Recent content by alphamalet

No. There is also puzzle solving typical of the survival horror genre before action games hijacked it.

Is there widespread dissatisfaction with the 970? I haven't been keeping up, but I've read a few articles a little while ago that were touting the card as the best bang for your buck on the market. I'll be sticking with my 770 until the next batch of cards come out, but I was under the...

The lack of songs from the best Final Fantasy (VI) game disturbs me... I think my favorite song is "Searching for friends. It absolutely nails the somber mood while giving you a sense of hope. Not to mention how great these are: And let's not forget, Final Fantasy 6 contains...

I'll take a crack at why I think game "journalism" is both incompetent and corrupt. 1) How many of these "journalists" actually have a degree in journalism? How many have been formally educated on the code of ethics and practices relevant to reporting fairly and accurately? Very few. How...

I just came back to this thread for the first time since posting, and I must say that the responses so far have been quite intriguing both in what people say immerses them and how each person defines immersion. With that being said... So is what you are suggesting that to truly invest a...

I got into a debate the other day with my buddies about what is inherently more immersive for a player, specifically in survival horror games. The debate was as follows: My buddies were arguing that a game in a first-person perspective is inherently more immersive because the perspective...

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As a massive fan of both Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill, I must say I am very disappointed by this news. Silent Hill is a series about subtlety, about telling a story in as few words as possible, and about trusting in the intelligence of the player to stitch together a deep narrative as...

Ah yes, the fifth movie of a trilogy that sucked to begin with.

If his next game doesn't feature guns, explosions, or muscles, I'll give you my wallet.

Skyrim had a pretty skybox at night time.

I think my favorite part of this whole controversy is encapsulated in the initial thread where a screenshot of Jim Sterling's tweet was posted. Everyone in the initial posts of the thread was saying, "Surely this was a joke," only to find out that, no, this (IMO excessive) anger is going to be...

Battlefield 3 is free!!!! It requires Origin!? No thanks! Suffering through Origin isn't worth it.

So you think dropping to 8GBs of RAM would still be sufficient for the video encoding I plan on doing?

Thanks for the advice on that. Ironically, I was originally planning on buying the screen you suggested until someone I know (who is a big competitive FPS guy) talked me out of it. I think I'd rather go with my initial choice.