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You have to pay Microsoft for a bigger message box. Just kidding, it has always been tiny.

Bethesda also kicks puppies, so these reactions are totally reasonable.

Went for an early morning run/bike in the cold, and now I'm upstairs relaxing and hiding out while my wife and daughter have a Girl Scouts meeting. I was too tired to do much other than watch TV, and I stumbled upon this Gamer's Choice Awards show. You know, I love video games. I've played them my entire life. I am fascinated by the history of the early gaming companies and how they turned it into such a big industry. I love reading about the development process and all that goes into making games today. But I just don't get the gaming culture. I'm watching this show and I just find awkward and obnoxious. Like they have these hosts who describe the games, and it is just not believable that they have any idea what they are talking about. Some young kid comes out in a tie, but he's got the shirt untucked and is wearing skinny jeans, and I'm like, what? Why is there a DJ? Why is Snoop Dogg getting an award? I mean, the trailers are nice, but holy moly. Maybe I'm just an old fart who doesn't understand kids these days.

man how cool is this guy telling people how little he cares and thinks, don't strain yourself typing a sentence there tony twist man some might say i care to much about punchuation and stuff but those people are wack

I'm a bit surprised at the list of what they are excluding, or maybe I'm not understanding the context. Nutritional therapy? Good nutrition would seem to be just about as important as it gets for maintaining health. I'm also pretty sure vitamins and human movement have plenty of research to back them up as important for maintaining health.

I'm not sure I buy the whole idea that RPG's need to have choices when it comes to story. I can think of a number of traditional RPG's that give you little choice when it comes to fighting bosses and advancing the main quests. I guess maybe you can call it more of an action-RPG, but really RDR2 fills a bunch of different genre checkboxes and at the end of the day you are left with a fantastic game.

Luxor is a bit of an odd place. Carrot Top is there, and he puts on a great show. The rest is a bit depressing, to be honest, but Mandalay Bay is super close, so make sure you have a drink at the top in the Skyfall Lounge. Too bad they closed the steampunk themed RX Boiler room recently, you would have dug that.

I absolutely love Vegas. Where are you staying? I can give you a pretty decent list of stuff based of than, but the big draw for us is: 1. Restaurants - Tons of amazing ones 2. Spa Day 3. Drinking spots I'd recommend at least a day around Fremont Street. Go to the Container Park and eat lunch at Carson's Kitchen.

ive noticed that star wars is popular. and ive noticed anyone who posts on an obscure video game developers forum is probably a nerd. and ive noticed it takes way too much thought to keep typing like this

Both rightists and leftists would work there, I suppose. Of course, labels are dumb.

You are a wet blanket, Gromnir.

Wow. Sad thing is my Fallout 3 lunchbox I got with the CE (which was only an extra $10 or so) was extremely well built and my daughter still uses it today.

Sell those cards now! They will probably drop in value over time.

I'm kind of confused what qualifies as general fiction but doesn't fit into any of those categories.

Love the spot, but those pyramid buildings are a bit weird.

Hmm, I wonder if I can still get a refund on Fallout 76. I've got a couple hours in, but I don't know if I'll play it again.

The best horses fire rockets out of their rear end. A horse is a horse, of course, of course.

I love the idea of long travel times, weirdly enough. But yeah, it has to be stable.

Shane Black was definitely the best part of the film. I thought it was alright. I liked the concept.

I'm only 49% into the RDR2 story with a ton of hours, but sometimes I turn it on and just end up wandering across new areas checking out buildings I see on the map, or clouds of smoke, or just following animal tracks. Heck, just studying all the different animals with my binoculars takes a good amount of my time. I'm pretty sure I can play this game forever.

That's how you get crabs, man.

I loved the original King's Quest, but it was high maintenance as all heck. It would be a better comparison to say new games are vapid and easy, whereas old ones are interesting but complicated.

I agree with you on the risk free stuff (although thankfully we've had a real renaissance of indie developers.) But I think you're minimizing the importance of the visual element, given that gaming is by and large a visual medium. I also think you are dismissing the quality of modern game engines, sound, and general stability. There is a lot more going on with the jump from this: To this:

User reviews are pretty hard to judge though. Fallout 4 has 80k mostly positive reviews on Steam, while NV has 40k overwhelmingly positive reviews. Metacritic has a bigger gap, but with a lot less reviews. What does all that mean? Now Fallout 76 is a much clearer example of a terrible turn. Holy moly, that thing is getting killed. ME:A also had a very sharp drop compared to the previous games, so I agree that it also fits the definition of a cautionary tale.