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Metroid - fully restore your health after getting killed (or at the very least be a little bit more forgiving than only restoring 30 health points and zero energy tanks). The fact that you have to tediously grind for health every time after you die ruined this otherwise classic game for me...

When you say "one-way hashing algorithm", I assume you mean a password key derivation function (such as scrypt, bcrypt or PBKDF2). Just applying a run-of-the-mill hash function to your password barely makes it any harder to guess, since hackers can just as well apply this function to each of...

Another solution to this would be to have bosses who can't kill you at all: maybe the boss is trying to knock you out and capture you alive (a bit like The End in Metal Gear Solid 3) or maybe the boss solely attacks by knocking you off some platform, meaning you'll have to climb back up again...

When I google "Balance Brain Centre Seoul", the first hit I get is a blog post (http://neurobollocks.wordpress.com/tag/balance-brain-centre/) making the convincing argument that this is all bullshit, followed by multiple pages filled with news sites echoing the same article. This Balance...

Don't. C++ is an absolutely awful language with which to start learning how to program. Even those who really like the language (I'm definately not one of them) will probably agree that it is not a good idea to learn programming with a complex language in which you have to manually manage memory...

I don't own a Wii U, but Mega Man X was already present on the Wii's Virtual Console, and since it is possible to transfer Wii VC games to the Wii U I assume this means that the Wii U does not have the same titles available as the Wii does? If so, this would mean that Wii U owners that also...

I didn't really like the final case of Apollo Justice as well. Luckily there is an excellent fan game called Turnabout Substitution which makes up for it by being an awesome alternative finale. I can really recommend it.

Wrong. Origin links can be inserted in any website on which an XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability is being exploited. Because security knowledge is not the strong point of most of web developers, these kinds of attacks are extremely common. To prevent being targeted by such an attack, I...

People have always been jumping off stuff and breaking their backs for the lolz. It's just until recently that they have a channel (Youtube) for showcasing their endeavours to the world. 'Causation' is not a race but a noun referring to the act of causing. Furthermore, Asians are people who...

Final Fantasy XIII is one of the most awfully designed and mind-numbingly boring games I have played in a long while. The only thing you basically do is following a straight path and battling the same monsters over and over again, occasionally being interrupted by a cutscene advancing a not...

The Netherlands never explicitly legalized or decimalized piracy, the act of obtaining illegally distributed music and movies has simply always been legal. Dutch law forbids distributing copyrighted material without permission of the copyright holder: when you buy or download something that has...

I was quite surprised To the Moon did not end up on any Best of 2012 lists... until I found out it was actually released at the end of 2011, although I discovered it quite a few months later. The same also holds for the Binding of Isaac, which was also one of the greatest games I played this year.

Awesome! And it also appears copies of the Grim Fandango are still quite affordable (which might change when this causes demand to go up), so I'm going to buy a copy right away.

I actually loved Silent Hill HD Collection for the simple fact that it allowed me to finally play Silent Hill 2 (I don't own a PS2), which is my favourite game I played this year. While I encountered frequent lag in Silent Hill 3, part 2 was still perfectly playable (in the PS3-version, at...