Crytek: Good graphics are 60% of the game
Well, just when I thought Crytek's dunderheaded pursuit of graphics-porn couldn't get any more ridiculous, X360magazine.com came along with this beauty. In an interview with Crytek CEO Cervat Yeli, the...
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Personality test time!
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp So, what did you guys get? INTJ, myself. Which feels damn good. How do you feel about your personality type?
View ArticleSkyrim mods: 18 months later!
I recently reinstalled Skyrim and naturally started installing numerous mods to enhance my experience. This got me wondering: if you're still playing Skyrim on PC, what mods are you running? I made...
View ArticlePoll: What's so bad about ME3's ending?
So it's been a year now, and with the release of Citadel and everyone doing their "Mass Effect Retrospectives", I'm feeling a bit nostalgic of the series overall. Admittedly, I was attracted to the...
View ArticlePoll: Did ME3's Extended Cut ending damage gaming as an art-form?
I know it's been over a year so it's old news, but I thought I'd ask it anyway. And, the reason I ask is because long ago, MovieBob said that BioWare's decision to cave in to the Retake Mass Effect...
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Jagex Busts Teen for School Shooting Comment
Jagex Busts Teen for School Shooting Comment A teen has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up his school after commenting in an MMO. Funny thing about the internet, nothing ever really...
View ArticleAre you also frustrated with people in general?
I am. More often than not people just frustrate me and get on my nerves. Lately I'm often losing sleep over it. I often feel like I'm the only person in the entire world who thinks longer than 5...
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Crytek Boss Says Visuals Are "60% of the Game"
Crytek Boss Says Visuals Are "60% of the Game" Cevat Yerli, the CEO of Crytek, says that great graphics are the key to immersion in a videogame. For decades the progress of videogames has largely been...
View ArticleWAOA Arena (OPEN, Feel free to join anytime)
Welcome to the We are Our Avatars arena thread! The purpose of this thread is to allow for testing of characters in an enviroment where what happens doesn't matter as much what happens. This is an...
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U.S. Senator Says Violent Games Are "Practice Simulators"
U.S. Senator Says Violent Games Are "Practice Simulators" U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein says violent videogames give budding mass-murderers the opportunity to practice their craft. Democratic Senator...
View ArticleHow do keyboard players do it? WASD in the 21st century
I never thought I'd use this account for anything (I made it to PM Jim of Jimquisition; no response) But I was just watching a Movie Bob production ringing the death knell for PC gaming. A commenter...
View ArticleEscapists! Your country has been invaded! What do?
With all the recent, very real and slightly worrying, shit going down in Korea I thought it'd be interesting to start a topic on what we'd all do if our respective countries were invaded, overthrown...
View ArticleSo, gay marriage could be legalised... in Ireland.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0414/381286-constitutional-convention/ Ok, Ireland hasn't exactly had a history of being a forward thinking nation. It's in our constitution that we are a Catholic country....
View ArticlePoll: Your Most Anticipated Comic Book Movie This Year
This could either be a "great" year for comic book movies... or, well, a mixed one. Either way, it'll at least be interesting. From Man of Steel to the long awaited Sin City sequel, which of these are...
View ArticleWhere has Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes vs women in video games gone ?
Hey, remember that one time we had this feminist who was making a video series about women in video games ?That was kind of a cool thing right ?So where are all the videos ?It's been five weeks more or...
View ArticleDisappointing Games with great endings
Good there there esapians, I have just slogged my way through Final Fantasty 13 and wow that ending made the slog through totally worth it, hell I started to tear up at Sasz's reunion with his son...
View ArticleLeaked Elder Scrolls Online Footage Shows First 20 Mins of Gameplay
Leaked Elder Scrolls Online Footage Shows First 20 Mins of Gameplay The footage shows off character creation and the first quests new players will encounter. Footage showing off character creation and...
View ArticleSweden Moves Towards Gender Neutrality [Support Thread]
I would like to thank OhJohnNo for bringing this up to my attention. You deserve all the credit. I have selected an array of websites that tell the same story from different angles, and focusing on...
View ArticleWhy is 'white knighting' seen as such a bad thing?
This isn't to say that I always agree with them, but why has the idea of sticking up for you ideals and values seen as a bad thing by a lot of people these days (*cough*4chan*cough*)? As I've said, I...
View ArticleAny Ideas on how to take down a predator drone?
I don't like the idea of Homeland Security ordering stockpiles of ammunition, zero hesitation targets which depict pregnant women, senior citizens and children with guns, and 2,700 MRAP type vehicles...
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