches but there's no way they can contain my nonstop colossal monster cock as it slowly consumes the internet until riot games™ in honour of my accomplishments crown me the one true multiplayer online battlefield autist which also appeases my rampaging dickzilla which reduces down to its infinitesimally small flaccid state just in time for the next game to start holy shit i can't wait >dude i could single-handedly fix kotaku with reviews like this >

I've owned, or rather my brother has owned, for almost 7 years now, copies of Battlefield 2 and the Special Forces expansion. When I built my new PC, I didn't include a disk drive because I was already over budget and I planned to use most of my games on steam/gamer's gate. Unfortunately, neither Origin nor Steam allows Battlefield 2 to be registered and although I did try for a few weeks to get support from EA, you might be able to guess, with your jaded hatred of EA, how that went. I then had the thought to pirate it and use my own registration key. I believe the latest patch removes the need for a disk, so if I use my legitimate reg key, then I should be able to play online, no? This is mostly a question for any bf2 players. Anyway,

I don't know if any of these companies check Reddit, but I think some things need to be fixed before anyone gets truly excited about the release of any next generation gaming system. Think of the last time you were truly excited for a video game system, and tell me what it felt like. How about the feeling of purchasing a gaming system, and opening the box, and plugging it in, and turning it on for the first time? I can tell you that the enjoyment lasts until there are no worthwhile games left to play. On older systems, this meant there were hundreds of exciting titles; on newer systems, not so many. Aren't we getting less value with each new system? First of all, the last time I was excited about a new system release from each of these company was for the Gamecube, the PlayStation 2, and the original Xbox. Why? Because previously to that was the Nintendo 64 and Playstation 1, and Microsoft had blown us away with its demo graphics (and hype) for the Xbox prior to its release (as well as releasing Halo). Computer chips have not stopped advancing at an amazing speed, and today's computers can paint the walls with yesterday's, so there's definitely a ton of potential for a new system, as well as plenty of money to be made. Graphics are great, but the gameplay makes a game fun; if not, people wouldn't still be running old SNES cartridges and turning on Goldeneye with friends at all. So let's not mess this up. With the releases scheduled somewhere around the end of 2013 (and I know this isn't confirmed yet), let's see some passion in the market. Create some games that look and play so well, that blow our minds, and make everyone excited to pay $599 US dollars to buy a new system. If it's good enough, plenty of people will. Also, forget about trying to eliminate the used game market. Let customers buy a physical copy of a game. If we wanted to have all of our games saved on the internet, or locked to an account, we'd use a computer. Let our games work online and offline, and let us do with the games whatever we want. You're not going to stop hackers, and in the process you're going to hurt your sales because frankly, if this "feature" hits any real system, I will never even consider purchasing one. It's freaking annoying. It's like buying a product, and having the sales representative hold onto the box with a dustrag while you look at it. I'm only one person, but I believe I represent the views of many. The customer is always right, so give us what we want and we'll trade our hard-earned cash for a great experience, happily. **

Let me start by saying I hope this is the right sub for this text post. So I've recently started playing starwars kotr on the old Microsoft xbox. The farther i get into it, the more i remember me watching my bestfriend play the game when we were little. I remember watching him play when i was younger because I was always to pussy to even try. I remember us hanging out over the summer in his old house gaming at all hours of the day. He told me the swoop races was his favorite part. There was the kelto mining plant on manaan, I recall watching him run around underwater it the big yellow pressure suite, getting pissed when he forgot to save and had to get the star map again. I remember him introducing me to the game and getting lost in the upper city of taris (but somehow the opposite on manaan). Then there was the hanger fight on manaan. I even remember him doing the hutts fights on taris. But heres the thing, he insists that hes only recently went back and played the first one on an emulator. He says he never played the first one before recent years and even then hasnt gotten far. But i didnt hang out with any other kids then him. Its really been bothering me... Any way, thanks for stopping by and listening to my story. I really just needed to get it out. (

I'll start by saying that I am a huge fan of the Metal Gear franchise. MGS2 and 3 are probably in my top 5 games of all time, I think the stories are brilliant, the conflict and characters are sympathetic, the musical scores amazing, and the acting top-notch. For my money there will never be a more complete game than MGS2. When MGS4 was announced and the first images appeared of Old Snake I was, like many of you, enamored by the unfamiliar wrinkles and grey hair. I was still in that mode in the mid-2000's where gritty, realistic middle eastern battlefields with monochromatic color pallets and blinding sunlight was the coolest/edgiest thing ever. I was stoked. When 2008 came along and the game dropped I played it first chance I got. By the ending I had set the controller down and sat through the 90-minute epilogue and rolled my eyes wishing that the game would fade to black and play the fucking credits already so I could say I knew how it ended. It was the epitome of grandstanding. It was like Kojima couldn't just let his beloved franchise end in a way that made sense. Everyone had to have a happy ending. You had to have a tearjerker reunion between Big Boss and Snake. Every fucking fan had to be serviced in a way that would inspire millions of dreadful post-ending fan fictions. "What a gay piece of shit," I thought to myself. The game was literally 14 hours of fanservice. There was no discernible story or central conflict whatsoever. There was a dumb romance subplot between Meryl and the guy who shits himself in every game culminating in a horrible John-Woo-style shootout that lasted for THIRTY FUCKING MINUTES and overlayed itself over Snake's big last stand. Otacon falls in love with Naomi after sleeping with her once. Ocelot continues to be an anti-villain with no charisma or presence. Oh, and Eva looks like Dame Judi Dench. 90% of the characters brought back from previous games could have been erased with no consequence to the story at all, largely due to the fact that there is no story. At no point did I feel like I could sympathize with anyone because THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON EXCEPT FANSERVICE. There was arbitrary twist after arbitrary twist with nothing to tie it together. I hate this game. So my question is (

I've been having a wail of a time with Left4Dead2, OK, totally late to the party (maybe fashionably so, I certainly hope so), but I'm getting good enough to, on a good day, not be constantly bitched at Versus. I love its cooperation, I love the accuracy it demands & my motor skills were suffer a tad after a few too many (I think joyless hours) in front of Civ5. With my trackball thumb all muscly & shit, my zombie hunting eyeballs sharpened to the constant threat of death, I felt comfortable enough to get myself a tidy little microphone. It is my best purchase of the year so far. I love the banter, oh the times I've been called "partially retarded' (6, I think), the demand that I raise my fucking game from some random stoned French chap who is far more plugged in that I. When you live in a little village in the middle of nowhere, far from friends & no desire to make them locally, but with the one redeeming feature being its surprisingly fast & stable broadband, it's my local. With all this, it's become my social circle of jerks, so far I've made one decent friend, a Turkish chap who's better than me (like most), but with a toleration for my ways. So, what I find so interesting, in a wannabe sociology undergraduate sorta way, is the bullying. Having long got over my victim status of yore, it initially came a bit of a shock to have so many go for the emotional jugular, but it didn't take me long to start really enjoying it. It seems I will insist on being a fair bit wittier than, well, any proto-cyber-school-yard dick, I don't think it's taken any more than one line to shut any one down. And here lies the problem. ONE LINE?! For. Fucks. Sake. This is a call to arms, of all the whiny little bitches who complain about everything & can defend themselves little, give me something to play with, will you? There turns out to be one thing better than meeting a group of random people, teaming up together to shoot the undead, and that is teaming up with a group of random people, to shoot the undead & have people who shout insults at you, who can then be confuzzled & offended with impunity. I never start fights, Tzu taught me many things, but goddarnit, I'll go for it when attacked. With style! But even though these people generally have a far higher quality of game to me, I have yet to have found an opponent worthy of my evil charm. One of my best mates, he's a Cockney chap, but I'm unsure of when the last pleasant word was exchanged between us, basically our friendship is an ever developing battle for more creative & wonderful ways to be rude to each other. Maybe there's someone who wants to be my cunty friend here too. I may be a 'n00b' (yawn, can we at least have a small collection of valid insults? ty) on a bad day with my gaming skills, but let's make it a true battle for the soul. Full spectrum warfare! So, Reddit, come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough ;) partial_enlightenment, motherfuckers. x <b>

I love to play video games, two of my most favorite games being by Valve (Team Fortress 2 and Portal). I know how good these games are, and I've been thinking of trying the Half-Life series. Now, I'm not saying that blood and gore are scary and mommy won't let me play those kinds if games, but my personal preference is to avoid it. I simply have more fun in a game that isn't very serious or graphic. Sure, tf2 has flying body parts, but the blood is low quality, and it's light hearted (lol a piece of you!). I like tf2. I've read that Half-Life can be dark and gory. I don't like those kinds of games. They rated tf2 the same way, and I loved it. They rated Skyrim the same way, and I just couldn't get into it. I just don't know what to think of those rating systems. Being 19, I'm out of their range to "protect". What's bad for a 13 year old is entertaining for me. I guess my

Anyone else miss the golden standard of yesteryear's, the 40 hour gameplay minimum? Remember when the reviewer industry and gamers alike would rip into developers when they would produce games that featured slightly less than 40 hours in a game? Now it seems we are comfortable with games that are 10-15 hours long and praise the developer for their good work when they gave use a game 25% the length. Now we get nickled and dimed to get the remaining length via DLC, that just a generation or two ago was the norm. Edit

Hello /r/gaming! After a successful first time selling my art at a convention, I'm trying to get the word out about my art any way I can by giving out free commissions, handmade charms and figurines, and buttons, including things from: Team Fortress 2 [{buttons}]( [{sandwich charm}]( Portal/Portal 2 [{turret figurines}]( [{PotatOS & cake button}]( Pokemon [{Pokeball charms}]( The Legend of Zelda [{Majora's mask pin}]( [{Link & Midna button}]( Final Fantasy [{moogle figurine}]( Phoenix Wright [{magatama charms}]( and the TV show Firefly [{buttons}]( This is sort of a drawing/raffle type thing; in exchange for promoting, following, and watching my art, you will be entered in a random drawing for the following prizes: First place: A full-color marker commission on 8.5x11” cardstock, plus your choice of merch from my [online store]( including up to six buttons, or any figurine, or up to four charms made into whatever jewelry you want. Second place: A black & white ink commission on 8.5x11” cardstock, plus your choice of merch from my [online store]( including up to three buttons, or any figurine, or up to two charms made into keychains, necklaces, bracelets, or earrings. Third place: A sketch commission on 8.5x11” cardstock, plus your choice of merch from my [online store]( including one button, or a single charm made into a keychain, necklace or earring. So, there will be three winners , who each get one free commission in addition to select free merch of their choice from my [online store]( In order to enter the contest, you MUST do at least one of the following things: Reblog this post [Watch me on deviantART]( and comment on [this journal]( [Like me on facebook]( and comment on [this post]( Doing all three increases your chances of winning . You can also increase your chances of winning by doing the following things: Follow [this tumblr]( After [watching me on dA]( make a journal on your own deviantART page with a link to my contest, then link your journal, in reply to or as your deviantART entry comment, [here]( After [liking me on facebook]( post a link of my facebook page on your own wall, take a screenshot of it, and comment on [this facebook contest thread]( with a link to the screenshot. Your chances of winning increase with each of the things above, meaning you can be entered up to six times . You MUST do one of the first three things above in order to be officially entered, however. Although the winners will be chosen at random from the many ways to enter, you can only win ONCE per contest, so first, second, and third place winners will be three different people. This contest will end on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 , and the winners will be announced Thursday, December 1st, 2011. If this contest does well, I might be doing them more often, so spread the word!! Even if you don’t win this time, if you help get the word out, you could be a winner next time! And, I know the rules for /r/gaming say no spamming personal websites, but I made sure to contact a mod and they said it was okay in this instance, and I'll only be posting this once, here on this subreddit. Thanks for reading, and good luck! c: **(

I have no idea what other games it is related to if any. I read some reviews and what not but I want to hear it from hardcore gamers and I figured what better place than r/gaming. So why should I love this game? Can you

NOTE: wasn't aware of similar earlier post. sorry :/ twas the night before skyrim, when all through the land not a faction was stirring, not even the Black Hand the Gamestop sat dark but guarded with care in hopes that Skyrim would soon be there. The players were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of dragons danced in their heads and the roommate with an Xbox, and I with my map waited the long night for a game to unwrap When from Riverwood there arose such a clatter People rushed outside to see what was the matter Away to Gamestop I flew like a flash with my roommate in tow and a fistful of cash Returning home to tamriel and fresh-fallen snow I wandered forth across mountains above and plains below When, to my wondering eyes should appear A flamebreathing dragon scorching a group of deer With horns across its snout and teeth measuring a meter I knew in a moment it must be the World Eater More rapid than arrows the dragon came And it snarled and shouted my name "Now Dovakiin! Now Dragonborn! Your honor is sworn! To Falkreath! To Morthal! I shall eat them all!" He breathed fire upon me, from head to foot And my armor was now tarnished with burns and soot Without the shield in my hand, and the sword on my back I surely would've burned in the blazing attack He was furious and flaming and I shouted his kin's speaking A snarl on my face and swinging for the head Alduin knew he had something to dread He sprang to the sky, and beat his wings with a thud And away he flew, away from Rivenwood But I heard it shout, as he flew from sight "Doom to you all, and to you all a dark night!" [NOTE: I considered converting everything, but it wasn't easy, so I went with an abridged version. This is purely original and posted by me on Facebook, but I thought I'd share and created an account for this. So yeah, first post and what not. Enjoy and spread as you wish.] EDIT:

In this post . I also know that with this current console era that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, all seem to agree that the traditional retirement point is going to be well passed for their consoles. Does this make any sense or am I just babbling? ^ ^ edit:

READ THIS: If you are interested in helping with the development in any way please join us on IRC Gamesurge server channel: #akarra figured r/gaming would be the right place to post this, but if this sort of thing isn't allowed then I apologize and the mods may delete it. Myself and a few other team members are working on a gaming project for a 2d fantasy RPG game and we're looking for anyone who has the time and drive to dedicate that would like to join us. Some technical know-how is preferred but nothing extensive (unless you're applying for a coding position). You will be provided with tools to use, so if you're the guy who makes the monsters, you'll have a user-friendly monster editor application to use. I'm not going to reveal the name just yet but we will update r/gaming with our progress and you guys can be our closed beta testers if you embrace this game (which we hope you do). Some background on the game: It is an old school 2D mmorpg, in the medieval fantasy genre. It focuses on team-driven game play and exploration, rather than flashy graphics. Some features currently implemented: (more will be added once we get a coder [things like items, monsters, maps, quests, spells, etc can be added without any coding knowledge]) * Combat, PVP, experience, levels, attribute points, abilities, skills, banks etc * Chat-friendly GUI * Landscapes and dungeons * Over 1600+ items including weapons, armors, jewelry, potions, scrolls, etc. * Talents, Skills, and Spells * Monsters of all kinds * Character Classes * NPCs * 100+ Quests * Sound Effects * Line of Sight * Day and night * Fellowships * Guilds * Mounts Here are some screenshots so people get a feel of the game: I hope you look past the basic graphics and believe me when I say if you enjoy a good RPG then you will love this, and this time it's YOUR ideas that will get implemented. We are looking for: * coders (C++, VB, DirectPlay, DirectInput, etc) * item developers (make stuff like awesome kickass shiny swords and assassin's daggers with negative light radius that causes a shadow around you) * monster developers (make bunnies, dragons, ghosts) * mappers (the world is very large so we need multiple creative) * writers (we have a few writers already for the storyline but we'll need questwriters as well as it relates to the storyline) * artists (concept art, graphic artists for items, monsters, etc - most tiles are 32x32) * admins/GMs/mods (for ingame as well as the forums as the game community grows) * project heads (you'll be in charge of multiple people, developers will interact primarily via IRC) If you are interested in any of these positions please PM me on here with relevant background information and why you think you'd be good for the job. This will be a volunteer driven effort so if you've got the time and motivation to make something like this happen don't hesitate to inquire! I probably missed stuff in this

For instance: I'm 22 years old, a student, and employed. I'm fortunate to be all three, but work is meh and school is school. People always say(and perhaps too much) that you should do what you love. Find a passion and pursue it. Gaming is my passion. I love everything about it. The industry, people, communities, developers, and not to mention the games themselves. The list is endless and would result in a wall of text. Long story short(

Went through a long period of poverty and higher priorities, but I'm finally back in it. Here were my favorite games from back when I was "hardcore": Lucasarts adventure games (every last one of them; I've played the Telltale revivals of Sam & Max and Monkey Island on a friend's PS3) The Longest Journey (looking into the sequel) Deus Ex (I know Human Revolution is out, already on top of it) System Shock 2 Max Payne The Longest Journey (looking into the sequel) Giants: Citizen Kabuto Black & White American McGee's Alice (heard the sequel was kinda crap, though) Diablo I/II Baldur's Gate I/II Planescape: Torment Icewind Dale I/II There's an awful lot I'm just not remembering, and some (like Half Life) I'm not mentioning just because they're obvious/not especially representative of my taste. So far all I've gotten is the TLJ sequel and League of Legends to play with some friends. The

I mainly game on the PC and 360.. any sort of RTS, FPS, RPG games are great. I cant stand sports/racing games. didnt like mafia II, la noire, and finalfantasy died after FF:X for me -

It is really upsetting! I was debating with my friends and having a poetry contest on paper when we talked how much fun would be if we had a videogame like that. That gave me inspiration to actually make that to play with them online. But I had no time at all! So, I started to get every FREE SECOND I had in college, every extra hour that I could be sleeping just to develop the game. For 6 months I had no social life, but jusk work. For what? To give to my friends and other people a completly NON-PROFIT AND FREE social game. A game that doesn't charge a cent! All my painful work was completly for the sake of letting others have the fun we had on our poetry contest. So, after 6 months of free hard work, I was happy that my game was done and started inviting people for it. I didn't spam or anything, I was just inviting in a few places. But guess what? They all banned me from forums I used to cooperate just because I mentioned that I had made a game! Even on reddit I got only downvotes for having mentioned the game I made with people calling it "ads." Perhaps is ads, but I'm not trying to profit ANYTHING from it! So, I'm really upset how I've worked so hard to give to people something free and they still ask me to go to hell when I talk about it. That at least taught me a lesson that people only see games today as business because almost everyone who makes them is just trying to profit. Goddamn. I should have made a song instead!! Thank you for listening to me (

Shut the fuck up. Nobody wants to hear about how shitty you think it is, how fucking stupid it is, how you're not going to buy it. Keep it to yourself because we all aren't going to buy it. You hate it's not backwards compadible? Fuck you, so does everyone else. Go ahead and cancle your subscription with xbla, just keep it to yourself. Don't post a photo of you canceling your subscriotion, just go through the process and go back to playing games. Seriously I had to filter about 100 words and I still fucking see pictures of the xbox one. Nobody wants to see this shot anymore. [

I haven't been as an active gamer as I was in the past but I'm planning to buy one of these consoles when they come out. I don't follow gaming news very much but could someone

This game is FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. It's almost perfect in it's simplicity and at the same time complexity. It's a freaking blast everytime I join a match. The game just recently went free for everyone with a PS4 and is already on Steam for PC. I'm pretty new at the game myself, but I don't see myself ever getting bored of it honestly. Apparently there's work being done to bring the game into the E-Sports scene which makes a ton of sense. Does anybody else feel like this might become the next international past-time? And for anybody who wants a quick sum/

Self post and such; not karma-bait. [This FOX News column]( which I hadn't seen linked to on Reddit in the context of gaming, featured this paragraph: > He was also reportedly addicted to a drug—violent video games (which are no different than heroin or cocaine, but potentially more of a public health threat). As a person with a difficult mental illness and a fan of games of all kinds, seeing things like this is doubly hurtful. I just— Augh. I don't know how to phrase my disgust at this moment. Violent video games are the same as heroin and cocaine? In what way? In what possible way? Is there a similar physiological response? Can you die from trying to play on a console and a smartphone at the same time? You all know. I don't know what more to say. Thought I should bring this to your attention. EDIT: It's the fifth paragraph down, if you're

I just got a PS3 and heard MGS4 is an incredible game, so I was planing on buying it. However, I've never played an MGS game before and was told the story is kind of important to the game. Now I have read some story recaps and summaries but none have been too helpful (or they were WAY too long). So my question is, who can

I've been using the System Video Player on 360 along with Tversity and that's enough to play almost anything on my hard drive. After googling around this morning it looks like neither Xbox One or PS4 has such an option. All the posts I've seen about this were close to a year old, so I'm not sure if the feature was added and I missed it or if people simply stopped discussing it. The most recent discussions I've seen involved a couple of apps for Xbone, one was called Plex and the other I don't recall the name of at the moment. A few others recommended using a smart phone to push files through, which isn't an option for me because I don't have one. Sooo,

So I am a PC gamer. I use several controllers for my PC for the games that are more comfortable to play that way. The one that I use the most is an Xbox 360 controller. I purchased a play and charge kit 14 days ago so that I no longer had to use so many AA batteries. I purchased said kit from a local Game eXchange. Unfortunately they have no return policy for new items. I figured no problem, I will just check Microsoft's website and get on a chat to see if they could help me out. The person on the chat, while nice, said there was nothing that he could do and said that I should call support since they have a bit more ability for replacing products. Slightly annoyed but willing to play along I make the call. Long story short (or

Is it just me or is the gaming industry getting out of hand. lets examine the highly topical dragon age 2 in this thread as reference , now this isn't about how good or not the game is. this is about sales tactics that are quickly becoming industry standard. [firstly] pre-orders, every where every place encourages you with extra content to buy games in advance I haven't seen this commented on before but, considering PC games cant be returned (occasionally steam does if your nice) you are given allot of incentive to buy something you know little about. I like extra content,but (/me places on tinfoil hat) i cant help get the feeling that extra content may just be withheld content I saw on reddit a while ago,a info graph someone made about variety degrees of extra content and how some are purely decorative and some give players a unattainable permanent advantage in multi-player games [Secondly] that little knowledge we get for preorders come from limited sources. 1.reviews as we learned with the meta critic fiasco these can be bias, with companies potentially blacklisting reviewers preventing them from getting a game in advance and reviewing it or just reviewing it them selves and giving us copy pasta sound bites or the more blatant high percent of reviews that come from retailers themselves,retailers who have an obvious vested interest in selling these games 2.Videos , videos have a habit of showing more than they can deliver , (EG:my opinion of star wars force unleashed 1) they can be pure prerenders which will show little of the finished product and they display little more than graphics and nothing of what the game play or the feel of the game has to offer and they are inherently bias as they are officially released by the game developers/publishers 3.prequals , these are often the best way to judge a game, I liked the last one ill like the next I loved portal 1 IM sure i will like portal 2 so ill buy that, but going back to EA and bioware, EA have a habit of buying anything they can get their hands on and often running the franchise into the ground and ruining it, anyone play C&C 4 recently? as much as liked dragon age origins(and we wont go into my opinion of DA2) but they are very different games, and what exactly is farcry 2 a sequel too? it wasn't farcry that's for sure 4 demos, these are very good ways to judge a game, i can rarely fault any demo,but it will remain bias as it is the choice parts of the game the developer thinks will show the best of a game,but if a game is shit it will show through easily no matter how they frame it. so please more demos of games [thirdly] additional unlock able content (bribes) as the publishers look for new ways to advertise they look to things like twitter and Facebook,and are now encouraging you to become a fan and support the game, and inevitably encourage your friends to sign up to get extra content, often this starts before the game is released and thus people are bought into advocating a game they haven't played other content is unlocked by signing up for newsletters so they can advertise more of their unlock able content, and essentially buy your future obedience in such matters or buying other products from the publisher and finally buying your games from a specific location this is inherently bad, even if the customer is completely compliant they cant avail of every opportunity , unless they are mad rich fools lets make a real to world comparison here would you buy a car, based entirely on concept art ,prerendered drawing and a few bullet points(that may not make the final cut if production gets held up) and a review from the sales person that it is "maybe the best car of all time" knowing you cant return it if it doesn't meet the standards? for free alloy wheels? would you then recommend it to all your friends before you have tried it for a free rear spoiler? on these forums we say how EA abused meta critic to bolster their review rating (2 cases were knowingly observed) maybe more undiscovered? we saw how EA/Bioware blocked a consumer from playing their game for badmouthing on their forums (dispite EA's retraction and comment it was a mistake, I am under the personal opinion they only regretted this after the public uproar) we saw how a bioware forum user recived a warning(maybe automated) for making a comment on the homosexual nature of male companions in DA2,dispite this being the turth on the upside,with mmorpgs as they are, they are more like a real product than any other game genere, free test full game, ongoing maintence and service and clear signs of the games sucess and content by the poulation and activity of its community so...i cant think now where i was going with this,just had a rant flare up and had to unload. my toughts are now with the old republic, and how/if EA will fuck that up.... Edit:

I've been seeing a lot of posts and articles lately that are pretty much 'I'm a girl. I'm a gamer. Yes we exist and I'll probably pwn you in Halo. Having boobs, while awesome, doesn't mean I can't game too. So STFU because you probably just got beat by a girl.' And everyone will rejoice, and karma will be thrown out like beads at Mardi Gras. My question is, well, stated above. Because I'm pretty sure it's known that they do exist. Are kids in halo still going to be like "wow, holy crap a girl. Hey, can't I get you number? Can you send me a pic of your tits plz, lol, j/k....srs?" Yes, of course. They will always be that way. In the same way that they constantly swear, assume every person is homosexual, and would testify in court that they slept with your mother. But for the normal population, this isn't new. When I was a kid (we're talking like 10-15 years ago) yea, it was rare. I assume because back then it had more of a stigma and most guys would be viewed as outcasts or weird if they gamed hard. Girls, typically wanting more acceptance, would probably then keep quite about their gaming habits or not develop any to avoid the stigma. So back then, yes, it was slightly rare and cool to find a girl that games. But now it's not. Somehow, if your a girl and game, you've just become more awesome to about 83% of the male population. Even guys who aren't gamers think it's cool if a girl plays video games. What we don't need is you announcing that you play games. Now if you're defending yourself because some dumb guy is trolling about girl gamers, that's fine. Rock out. But so many of these are just "I'm a girl and I game. I hate the attention I get, I just want to game lol." (subtext of please notice and up vote me) If you want to be a gamer, awesome, be a gamer. But stop trying to create a prestige class of "Girl Gamer". Especially if your then going to complain that people treat you different. My wife, shes games. Console, computer, board, she's does a little of everything. Not once has she felt the need to announce to the world that she knows how to use a controller. And to finish, lets just define a few things here. If you're a gamer, it usually means that you not only play a lot of games but that you usually have an association with the culture (whether it's following gaming sites, or web comics, or forums, or reddit ect.), although not always. If you want to 'prove your cred', for the love of everything good and holy stop using games that you see commercials for on tv and have mainstream tv characters playing. If you pick up halo once in a while, you are not a gamer. You are someone who has played a video game. You don't need an obscure reference most don't know but pick something that isn't currently advertising and that might actually require a time commitment. Baldur's Gate, Metal Gear Solid, Morrowind, Catherine, Quake, Command and Conquer, any of these would be good for various reasons. Of the many posts and articles and videos I've seen lately about 'Gamer Girls', almost all of them have used either Halo or Battlefield 3 as their proof of being a gamer. In conclusion, please do not take this as an attack against girls who are gamers. You're awesome, we love you, keep doing you. The

What exactly is multiboxing? >How do you guys feel about people who multibox? >Would you do it if you could? I want to know how other people feel about it. I've multiboxed no more than 4 characters. Some people gave me flak while others commended me for it. It wasn't against the rules but should I still do it? >What is multiboxing? see this [wiki](

Having already played through ME and ME2 on the xbox I figured, since I had the spare cash, I'd purchase and play the PS3 version today. I'm just posting this here in case anyone else is doing the same and to help save you all some time. First off, the code to download the Cerberus Network on the PS3 is having issues and EA is working to resolve them in the next 24-48hrs. Ok.. No problem, I'll just pick up Zaeed later but I can go ahead and create my Shepard and actually start the game, right? Well, yes and no. I can do it with the game default choices, but that awesome comic that allows for you to make ME1 choices? Yeah. It's only available via the Cerberus Network. Which is unavailable. Brilliant. ([Screen cap of support chat with EA rep]( So

For me it's Gamespot. They never have a review out on time, all of their news is so old. The only good thing about Gamespot is their

My wife just said this to me right before kissed me goodnight. We were talking about the new Civ Expansion that I'm currently downloading. She always laughs when I'm excited and makes snide comments. This last one made me upset though. I was trying to explain to her for the millionth time how much video games mean to me. I know it's something she'll never understand but I thought I had a great comparison this time. She loves Pandora charms and I explained how no matter how many individual charms you have, each one means something different to you. "What? Video games don't make real memories." Really? I sat for hours watching my Dad play Battlezone on our old Atari. I walked with my mother to K-mart to buy my first video game, Super Mario 3. I worked long weekends with my brothers to beat a frustrating anvil stage in Karate Kid. I learned the Contra Code. I traded games with my best friends and lost friends because of traded games. I rigged my NES. I played Mario Bro on my first watch. I snuck around to find my Super NES before Xmas and my mom was so pissed off. I was pissed off that my buddy with a Sega had blood in Mortal Kombat. I was conned by the Virtual Boy. I stole my brother's gameboy after I broke mine and acted like it was mine (of course I was busted) I've lived through Sega Saturn. I negotiated for an old Playstation. I won a N64. My ex bought my Xbox for Xmas in my first place outside of home. I purchased my own PS2. I I created a man space in my first home with my now wife for my Xbox 360 & PS3 and taught her the game of Football with Madden... All of these are memories that I cherish. I didn't say one word of this to her. I might have wasted a lot of time playing video games. Fuck it, I'm having a blast. bold

Honestly, I think people are over reacting to Steam adding the option of paid mods. Individuals have been putting up pay and donate sites for their mods for many years now, hosting their own sites, paying fees, what have you. I do not do this nor buy from them (but I will take their free crap) so I do not claim to be an expert, but these modders are nothing new and I've seen them around frequently enough. So, no handy example link for you. It seems as though the sheer reason users are upset is because its now an option they have to see on their Steam browser. If, like myself, you don't want to pay for a mod- Don't. Ignore that content and enjoy the amazing free content available. This appears to be immensely easier for modders to post their content and make a profit. Again, I'm no expert, but this is like the [Etsy]( of modding. I think it will motivate more people to make more content of value, especially in time. And Skyrim seems to only be the beginning. There are some good possibilities here. So,

Some of the stuff in there uses Eve jargon, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. But the

To clarify, we've always been a gaming household. Me and my little brother had Atari 2600 and 6 or 7 games if my memory serves me correct. My journey differs from allot of people in that we had no Nintendo consoles until the N64. My mom and dad got a PC instead and we all played on it. My mom was the first to beat Duke Nukem 3d, secret agent man, Duke 1 & 2 and ALL the Commander Keen games, heretic, hexen, doom 1 and 2, Wolfenstein 3d. She still plays now but it's mostly candy crush and angry birds. dad grew attached to rainbow six games and need for speed hot pursuit. He was and somewhat still is a steer with your body racer. Me and my brother returned to console gaming when my best friend (still to this day) introduced me to final fantasy 7. But my parents just kind of stopped gaming over time. Down the line my dad was diagnosed with COPD and not too long ago had to stop working because of it. He of course like most men of his era went nuts doing nothing all day. On a random whim he decided to play the old rainbow six games he used to play since I got them for him on steam. He played it for a little while but a week later he was bored again. That's when it happened. The moment I had trained all my life for. "Smoke, is there any of these games in your steam like rainbow six?" After much discussion he decided on FEAR as his next conquest. A few weeks later he's beaten all the FEAR sequels I have and I'm currently watching him read bulletins on the wall in Postal 2 and laugh. Feels good to watch. Edit:

As the title says, I'd love to get into Metal Gear Solid 5, but I've never played any of the other games. Could someone possibly give me a brief rundown or

Reddit noob here, I didn't know where else to submit this, but if there's a better subreddit I trust everybody will point me in the right direction. As a gamer looking to be more productive, I've come across many "gamification" websites, programs/apps, excel sheets, and the like. What I've found is that the leveling for these systems is most akin to DnD. While that's fine and dandy, I don't believe that it's the best method for charting real life progress. In my opinion, the best game to mirror is Runescape (remember that one?). For those unaware, I won't explain but to say that each skill (cooking, crafting, combat skills) levels independently, and your character level is derived from your levels in all those skills. In RS it's just based on combat I believe, but for this use it would be all skills. For example, just because I'm level 60 in cooking doesn't mean my character is level 60 or somewhere close. Ideally, each skill could have its own task list, or a single task list would only advance the linked skill. If a system like this doesn't exist, would there be any interest besides my own in helping build/draft one? So,