Katphood

Believe it or not, the most fair and user-friendly platform so far has been PlayStation Network and I've been using it for the past 9 years. It has its share of stupid flaws(You can never change the region of your account or your username and lets not forget about that hack...) but at the end of the day it is a whole lot easier to use PSN over any other digital platform. Buy pre-paid card, charge your account, buy the game, download, play. Sony also has one major winning card: Exclusives!

This looks pretty darn sweet: Makes me want to go back to Pillars of Eternity.

One feature Steam has that most others don't is the community. There are groups, achievements, trading cards(which aren't the same anymore), Steam greenlight(which isn't what most people thought it would be but hey...) and Steam Workshop(which is a great idea that has its own share of flaws in execution). I don't know how good GOG Galaxy works but one reason it was introduced was that it wanted to attract people that are into community features. I am not sure if you can do both 100% DRM free and the 'optional client' thing at the same time. Steam will remain dominant because people have gotten used to it. It is sad because Valve makes a whole lot of money and it spends it on Steam OS, Big Picture Mode, Steam Controller and Steam machines instead of spending it on game compatibility issues and a sequel to Half-Life 2.

Yeah, that is something I always wonder. There are a whole lot of games on steam that get abandoned by the developers and when a new operating system hits the stores people will see compatibility issues and games that don't run unless you fiddle with them with patches, mods and tools which is bothersome. GOG for some reason doesn't suffer from this problem. Their games work 99% of the times right out of the box.

I was wondering which one has a stronger user-base and is likely to die last in your opinion. I use Steam, PlayStation Network and nintendo.com to buy/play the games I want. Now I came across certain things in the past which made me wonder if there is any platform of choice at all. Take Titanfall 2 for instance: you can play them on all 3 major platforms(PC, Xbox, PlayStation) but if you want a slice of the multiplayer you have much better luck at finding a match in PSN but good luck with that on steam... But then there are oldies, classics and indies such as Blood, Turok, Underrail, Tyranny, System Shock Enhanced, Planescape: Torment, Baldurs Gate and other games that are mostly exclusive to PC(Steam, GOG, Origin etc.). The way I see it, there really isn't a platform of choice if you are interested in most games like I am. Others might narrow their choices to only one platform because of preference, work, lack of time, family... But what I want to know is whether these platforms can always co-exist like this and what will happen if someday one of them bites the dust?! What will become of people and the games they have purchased?! P.S: Sony recently decided to block cross-platform play with Xbox One and Switch.

Eastern State Penitentiary, a city within a city:

Click the like button if you hate Konami: As for Death Stranding:

MAJEK WILL SMASH!!!!

Bought a few more games I wanted to (re)play: Hard West + Hard West: Scars of Freedom DLC Redline RAGE + Rage: The Scorchers DLC Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition Commander Keen Oknytt

I couldn't agree more, reminds me of that one time during mothers day where a forced video compilation of 'good moms' was shown to me. I read the comment section and the first comment? 'Click the like button if your mom wasn't a tattooed freak.' ... People just hate stuff as if their life depended on it.

Looks nice, somehow reminds me of Kentucky Route Zero:

Along with the Turok games, I also bought a classic I always wanted to try back in the days: The Last Express

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter(Steam) I remember playing the censored German version of the game on the N64. Human enemies were replaced by robots and even some of the levels were designed a bit differently(lol...why?!). Playing the original version with unlocked fps and fov on the PC is quite a blast. Also, playing Turok with mouse and keyboard makes you feel like a ninja whereas the N64 controller made the game feel like a goddamn survival horror.

I am looking forward to it. Anyone who has played the recent Rayman: Origins or Rayman: Legends knows that Michel Ancel still hasn't lost his touch.

I was looking for a chance to buy both of the Turok games. Yay me!

Steam Summer Sale should begin any minute now. EDIT: It's on, June 22nd to July 5th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-R1p9lYJ3g

Played some Super Mario World and Mario Kart today. Replaying SNES goldies from time to time is good fun.

Bloodborne - Suite (Live with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra : SCORE Orchestral Game Music)

Dear Bethesda, You can have my money.

Assassin's Primal: Wildlands ...and if anyone complains, I swear to god almighty, I'll beat the living fps out of them with my 4K@60fps baton! Agreed, I usually give turn-based games a pass when it comes to consoles but real-time with pause?! Good luck with that.

Joe Danger. A very fun and exciting alternative to the Trials series. The developers are none other than Hello Games. Also, saving every dime to buy a Switch next month. Super Mario Odyssey is simply driving me nuts! I wasn't even this hyped for Breath of the Wild or even the Switch itself.

True. I wish they would make something like the first Crysis game but I guess those don't sell as well as online shooters and Crytek do have some financial troubles and can't make any risks for the time being.