Recent content by Yuri 'Arara'

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    Avast! Developers Released Pirated Version of Their Own Game

    For a moment, I thought the Avast! antivirus developers were developing games now, and my mind was blown for a second. Then I understood the bad joke. And No Time to Explain is potentially awesome.
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    Starbreeze Explains Shootery Syndicate

    Clerk: "So, here is this game that just arrived, it's called Syndicate" Consumer: "Ooh. I guess it's about running crime syndicates, like the mob? But wait, judging from this cover, it looks very cyberpunk... So, future crime syndicates with hi-tech equipments set on a dystopian universe?"...
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    Starbreeze Explains Shootery Syndicate

    I read that as 'making FPS is cheaper since we already have the engine'.
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    What if 9/11 happened in another country?

    If it happened on another country, Fox News would pin the blame on Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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    Jimquisition: The Beautiful Irony of PC Gaming

    Very thoughtful video, Jim. For once, I agree 100% with what you said.
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    Team Fortress 2 Does Deus Ex

    Valve announced that they're planning to add another Misc slot, so it might be possible in the future!
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    I need an awesome rock song with a great drum part

    This is my five cents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32hlw7jacUI
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    What is the best indie game you have ever played? And who was the developer?

    Super Meat Boy and Nimbus. Both are really good games with engaging gameplay, nice aesthetics (although Nimbus is certainly prettier), amazing soundtracks (and the Nimbus one is free!). I spent around 30 or 40 hours in each of those games and that's a LOT by today standards. Also, both devs are...
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    Why do final fantasy characters have blood types?

    Exactly like people posted above. It's not any sillier than saying that your birthday defines your personality.
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    Humble Indie Bundle 3: Now With Minecraft

    You can buy for one cent, play the games and, afterwards, raise the amount you wanna pay within their own systems. :)
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    Humble Indie Bundle 3: Now With Minecraft

    After reading Freakonomics, you can't help but use some of the ideas on it to see the world from a different point-of-view. Let me explain. The Freakonomics book revolves around the idea that people are motivated by incentives, be they financial (money and similar), moral (the set of rules...
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    Xcom Publisher: Strategy Games Are Not Contemporary

    Disclaimer: I joined Steam last year solely to buy X-Com for $2. I still play it a bit when I'm not playing Civilization, Mass Effect, Team Fortress and Super Meat Boy. World of Warcraft, Halo Wars and Fallout Tactics were true to what a Warcraft, Halo or Fallout game was. Their ambient...
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    Xcom Publisher: Strategy Games Are Not Contemporary

    People who waited for Duke Nukem Forever wanted a Duke Nukem 3D experience of silly humor, state-of-the-art graphics (DN3D was state-of-the-art for its time) and manly action. They were treated with a chimera of silly but disgusting humor, horrible graphics and modern regenerating-health...