Recent content by nickpy

Yes, definitely, and Steam's virtual monopoly is not a good thing. However, Microsoft is unique as a steam-competitor in that it can exert control on the underlying platform that Steam is dependent on, something Valve cannot do. Its difficult to launch a PC game successfully without Steam, yes...

I wouldn't go so far as to say it sucks. I'm no fan of them, but I think the idea, even the execution, was fine. It was just trying to do too many things at once. The Steam Controller fell into the trap of trying to say "this ONE peripheral can do EVERY game PERFECTLY!!!1!". Well, i'm sorry, it...

Huh. I didn't know that. I guess in that case I'm acutally glad that EA did what EA do best, so that C:S could exist. On Topic: Its certainly a good idea, but I can't see Microsoft having the creativity or goodwill to actually go through with it. Unless they can use it to somehow hoover up...

Personally I think the show goes off the rails in S3, but its still worth watching, at least for S1-2.

I'm happy that Critical Miss is back, and that Grey & Cory are back here on Escapist, but I also sincerely hope that Erin Does Alone hasn't, well, died. I was enjoying it. I was contributed to the Patreon, right up until you guys cancelled it - I havn't cancelled, I might add, so the moment you...

Well, as other people have said, for most practical day-to-day purposes a hatchback is fine. In the UK at least, the primary functions of a car are: drive to work, take kids to school, transport shopping home from the supermarket. For all those purposes it works just fine. The cars are cheap and...

Here in the UK hatchbacks are the most common type of private vehicle to see on the road, and have been for as long as I can remember. Infact, some brits, myself included, hold the trend of increasing Minivan/SUV usage in disdain. So, it seems that the US is getting more hatchbacks whilst the...

Spiral Knights. By gaming standards, its now a very long in the tooth F2P co-op tactical shooter. Some of the F2P mechanics are pretty grindy, but overall the gameplay is a hoot and the community (what's left of it anyway) is also great. Technically its not a Sega game anymore, but it was...

OT: I am extremely happy to see you back, Marter. I was quite sad when you left as I always enjoyed reading your reviews, even when I didn't agree with them. I have subbed to your patreon what little I can contribute.

Nope. I like Mayonnaise, and I hate Ketchup. Clearly I'm weird and should marched out into the courtyard for execution. Probably via some kind of heath-robinson machine powered by mayonnaise. P.S. Yahtzee, you surprise me. You said "octopi", not "octopuses" or "octopodes". source...

Notwithstanding the fact that none of these old series were ever actually removed from the site, you just hid them in such a way that you could only find them if you knew what they were called and specifically searched for them. I was always puzzled by that, and wondered why you sat on these...

I have seen one for sale in a used games shop. For ?115. Which is considerably more than the cost of buying an NES with a stack of games... in the same shop.

But why? Why is it the only way instead of an option?

I'm not convinced that any said corporate suit could have a leg to stand on here. Provided they can prove that the console was acquired legally, they're free under the law to do whatever they want with it, including reverse-engineering it for the purposes of repair and compatibility (at least...

I'm a little disappointed by the "Hard Mode". I mean, as described, it definitely does count as a Hard Mode, I just expected something a bit more substantial. I suppose I was thinking more of a Survival Mode, given that most of the mechanics are already in place, in addition to making the...