Ross Scott

This is the best reference I've seen on what thefinebros are doing. This was written up by a copyright law attorney: The short line is they're lying in their videos. Their actions indicate that they are doing takedowns of people and it's confirmed they're trying to trademark the word "react", I think you might have been misinformed as to what the reality is. You can't always believe what people are saying, that goes triple for large organizations. Hell, this is why I encourage people to fact-check me for anything I say in Game Dungeon or other videos, in case I make a mistake. I find this whole situation kind of amazing. It would be like if I tried to trademark "Mind" and did copyright takedowns of Barney's Mind, Shephard's Mind, etc., despite Freeman's Mind being derivative of stuff like MST3K. EDIT: Nevermind, rarity posted the exact same link and I didn't notice. That's the best starting point to look at if you think they're doing nothing wrong.

It will be live, but I don't know how it works, it might be only his subscribers can watch it live. Somebody familiar with the podcast might know the answer.

This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here » This is just a small update. I was hoping to have the next Game Dungeon out by now, but I can see this one is going to be a longer one since it involves more editing than usual. I'll get it done as soon as I can, but I think it will still be a few more days. After that, I plan to continue working on more Game Dungeons, some other videos, plus I have ideas how to get more videos out later that I'll be looking into once I catch up on more email. Besides working on the movie, most of this month has been trying to catch up on everything else and prepare for a lot of videos I hope to have this year. So things may seem slow right now, but I promise a lot more is coming. In other news, I've been invited to appear on the Co-Optional podcast on February 2nd at 3pm EST. It will go up on TotalBiscuit's Youtube channel later on, I'll make another post when it does. Finally, just as a reminder, the next videochat will be on February 7th, 4pm EST at www.twitch.tv/rossbroadcast/. I'll have more news then. COMMENTS

Me, I'd love it even with Quake-level graphics, it's just a totally different experience, but that could be a personality thing. You're absolutely right about Carter, I'd forgotten there was a niche market of "walkabout" games. Them I'd like to get into more deeply. I almost said that my only interest in VR would be for when I'm on the treadmill, but I figured that'd come across as trolling. Shooters in VR sound like a shaky idea to me. I get you're coming from, game looks good, scenery looks good, wouldn't it be nice to look around naturally? Then I think how fundamentally ugly the gameplay tends to be. I'm not talking about violence, I'm talking about the pacing of games published by douchebags for twelve year olds. Something with the pacing of Unreal might be alright. I could be mistaken, but my hope is a lot of games will still be viable in VR on easiest difficulties, or with cheats. Afterall, Crysis is a game you can take at your own pace most of the time. This is a genuine problem for newer games. This is one of the reasons I'm excited to get old games working in VR when it's out, my system should be able to handle them. With more modern ones, it's entirely possible the only solution will be to have downsampling (so even if you're looking at a 1200 screen, it's rendering at 4k+, etc.) which only the most monstrous of systems can handle currently. Even then, I've read Crossfire and SLI don't work well with VR (though I think that's being addressed), so it might be literally impossible to have quality AA in VR on some games at the moment, may just have to wait for hardware to get more powerful.

Me, I'd love it even with Quake-level graphics, it's just a totally different experience, but that could be a personality thing.

Yet I can get 3 1080p monitors with 144Hz refresh for less than $600... http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100160979%20600338123%20600417886%20600255030%204814%204017&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=90 Or a 2k (QHD, 1440p, 2560x1440, or whatever moniker best suits your fancy) monitor with 144Hz refresh with FreeSync for under $500... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769 The price of a phone with similar resolutions isn't even that bad, you'd actually have to buy 2 cell phones with 2k displays to get to that price. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100161551%204814%20600536970 The price of the Oculus is designed to rip you off. None of those are IPS panels except for the phones, and I don't know what the refresh rates and response times are on those. Maybe getting a custom one in mobile space to operate at 90hz drives up the cost more. I can see there being some additional overhead. Also I could be mistaken, but I think the Rift is using OLED panels which might cost more. I can see it actually taking $600, I just question the argument that they're not making money off of it, what exactly is the business model then? Console manufacturers can sell below cost (though they haven't in a long time) because they make up the revenue off of licensing fees on games. OR doesn't seem to be doing that either. In any event, I agree it's expensive, but for me this is the closest we're going to have to a holodeck for a long time and I've been missing this level of immersion ever since the early 2000s. Besides, between StarVR, Vive, Asus, and Gigabyte, we'll have at least 4 other options this year.

It doesn't mean it's not used that way, but all I can say is the dictionary backs me up on both words.

No it doesn't. That's "twit."

Hey, just wanted to say thanks a bunch for so many submissions. I'm going to be VERY slow going through all these, this was a gift I was planning on lasting a long time.

Planning on this is still preliminary. The basic idea is we want to show up with potentially thousands of players and have a way of loosely coordinating everyone. I have some ideas on this, but still need to plan things out. Also I can't guarantee anything yet, but it's looking less likely we'll have the Vanu as we want whatever faction is the easiest to understand for players used to regular FPSs, and they're the most exotic out of the 3.

Urg, I hope the Pascal stuff isn't delayed too badly. As for DirectX 12, I think adoption will be slow. They're linking it to Windows 10, it's the same crap with DirectX 10. DirectX 9 worked for Windows XP and 9x. We had DX9-only games in under a year after release. DirectX 10 required Vista. We didn't have DX10-only games until 3 years later, but things didn't really start abandoning DX9 until 6 years later. Game developers don't like shutting out potential buyers, but that's what happens when it's linked to the OS.

May want to wait man! According to PCGamer, the Vive has a better FOV: http://www.pcgamer.com/tested-oculus-rift-vs-htc-vive-pre/ The real test will be how it translates to gaming, but that really makes me want to hold off. Plus if you're concerned about price, I think Asus and Gigabyte is going to be cheaper.

Well that is a good point about the censorship across major sites, I forgot about that. Stuff like that only gives more credence to the collusion accusations also. I still try to get away from the feminism side whenever I can though, since 1. I figure both sides have some good points on that and 2. It just draws attention away from exposing collusion and changes the nature of the debate. Regardless of what's being said or the intent, that debate itself functions as a diversion tactic. Just a reminder, people can still post these. I actually got confused earlier and answered one in the thread, noot realizing it was for the videochat, but I'll try and tally them for the video.

Ha ha, I went too far with that joke huh? Hey, I'm not ruling out Asus or Gigabyte either. I'm certain it's not a gimmick, though it may not get mainstream appeal anytime soon either. The difference is gimmicks die out. I think VR at worst, would be equivalent to steering wheels, or multi-monitor gaming setups. Rare, but still a dedicated market to them. As for needing a new PC, I'm convinced it all depends on the programs. I read VorpX got Need For Speed Most Wanted (2005) working in VR, I'd be surprised if your system couldn't handle that game at high resolution / framerate.

That might be the best analogy I've heard describing Valve. Tyler seems like a good guy from talking to him, but if he's spreading misinformation, feel free to call him out on it. I know he does speculate, but that's not really misinformation, it's speculation. Afterall, while it's in slow motion, that's why I have the followup episodes to Game Dungeon, in case I really screw up on something.

It would probably be be east coast USA to have the average lowest ping. Honestly, part of me expects something like this to happen over a long enough time period. As for cracks, of course I advocate them. I'm actually not strictly anti-DRM. I'm fine with DRM, so long as the company will guarantee playback of the game over a timespan. For example, Warcraft 3 had aggressive CD checks for the time, a couple years after the game was out, they removed it completely in a patch. Companies protecting their initial sales with DRM I think can be a good thing actually. Companies that don't give a damn and allow games to become unplayable without cracks down the line I feel like should face legal actionn and be fined heavily. Unfortunately, the vast majority seem to fall into that category, thus cracks are absolutely crucial to game preservation. So yeah, from a theoretical standpoint, I'm open-minded about DRM, but I'm an absolute extremist about a game being playable or not killed and I think it overrides everything else if it's not being addressed. I have seen that before, but it strikes me as a collection of references and I haven't seen a very good composition boiling down GG's strongest points. For example, sensationalism from a single source doesn't mean a lot by itself, it needs to be used to show a pattern for a larger publication. Even then, a larger publication is just one outlet. That's why I thought the GameJournoPros list was such a big deal, it was showing an actual behind the scenes connection across MANY different outlets, which I think is bad news. Also since you brought it up, I think the Kane & Lynch incident indirectly throws anti-GG a bit of a bone. Meaning I think the Jeff Gerstmann firing was a MUCH bigger deal as far as illustrating corruption than anything with Zoe Quinn. But Quinn got way more of an internet uproar, which lends some credence to the observation that at least a PORTION of GG is focused on things because of the involvement of women. Still, the mistake I think anti-GG makes is just because some information comes from potentially unpleasant people, their demeanor doesn't automatically invalidate it. That's why I'd really like to see a more objective assessment of the stuff GG has turned up regarding journalism corruption, INDEPENDENT of the feminism issues. I literally have not seen this, almost everything seems to drift towards condeming one side or another. I'm not saying both sides are innocent, on the contrary, I'm just trying to look at this the same way a judge in a court would.

Well there's some spillover to this is the problem. When corruption or collusion is ignored, that creates problems elsewhere. Again, the Brandon Boyer incident had evidence where it showed a judge for the IGF had money invested in a game he was voting on. That means other indie games that could really use the exposure weren't necessarily getting a fair representation. So there could be (and probably are) some great indie games out there nobody knows about because of people with a conflict of interest in journalism. Or moreover, what I care about the most, killing games, doesn't get much coverage at all. If most journalists are on the same page and they don't care about it or even report on it, then that influences a lot of other people. Conversely, if a one journalistic outlet DID care about that and would ask questions to devs what their end of life plans were for new games that had online requirements, that's something that could more slowly take hold. So yes, I agree directly it's a lower priority, but the more corruption that is exposed, the better things can potentially be. This mentality hardly ends at gaming journalism either, you'd be amazed how many problems corruption in general causes that wouldn't even exist in a more vigilant environment. I always love to bring up the example of HSBC. A bank laundered billions for criminal organizations like the drug cartel, Al-Qaeda, etc. for over a decade, there were mountains of evidence against them. So naturally, the department of justice only fines them 5 weeks' worth of profit, nobody goes to jail. They were indirectly funding terrorism. For all we know, people could still be alive if we had a government that did its job instead of playing ball with big money interests. There's just no end to amount of problems corruption causes, so I'm glad when people go after it, even if it's something comparatively harmless.

I'm alright with people talking about it here if they want, it did get brought up in the chat.

They're going to have a die shrink and an architecture change, the CEO was saying it can have 10x the performance of Maxwell, it should be pretty huge. Now, because I'm cynical, my guess is it CAN be that fast, but they'll just make sure it's just 15% faster than whatever AMD's offerings are, and just trickle down upgrades over several years.

Well the basic problem is NO ONE ELSE seems to be doing anything regarding the corruption and it's obviously there to various degrees. I personally wouldn't mind having an organization focused solely on that, that's divorced from the feminism / misogyny issues, but best I know, GG is the only game in town.

Well it's easy to see what the model is doing, although I don't know if I'm quite sold on the shape. While it does give me enough buttons, it seems like the right-most ones are relatively flat, whereas a more natural resting position for my hand has somewhat of a curve to it. Wow, you really can have buttons on both the left and right side and they'll work? Some ambidextrous mice will have buttons on both sides, but the software will force you to pick one side or another. Zowie mice do this a lot. Anyway, I have pics and some measurements for everybody, hopefully this will help. I tried to show my hand in a normal resting position, though it's possible a mouse that's slightly more concave than how my hand is might work better, not much though.

Mr. Crow.