That's what I think whenever I see these types of videos.
Sometimes it actually happens though. I don't think this is one of those times.
Looks like n4g and youtube are a haven for psychos then.
What happens when crazy people become the majority? Does that make it normal? Maybe you're the crazy one lol.
Seriously though, watch funniest home videos. People fall of of bicycles and get nailed in the crotch ALL THE TIME. It's wrong to torture people, but these ACCIDENTS can still be hilarious. I've never heard anyone complain about laughing at peoples expense, and how are animals any di...
I agree with you, it's not exactly the same.
Though I do feel accomplished after I finish reading a book, I suppose that feeling presents itself more often in video games.
EDIT: I can't say that I receive a boost in confidence while playing games, personally. I do feel like I've accomplished something when I clear a difficult level though!
I guess it's possible for one person to view games differently than the next. I've...
What about reading books? None of that is real, and when I play a game I have pretty much the same mindset as when I'm reading.
If something is entertaining, it cannot be fake entertainment. I go to school to make progress in the real world, and I play video games to immerse myself into a fictional characters world. <- It's just like reading a book.
I've never heard anyone say reading is bad haha
I'm sick and tired of gaming websites declaring "winners".
All I need to know is if a game does what it advertises. If an rpg fails miserably as an rpg(FFXIV), I would like to know.
If a first person shooter has terrible shooting mechanics, I would like to know.
Anything else classifies as fanboy fodder in my book. I can discuss how much I like a game with my friends just as well without the input of IGN. In fact, they make it m...
I touched on the point you have made in a comment on another article, actually.
http://n4g.com/news/679273/...
While anarchy would ensue if everyone suddenly decided to do what they thought was best, it is still our job as a society to COLLECTIVELY decide which laws should be followed. That is the true idea behind democracy, albeit the mechanics do fun...
Haha I know, it is a bit of a stretch. Sadly, that is the point. These guys should know that people are going to pirate games, which means they are actively facilitating thievery with full knowledge of the fact.
Say an individual fiddles with hacking electronics for a hobby. This individual, after much effort, manages to find a way to develop games for his console of choice. Now lets say that this method also allows for games to be pirated, just by chance. (sound familiar?)
Being an awesome achievement for an individual, he naturally desires to share a game he has created with his friends. In order to get this game to work on their consoles, he teaches them how to make the necessary ...
I consider myself reasonably intelligent, and I cannot bring myself to feel confident in backing either position regarding this ps3 hacking mess. Am I being indecisive, or is almost everyone else here too quick on the draw?
I'm inclined to believe it's the latter. Instead of arguing over existing laws, we should be discussing pros and cons of this scenario like adults, in a legitimate effort to decide, as a group, what is right.
Laws do not exist to d...
Prices are probably set so high because they KNOW a person will purchase a controller based on need, not on price.
Once you have the console and a multi-player game, they have you already.
"Enemies level will progress with your own"
I hate this idea on any level. I find it fun to avoid enemies that are far too powerful when I'm low level. Always standing a chance against anything I encounter makes upgrading my character nearly pointless.
Having said that, I didn't notice it too much in Fallout 3. I hope some enemies have permanently high/low base stats. Killer mudcrabs at lvl 30 is a joke.
EDIT: I'm glad ...
"The compulsive need for developers to make their female characters overly sexy tends to detract from people immersion..."
I don't know about everyone else, but it is not always my goal to 'immerse' myself into the world of a particular game. This is especially true for fighting games.
I'm immersed in combos and timing things correctly, I hardly even notice the outfit my character is wearing.
My focus is on executin...
Haha that's all?
I hope for all of that stuff too, but I can't help but think of how hard developers have it nowadays.
Our demand sure is driving the gaming industry forward in exciting ways, isn't it? There might be a dedicated group of brains behind modern gaming/simulations, but it is us who have been driving the industry forward with expectations such as these. Our money helps, too.
Keep demanding more everyone!
No offense, but I feel that people such as yourself are a real threat to good-old-fashioned single player experience.
Any game requires a certain level of balance, and role playing games are no exception. Including multi-player requires the devs to balance the game accordingly, and this changes how the single player mode functions.
It would take a real effort to include multi-player without changing single player, and even if this is done successfully it stil...
Indeed!
Have you seen how fast his legs move? Neither have I. All I can make out is a circular blur.
Imagine that speed and power coming into contact with your behind so many times per second.
I just want to see more actual information about this game.
Since the trailer I've been keeping an eye out for news, and there is NONE. It's frustrating on some level tbh.
I see words misspelled all the time on this site, and most of them garner no attention from the n4g population.
Every time I see Guerrilla Games spelled incorrectly, someone seems to comment about it.
I wonder why this is?
Guerrilla is a difficult word to spell, especially if you haven't seen it much.
*EDIT* For example, he meant to say you're and typed your. Why not get onto him for that?
The other day Amazon had it for $5!
This month has been good for budget gamers.
What qualifies 'winner"? Declaring a winner implies there was a competition to win, right?
The funny thing is, we've ourselves created this competition of console vs. console. Fans of consoles fall to pathetic lows in attempts to prove that 'their' console is better in some way.
Ultimately, we are making it more profitable for the 'gaming news media' to focus on biased competitions with no point than to report actual news. They ma...
Sometimes there isn't much to a piece of news that interests everyone.
Opinions make up the bulk of most articles. IMHO sometimes we are better off with just the facts.
That's all this is. The author didn't feel the need to tell us what he thought, thereby leaving that type of thinking up to us.
I appreciate the brevity myself. Makes things easier.