thebigJ_A

Please don't let this fuck up Metro.

Please don't let this fuck up Metro.

Please don't let this fuck up Metro.

I still respectfully request/angrily demand a Quicklook! ;)

@Xeirus said:

There's one out by another guy, the game looks awful boring for a QL though.

So... I picked it up. So much for careful with my money, lol!

It's a bit awkward at first, and was clearly done by a small team, but.

But there's real passion put into it by that team. One can tell. And that video there showed the awkward early bit, before things get interesting. And they DO get interesting!

He'd be good, too. I just didn't think of him because I know he's only just now planning on building a proper gaming PC.

By "demand" I mean "repectfully request". And I want Dave, Drew, and/or Vinny to do it.

This game looks like it might be right up my alley. I mean, you need to find and drink water to survive! You collect things and study them! There's a monster you apparently can't kill!

However, what with the Steam sale, and FarCry 3 out soon, I can't be taking big risks. I need to see this in action.

Please?

@dr_mantas said:

@ElvishPresley said:

I love this article, Patrick, but one part really troubled me: "I do not consider myself a feminist or particularly aligned with the feminist movement." Meriam-Webster defnines "feminism" this way: 1: the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. EQUALITY. That is what the larger discussion on gender rights is missing. The conservative right (and men in general) have managed to spin feminists into a group of ball-busting estrogen junkies who believe that their sex is far superior to males, the end-all-be-all of the human race. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. So despite your fantastic article, I think this one small part almost derails it completely. It is completely endemic to the larger problem at hand. You ARE a feminist, Patrick, if you believe women are and should be treated equal to men. Other fellow male users on GB are probably feminists, too, but just unsure or afraid to label themselves as such. You don't have to have a Master's Degree from a liberal college. You don't have you be a lesbian. You don't even have to be a woman. Let's all be feminists, duders.

If we're playing dictionary, here's Oxford http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/feminism. Notice the women's rights part. Feminism is for equality of the sexes, but only strives for equality if women are in disadvantage.

Besides, how can one moment encompass everything from "every rational human being" to the S.C.U.M manifesto. Gender equality is a much better term.

That's not what that definition says, at all. Here, I'll quote it: "the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes".

"On the ground of" means its fundamental basis is the equality of the sexes. That's the foundation, the most important part. Since, in the ridiculously overwhelming majority of cases, it is women who are the disadvantaged, their rights need advocacy.

I'm 100% with you on this, Patrick. A lot of us are.

The responses to these just prove, over and over, how necessary they are.

@Nettacki said:

@thebigJ_A said:

Since I built a proper gaming PC last year, (it's not as expensive, nor anything like as difficult, as you think. Everyone should try it. Even you. Yes, you.) the release of new consoles, which used to get me excited, is completely irrelevant. As far as power goes, I'm already two generations ahead of whatever the NEXT xbox or Playstation can do. I also have a far larger variety of games, and they all look better. Sure, there's always one or two games exclusive to the console I'd like to play (ZombieU in this case), but weigh that against the dozens or hundreds of games only a PC gamer has access to. Hell, there are entire genres of games that are exclusive to PCs.

In other words, what's a console, and why do people still care?

And yet, more people still buy more consoles and games on consoles than they buy PC games. Gee, I wonder why?

It's easy to make bald assertions, but can you back them up with data? The majority of PC game sales are direct download, and none of those are reported in overall gaming sales figures (like, say, NPD). Consumer reporting still hasn't caught up with the times. Hell, just look at Steam. They doubled in sales last year. And each of the six years before that. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/06/steam-sales-increase-100-percent-for-the-seventh-straight-year/

In other words, don't just say things because you feel like they're true.

Since I built a proper gaming PC last year, (it's not as expensive, nor anything like as difficult, as you think. Everyone should try it. Even you. Yes, you.) the release of new consoles, which used to get me excited, is completely irrelevant. As far as power goes, I'm already two generations ahead of whatever the NEXT xbox or Playstation can do. I also have a far larger variety of games, and they all look better. Sure, there's always one or two games exclusive to the console I'd like to play (ZombieU in this case), but weigh that against the dozens or hundreds of games only a PC gamer has access to. Hell, there are entire genres of games that are exclusive to PCs.

In other words, what's a console, and why do people still care?

@DharmaBum said:

I agree with Chick in that a game shouldn't automatically earn a minimum score because it's a functional piece of software or a lot of work went into it. He's scoring his honest experience with the game. This industry needs more outlier reviews beyond the 7-9 scale that offer valid criticism instead of there being a total echo chamber.

The comments on his site reveal the true problem - people (though it's most likely little kids) feeling the need to lash out offensively because they don't share the same opinion or want to be validated with their purchase. I'm a fan of the Halo series, but those people make me wish I had nothing in common with them.

@theanticitizen: how does what he wrote mean he knows nothing about Halo? He's making fun of how the story in 4 beats you over the head with the concept.

I wish I could share your optimism that all those comments on his site, and the disquieting high number of similar comments here now, ("that Chick's a troll/moron/poopoo-head cuz I like Halo and he said mean things about it and gave it a low score") are just "little kids".

Mentally they are, certainly, but I'm afraid they're mainly adults, the people driving beside you on the road every day. Scary, innit?