Recent content by Mark Benedict

I generally do not like pre-rendered cutscenes. It's something that part of my brain picks up on, requiring another part of my brain to tell it, "Settle down, it'll be over soon." As mentioned above, it's always the little things that you notice. From a developer's perspective, it's probably...

Perhaps there are things going on that we as consumers aren't privy to. Australian Classification Board is a governmental entity, while Entertainment Software Rating Board is private. That may increase costs in Australia compared to United States. AAA games are in development for 3+ years...

I was going to mention this as an excellent game to play, but "FPS" does indeed mean first-person. Spec Ops: The Line was not only an excellent game, but it changed my opinion of the perspective altogether. It is a special game. Extra Credits did 2 episodes on the game, one spoiler free and...

Team Fortress 2 has already been mentioned, but is worth mentioning again. It's my go-to anti-CoD/clone. It has unlocks and customization, but no item is strictly better than the item it replaces. It is also visually clean with rapidly identifiable silhouettes, as opposed to CoD/clones. Its...

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is some amazing stuff. It's an Imperial IPA that clocks in at 9%, is wonderfully hoppy but is balanced with malt. If you can find it and like big ales, it's worth a try.

I am a PC gamer and have been pretty much have been my whole life. I definitely see the advantages of consoles, though. They are straight-out-of-the-box gaming setups at a lower upfront cost, ready for you and your friends to have fun. Which is what games are supposed to be about. If...

If it is impossible to obtain legally, pirate away. If it is nearly impossible to legally obtain... my logic falls apart here. All these are legally piracy that doesn't fall under the fist category. *Functional old cartridge games and working systems are hard to come by. They are...

Deus Ex (original), BioShock, many more... *embarrassed* I have this issue with role-playing-esque games. I get past the first level or so, but then I get this really bad feeling that I've messed up somehow, restart it, and then lose interest about half the time. This actually was the...

I'm a fan of the Deus Ex series. I enjoyed Human Revolution, but I'm still working on the original. DX1 is definitely slower and older-styled. It's an excellent game, but I can totally understand not being into it. It's sparse with upgrades and there are quite a few good ones to choose...

I accidentally uninstalled Steam once, taking away all of my installed games. After reinstalling everything, all of my games with Steam Cloud enabled started correctly, complete with gamesaves, key bindings and graphics settings. I can definitely attest to the system working.