Alyxx Thorne

Just played some CoD: Blops3 with a friend. Love the co-op campaign!

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

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Deus Ex: Invisible War

Yeah, any culture that has resulted in a lasting marriage is a good one in my book. (gaming has done so many times, I even personally know a couple that got married in WoW, then got married IRL, and have been married almost a decade now with minimal issues to contend with)

Hehe, nice, I heard about that

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Another thing that bothers me about most of these mobile games is the huge implied importance of free or FTP games. They comprise a large if not the majority of Google Play's library. Now, in itself free games is not a bad thing. But whenever you come across reviews or roundups of android games, whether or not a game is free tends to be a huge factor in how the game is rated. That in turn makes it harder to figure out which games are worth my time. Again something where I feel a bit of a gamer generation gap, because I couldn't care less if a good game cost me a couple of dollars. I can see how kids might have issues there, but I will gladly pay if the game is worth it.

The Google PlayStore just confuses the crap out of me...

Reviews are always gonna be subjective. There is no way you can write a 100% objective review.

My reviews are always more just relaying my experience with a game, how it feels to me from my point of view than trying to be objective about it. As a result I've actually given rather high scores to games commonly considered bad by the majority such as Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever. I usually review games I have a personal interest in as a lot of games simply aren't my cup of tea and I wouldn't be able to give a fair review.

I think it's more important to focus on what you enjoy and what makes gaming fun than what makes it bad. Cause yes, there are a lot of bad things going on. But gaming culture is stronger than ever, the industry is not dying any time soon, and the reason is that there are still good games being made, people still love discussing games and that's never going to change.

I'd rather make up my own opinion than let myself be colored by others. A lot of people have a very cynical and negative outlook on the games industry. Sure, it's doing some shitty things, but there's a lot of good things as well.

Besides, the industry doesn't necessarily reflect the culture.

I'm not at all a mobile gamer these days. Used to be back in the java days (loved DOOM RPG etc.) but nowadays the touch screen controls just put me off and I'd rather play on my PS Vita or 3DS on the go.

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RIP AND TEAR

RIP AND TEAR YOUR GUTS

I don't see anything wrong with identifying as a gamer and admitting it's your hobby and your passion.

What do you get out of identifying as a gamer though? Identities like gamer largely ring hollow for me and therefore I have no desire to identify as such. What is the point of identifying in such a manner? IMO the difference between me saying that I play video games and you saying you're a gamer is that gamer is a status and playing video games is just an activity. The activity and the identifier who is involved with said activity are separate entities. Playing video games is just what I do and that's all it needs to be for me. I don't think gaming should define every aspect of my being as IMO I think that's what identifying as a gamer implies. Sure gaming has encompassed a large chunk of my life and still does to this day. But I don't feel the need to be defined by it or that gaming alone gives me purpose. Do you see what I'm getting at? I hope I'm not coming across as judgy as that was not my intention. This is just how I feel towards gamer as an identity.

How you define yourself is entirely up to you. I'm just saying it's not up to you how others should define themselves and what culture they should identify with. Gaming is a culture whether you like it or not and people are gonna have a relationship with it, positive or not. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

And no, nobody says that identifying yourself as a gamer implies that's all you do or that's how you define yourself. Gamers are people and like everyone have jobs, have lives and problems like everyone else. The only reason one would identify as a gamer is because they have a passion for it and enjoy it so much they want to find others who enjoy it too. It's like identifying as a raver/clubber. It's not everything you do, it's not your entire life, but it's the culture you have fun being with so you identify with it.

The people you are describing can be found in any culture. Music hipsters exist as well. But I don't see how such individuals define the culture. And like with music, some albums/artists/bands are considered "gold" even if a lot of people might not be into them, same happens with games, movies, books etc.

It's not just exclusive to games, it's just how it is and to me that's not what gaming culture is about either.

Nintendo goes bankrupt

Really, I just need to be able to import, make and export MIDI files, and it needs to be able to use soundfonts. (At least the soundfonts are easy to find. I already picked up Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy VI and Earthbound soundfonts.)

 

And if I can't find an equivalent at a less batshit price, I'll get the super extra mega deluxe version from a rather different provider and not have to pay for it. Thry don't need to charge that much when they already made bank on the eleven previous versions and the dev cost for the new one was approximately seventeen cents and a pop-tart. And if the price was reasonable, I wouldn't be sailing into the piratebay while contemplating the best means of discreetly faxing them ASCII art of a middle finger.

You should see how much they want for Cubase which isn't nearly as user friendly...

Just looking for a sound editor like Fruityloops, one that can do MIDI files and use soundfonts. FL Studio turned out to be $200. FUCK THAT. So I look around for alternatives. They're all either not at ALL like FL, packed with trojans or also massively overpriced. I have just spent more than a few hours of wading through shady shit.

If you want a DAW like FL Studio, you will probably have to pay for it either way. FL is actually one of the cheapest alternatives when compared to Reason or Cubase.

I did come across an open source alternative once but don't remember what it was called at the top of my head and I don't think it was as fully featured...

It's a passion, and a culture has grown around it. I'm not against it.

Ok then, in your opinion what are some positive aspects of Gaming culture? I honestly don't see any and think that gaming culture should be purged with fire.

Conventions, people getting together, sharing experiences and sharing their passion, playing together and having fun.

True, if you only look at the negative stuff it's gonna seem bad but there is a positive side to it as well and always has been.

But in all honesty and truth, I don't see anything wrong with identifying as a gamer and admitting it's your hobby and your passion.

Haven't seen the new series yet, but I'm curious.

Whole bunch of food.

Hello.

Anyone up for unpaid job?

I'm making Half-Life map and need few voice actors to cover few lines.

Thanks!

I suggest making a thread about it in the Machinima or Valve Games forums.

It's a passion, and a culture has grown around it. I'm not against it.

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Is this what Ross called a Consecatrix, in his Game Dungeon episode about The Secret World? [/perversion]

Uhm, referring to my avatar? It's a succubus.

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Playing some Hard Reset and maybe some more Deus Ex: Invisible War later and thinking about making some dinner. Still have some hotdogs left.

Had some hotdogs for dinner and some jaffa cakes for evening snacks.

Now drinking some water after a couple ham and cheese sandwiches.

Beautiful