Recent content by puffenstuff

Um... What? Sorry to call you out on this one. Your description of DirectX is accurate, but libraries such as OpenGL do the exact same thing on both windows and Linux. The principle difference is that OpenGL is open source. In practical terms, the only difference is that when a developer...

Well I was not going to play it unless it was bassed on total recall:2070, but that was never going to happen. (Fun fact about that show: in the last episode, Martin Sheen plays a suspiciously familar character. He represents an organization that has been a background antagonist for most of the...

Sigh. Correlation does not imply causation. I can't be bothered to look at the original report right now but if the researchers really are saying that the correlation between cursing in video games and aggressive behavior implies that cursing causes the aggressive behavior.... well someone...

Not for the devs benefit because I'm sure they have learned it now, but Rule one of IT: You are only as good as your last backup.

The more I read about copyright law the more I think we may want to toss the whole thing out.

Why would they hate Origin? It is not like it's a serious competitor to Steam.

Yeah, not really this guy's fault. I am now more annoyed with Eidos Montreal for outsourcing the boss fights. To echo everyone else in the thread, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? Lovingly craft a complex gameplay experience that is heavily dependent on atmosphere, pacing, and choice and then hand the...

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I must now go buy this game. To all devs/publishers: This is how you do it. Encouraging broader adoption of your game will result in more sales. This reminds me of the table top RPG Eclipse Phase. The writers of the game released it under Creative Commons Licence(sharing and alterations...

Dear Escapist, Please stop responding to every science related story with "THE MAD SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO KILL US!1!!!!!!" It used to be funny but now it is not, especially in a climate where some people are unironically calling for research to be curtailed because of irrational fears...

Pointless, since independent developers will do better* on steam than either XBLA or PSN. *See Cthulhu Saves the World selling more on steam in one week than it did on in one year on XBLA. Plus developers get to control their content updates.

Pachter trolls gamers and press. Film at 11. Can we please stop posting stuff this guy says as news?

The real question is can the machine print itself? (Yeah I know it can't but I wonder if you could make a self replicating machine in Minecraft.)

I'll of course give this the benefit of the doubt until release, but Bioware has done a poor job of making interesting human squad mates up till now. The only memorable humans were Miranda for wearing high heels on a combat drop (I would not take her on missions for that reason alone) and Ashley...

Some one has been reading to many marketing reports. This guy is so out of touch that.... he would do.... something really out of touch. Edit: I have never seen a non-positive/nuetral-possitive preview. Hell, Duke Nukem Forever had nuetral-positive previews.