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I'm generally okay with the finances behind all of that. Especially when it comes to getting the little guy's game out there to the public, I'm very happy to support any mechanism that promotes a more level playing field between the mega-publishers like EA, and the indy developers of the world...

I have to agree with Oursisthefury; it's all about growing up. Only a fool would try to live a life devoid of frivolity, but you cannot live in service to it if you wish to be healthy and happy going forward. Related to, but distinct from compulsive behavior is the physical effects gaming takes...

I've always taken breaks. I've also never been among the truly elite players but that's the price you pay for behaving sanely, I suppose. I'm nearing the end of one now. I haven't played since the Switch came out. The thing is, the game has changed so much. Every expac it's almost like a brand...

Yeah it is pretty difficult to get a hold of. It will only get harder as the holiday season gets closer, too. Now is definitely the time to be trying hard to nab one if you have the interest. I just got fortunate and got one on launch day. I've been a gamer for 30 years and I've never attended...

I forgot all about that episode. Yes, he really did make a compelling argument. The game's rich crafting system really did lend itself well to small, online tutorial-styled videos. I've consulted the videos of better craftsmen, myself, as I've tried to up my architectural game. I'm not the best...

Thanks for the compliment! I just sort of do what I do. And what I do in Warcraft would have gotten me beat up as a kid in the 80's. ... But my toon's hair just looks so cute this way! Yes, Blizzard did change the helmet options. You do now have to go to a transmog station to make it invisible...

There are many because I've always felt that the 8 and 16 bit generation of games was the golden age. Of course, I'm sure I'm seeing it through rose tinted glasses since it was the treasured stuff of my own childhood. Still, I find I've never really stopped playing those oldies where as I rarely...

The game's popularity is due to a hard-to-achieve mix of accessibility and complexity. Usually you will have to sacrifice one to have the other. Not in Minecraft. Anyone can pick up the game and have an enjoyable experience no matter how casual they may be. But the game has enough depth and...

While the PC version will always be the definitive build of the game for me because of all the modifications you can make, the Switch version is definitely pulling its weight. The game is being developed to take advantage of the Nvidia architecture and it feels a lot more like the PC build than...

Keeping the game interesting for me has always meant upping my building game. I'm always trying to out-do yesterday's best. I build a lot of medieval Norse fantasy cottages. I've gone from little boxes to sprawling northern farmsteads with ornate, sagging roofs and stables that actually look...

In hindsight I honestly have to disagree with the late, great Mr. Iwata. Nintendo has eschewed the long-entrenched policy of selling consoles at a loss. And, I mean, good on him trying to turn a profit. That's what's good companies do, after all. But hardware has just about always been a...

Right now I'm playing a lot of Yoshi's Woolly World. I'll soon be resubbing to World of Warcraft since the new patch is on the Public Test Realm (that means it's soon to be released for those who don't know. It's the last stage of testing content before going public). By this time next month I'm...

Growing up I didn't. I was the older brother and he was three years younger so we were always at different points of development growing up. He would just get frustrated because I would win at every two player game, or I'd be frustrated because I'd have to purposely throw the game to let him win...

Do you have any good websites you could point me to that can teach the bare basics of movement and builds catering to PvP? I'd kind of like to give it another go. I'll be resubbing soon since 7.3 is on the PTR now and it's been quite a while since I've given it an honest try. I just remember...

Oh wow. Well I'm not that addicted. I still take showers and put work first and all that. I'm also not as into the game as I once was. Having been there since Buning Crusade you just lose interest after a decade or so. :sweatsmile: Starcraft seems to elicit that same sort of manic compulsion in...

When you're lucky it's the same price for hard and soft copies. I've seen lots of examples through Amazon where the hard copy actually costs less! I really can't wrap my head around the economics of that one other than to say that convenience must be a much bigger factor for other people than it...

Barry Schwartz calls this the paradox of choice. The more options you have the less you tend to take advantage of it. It leads to a sort of paralysis where you get stuck in the act of choosing and never get the the thing you've chosen. Emulators were like that for me. I have full sets for the...

It's a maturity thing, too. When you're younger there's a social pressure to keep up with the group. You don't want to be the guy talking about last year's game-of-the-year title when everyone else has moved on to the new big thing. As you get older and become more of a truly independent person...

I dabble in PvP, but it's the one part of the game where I simply have not bothered to develop any real proficiency. It seems like the game is perpetually imbalanced. One class always nukes the others and then massive nerfs come, many which make seemingly no sense. People get angry and the main...

I'm going to have to echo the "Wario Land" statements made by others in this thread. What a game! It had great music and a deceptively deep control scheme which allowed for a pretty enjoyable range of possibilities for a platformer. The money collection mechanic also lent a lot of replayability...