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Pretty much what the title says, i used to love indie (smaller games) games like Super Meat Boy, Brothers, Geometry Wars, Braid, Limbo and others, but over the past few, basically since the end of XBLA, and the beginning of the current generation of consoles, indies have basically become throwaway games you get on PS Plus, that nobody would pay for, and even then you play them for a few minutes and then delete them off your hard drive and off your mind forever...

Seriously, what happened to the great indie games of the past?

What Have we gotten out of indies (smaller games) this gen?

I got Rocket League, nidhogg, Abzu, and Thumper... That's pretty much it for me, what else do you have?

And please, can someone explain what happened to this kind of games this gen?

Kinnikuman / Ultimate Muscle

Tiger Mask

Metal Fighter Miku Op.

These are the ones i know off, i mean, there's a another one but there are a lot of them anime titties in it so i left it out...

Anyway, this is my attempt to get dan interested in anime, i don't like wrestling, and i'm not that big a fan of anime, but i've liked some in the past and i respect it...

But even though i don't like wrestling, Ultimate Muscle is still great, so i imagine it's going to be even better for someone like Dan, who loves wrestling, even though he might not love anime.

So what do you guys think, do you think he'll like these?

And do you know of any other examples of anime Dan might like because of some other thing he likes is on the anime? haha. ;)

@eurobum: Actually, when you get into the more serious sims, like Project Cars or Assetto Corso, or the crazy serious sims on pc, like iRacing or rFactor, you get to the point where you actually are learning how to drive, and race, they do have working clutches, and even sequential or H shifters like the TH8A i got, and it gets even crazier than that, but here's a video about one of the best iRacers, trying it in the real world.

Really interesting, oh, and if you actually wanna learn how to drive properly in the real world, there's this, which when paired with a wheel with 3 pedals and an h shifter, pretty much gives you an advantage if you're in the process of getting your drivers license.

Oh, almost forgot here's another example but going backward, showing you a real world rally driver in Dirt Rally, using his muscle memory and real world knowledge to destroy it in the game.

I made a thread a few days ago here on giant bomb, talking about how obnoxious ads have gotten on tv, and asking ppl how they deal with it, and i noticed that a few ppl said they hate having to deal with ads on youtube and on the internet in general, but didn't seem to know about adblock...

So, that surprised me because, i have been using Adblock for years exactly because of that reason, and i couldn't imagine being on the internet without one, well actually i can, whenever i get to use any pc that isn't mine i always get shocked when i get blasted with a bunch of adds no matter what kind of website i open, so yeah.. I usually install Adblock on that machine as a favor.

Now i know some ppl don't like it because it takes ad money away from the internet ppl you care about, but when there is someone i actually care about on the internet (like giant bomb), i usually unblock it specifically for that domain, so i really don't think there's any negative side to it.

Anyway, my questions are, do you use an adblocker?

Why, or why not?

And what's good or what's bad about it in your opinion?

@thatonedudenick: Ok, so, i guess you wanna keep the drawer right? If so, get a stand, like the one i got, it's the GT Omega Steering wheel stand.

It's cool because you can have the whole thing set up and ready to go in a few minutes, but you can also fold it away and put it away somewhere when you're not using it.
I use it in front of my couch but you can put it in front of your desk and use it with a regular chair, don't use it with an office chair though, you don't want to move around while you're trying to drive, haha. ;)

Haha, i actually came across that video again a few days before buying the wheel while doing research, it was so funny to hear that again, and to know that Vinny, years later, ended up buying a racing wheel!

Btw, does anyone know what wheel he ended up buying?

That's cool man, and yeah, i did look up the fanatec stuff, but it is way too expensive, especially for someone like me, who had no idea if this was gonna be for me at all, but did want to get some quality stuff, and yeah, Thrustmaster stuff was above Logitech and right behind fanatec, so it was perfect for me.

I actually bought it from a guy who was in the process of upgrading his setup to fanatec stuff, and he only had it for a year, but yeah, i'm only on ps4 right now, but i'm afraid that if i do get into the more serious pc stuff, like iRacing or rFactor, i will at some point think very seriously about going up a few levels with fanatec, but yeah i don't even want to think about it, cos once you get to that level, you start thinking about a better rig, and some of the crazy ppl equipment that they have, and then this becomes your life!

I do agree about Forza Horizon, it'd be cool to try it with the wheel just for fun, but yeah, i think i'd still play that game with a controller.

Yeah, to be honest, most of the stuff i watch today is on the internet, like youtube or netflix, and the stuff i do watch on tv, like some of you said, i use the dvr functionality and watch whenever i feel like it, and skip the ads, it is still annoying to have to skip through the ads though...

@glots: Yeah, it was the same thing with me, before getting this one, the only other time i had tried anything like this was on the ps1 with a really crappy wheel, and that sega rally game on the arcades, and i do remember that sega rally game being really awesome to play because you were basically inside a car with a wheel pedals and shifter, it was really cool!

Oh yes, commercials breaks are usually longer in Europe, but again, you only get one or two per hour, and because they are longer and you usually know how long it's gonna be (some channels even have timers on commercial breaks), you can change the channel, and watch something else or know that you have time to go do something else and then come back, and if you don't care about it being live, all tv services here let you go back in time if you miss the first few minutes after the ad break.