Selftest

Going over to a friends house to play a game, borrowing games from friends, having a book full of Metroid save codes, renting games from the local grocery store... all stuff I miss.

I don’t miss the veritable black hole of information about video games, though. I wasn’t aware of any gaming magazines that weren’t just ads for the system they were for, like Nintendo Power. I’m sure they existed, but I wasn’t in a place (financially/maturity/geographically) that allowed me to read them. Getting your folks to buy a game based on box-art alone was a hard sell, even though my folks were never very “anti-game” or anything like that, games were expensive. I actually don’t remember owning that many games growing up, we’d just rent and borrow everything.

I haven’t felt the thrill of beating a game in years. For at least the past decade, when I finish a game I don’t feel any sort of joy like I did when I was a kid. It’s probably mostly related to growing up and what makes me happy or excited now, but I kinda feel like part of it is also the fact that games are rarely actually done when the credits roll. Being dumped back into the point right before the final boss fight or having a new game+ be the first thing you see after the credits roll is kinda anti-climactic. I find myself playing very open-ended games nowadays because being “done” with something kinda sucks. I “beat” Minecraft the other day and was happy to do it, but mostly because I have shulker boxes now. When I finished Control I was just a little sad that I wasn’t going to be in that world anymore, and cleaning up collectibles didn’t seem like that much fun without the story driving me along.

I'm always looking for people to play with. This game is way more fun with a party, even if it's just one more person that talks.

Add me on PSN: Fullbright666 (I cannot wait to change that fucking handle)

@frodobaggins:

Learn the maps. That's the hardest part. R6S is all about verticality and knowing the map. When you defend, you want to know where the attackers are possibly going to come from, so you find hatches and likely spots for spawn, all that stuff. When you attack, you want to know where the possible spawn locations are for the objective. r6maps.com is pretty great for that stuff, as is Terrorist Hunt, especially on Lone Wolf mode.

This takes time. A lot of time. Luckily, casual matches are less about solid strategy and more about working together. In the beginning, just follow your teams lead. Barricade stuff, set some traps, whatever your role is. As an attacker, you can use your drones to scope the map out and find the objective/enemies.

Learn what stuff is destructible and what isn't. Hide behind the stuff that isn't.

A quick word about operators: Casual matches are less about team make-up and more about aim and having a little familiarity with the maps. Pick an operator you like and learn them. Learn what their device does, learn how it's effective, and then put it to work. I like to do this in terrorist hunt, where an errant throw won't kill the team.

Also, always use Fuze during hostage. He's the best. /s

unable to play video directly from the site, I have to download (or at least click on the download link) each video I want to play, otherwise I'll just get the zoomy "loading video" screen forever. Kinda sucky.

Hey man. I like the video, but Drew's mic is way hot throughout. maybe try taking it down in post? Thanks bud!

I wonder if anyone is alive in here...

I applied, Fullbright666 on PS4.

Im not very good, but I follow objectives pretty well!

Nope.

I don't have a gaming PC. I don't have the money to get a gaming PC right now.

Are there any "killer apps" for consoles right now? No. But, there is enough content to keep me satisfied.

I think selling a console now is a little premature. E3 is right around the corner, things will get announced.

Steam ID:

General203

Brand new. 2 bot matches played, but I can already tell I'm going to obsess over this shit. I have 15 tabs open to various DOTA things right now.

Playing Sven right now, trying to learn a character and the various hotkeys and strategy. I play early mornings US West (like 1-4am). I'm down to play and learn.

@MariachiMacabre: Hmmm. Odd. I had the quest to do so, couldn't do it. I snuck him down to [] much health, he didn't aggro/die. I talked to him, told him the Blades wanted him dead. went and told the Blades he was dead. All after Alduin was dead. Odd.

I'm kinda glad though. Parth is rad.

@Buneroid said:

I can't remember but is there a choice whether to kill Parthurnax(sp?) or not? Or do you always have to kill him because I kind of want to murder the blades for being assholes if I ever finish the main quest again. Also that scene where theres a flashback is suuuper janky haha.

You can't kill Parth. I just tried, he's unkillable, didn't even aggro. You just talk to him, go back to the Blades and tell them he's dead. They're never gonna go up to the Throat of the World, anyway.