What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 9/9/2015 at 10:52 PM, doublename said:

I'm afraid to read much of this thread bc of spoilers but I just wanted to add to the MGSV love. Fucking brilliant game .

no spoilers really. everyone's playing nice. i still haven't gotten much to happen in the way of the story tho

 

but yeah, this game does it for me.

  On 9/9/2015 at 4:05 PM, QQQ said:

How have you played 75 hours on a game that was released 8/9 days ago? Thats over 8 hours of solid gaming every day. O_o

 

I'm not sure if I'm impressed or shocked.

I know right, It consumed my life for a week basically. I honestly uninstalled it an hour after finishing it. Too dangerous for me.

Apple TV apps limited to 200mb, so much for porting those big iPad games, but I guess you can AirPlay em right?

[edit] nm misread

Edited September 10, 2015 by autopilot

Horrific read on how Bungie turned their backs, collectively and personally, on Marty O'Donnell, one of their oldest employees, and composer of Destiny, when legal snafus surfaced. I say fuck that game now, like I was gonna buy it before...

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/bungie-betrayed-destiny-halo-composer-172647514.html

then there's his attorney's blog

http://gameattorney.com/blog/?p=100

  On 9/10/2015 at 3:21 AM, Rubin Farr said:

Horrific read on how Bungie turned their backs, collectively and personally, on Marty O'Donnell, one of their oldest employees, and composer of Destiny, when legal snafus surfaced. I say fuck that game now, like I was gonna buy it before...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/bungie-betrayed-destiny-halo-composer-172647514.html

 

then there's his attorney's blog

 

http://gameattorney.com/blog/?p=100

 

Who is bungie again? Who is this bungie man/woman you're speaking of?

 

Clearly some PERSON (or a few people, probably upper upper management) at the company is fucking him over, not "Bungie" the corporation.

 

Bungie has approximately 500 employees. Boycotting their games because one or a few people at the company are being shitheads doesn't make sense. I can't imagine all 500 of these people turned their back on him lol.

 

 

Edit: lol did you read the whole article? Looks like some of Bungie had his back for sure.

 

"Earlier this summer, O'Donnell founded a new video game studio, Highwire Games, with a team of former Bungie developers."

Edited September 10, 2015 by StephenG

I went ahead and bought GTA V a few days ago, but only halfway thru the Steam download because my internet is slow as balls.

As excited as I am for some of the games showcased @ this year's E3, I wonder if I will finally outgrow games altogether in the next few years. Sometimes I wonder if they've fucked up my brain long-term, because the goal for most of them is to basically run around and kill shit. But at least I'm not alone.

The thought of my having been on a major slouch in music production the last two years is somewhat disheartening. But I haven't given up all hope either.

free shovel knight expansion plague of shadows release date announced (9/17): http://yachtclubgames.com/2015/09/plague-of-shadows-release-date/

  On 9/9/2015 at 10:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Seems unimpressive at first. They also did a stylus, didn't Steve say he'd never do one?

Hint: Steve is dead.

  On 9/9/2015 at 1:59 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 9/8/2015 at 8:14 PM, Enter a new display name said:

I can't even play with Quiet yet.

 

Quiet is a great buddy, almost a little too great. My only complaint is her constant humming when she has a target. Wish I could switch it off.

 

 

I just unlocked her. So she can basically scout outposts and spot all the enemies before you get there and shoot enemies when you order her to?

 

I also noticed an unlockable silver/gold costume that can get the enemies' attention. I bet her body shines or something and leaves the soldiers in awe.

Never played an MGS game before but hearing so much about it and seeing a couple of minutes of it at a friend's place makes me want to buy it

  On 9/10/2015 at 3:18 PM, juiceciuj said:

free shovel knight expansion plague of shadows release date announced (9/17): http://yachtclubgames.com/2015/09/plague-of-shadows-release-date/

Oh yes!

  On 9/10/2015 at 4:55 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 9/9/2015 at 10:41 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Seems unimpressive at first. They also did a stylus, didn't Steve say he'd never do one?

Hint: Steve is dead.

The funniest write up I've read so far was like "it looks like for around $1,300 they've successfully recreated a pencil and a piece of paper"

[youtubehd]2sj2iQyBTQs[/youtubehd]

 

http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/10/9300101/pokemon-go-nintendo-mobile-games

I'm gonna comment on this game, bc well I play a lot of Nintendo, but it seems to be using bluetooth, NFC, and geotagging in a novel way, at least for mobile games. So it's an app that runs on your smartphone, but also includes a new bluetooth receiver/transmitter of some kind. now, the trailer of course is a fantasy world where none of this will really happen as it shows, you'd have the Lazer Tag nightmare of the 80s combined with 24 hr/day internet activity and social media fueling the game, so imagine the tresspassing/breaking and entering, police calls could be a nightmare, especially in countries where travel is restricted, this is aimed at children who do not always understand that.
blah blah, the reason I care is bc Miyamoto was trotted out on stage, and they brilliantly are using the bluetooth thing as a badge of pride, everyone who wears one can identify others players who are in the game. genius. In other regions, especially Asia, adults have no problem whipping out a Pokemon game in public, but in the West it's different and the player base is much more spread out. It seems Nintendo and Google are taking smartphone titles seriously, although this doesn't involve the DENA partnership for mobile. If you've ever streetpassed someone, especailly while travelling, you know how cool it is to see them show up later in your plaza, and get that global sense of community. I already trade with people in other regions who have exclusive mons I don't have access to, and vice versa, so this could take off on smartphones.
Opinions? (besides pokermon is ghey) I can see integrating other wireless protocols into mobile games in the future, it's really gonna be up to anyone's guess what takes off and what doesn't a decade from now.

If you've ever played Ingress, Pokemon GO is done with development from Niantic Labs who were behind that, so similar GPS / augmented reality idea. I was an early beta player of Ingress and as you mentioned, trespassing and being in places you shouldn't *has* been a problem. We were asked, for example, to stop playing in the local Cathedral since some people were spotted in out of bounds areas. I also had one friend who got locked in museum grounds because he was staying late capturing some points! Generally though, players were respectful and often asked if it was alright to enter private land.

 

As for people playing out in public, Ingress was mostly played by nerdy middle aged white dudes, which may account for at least some order in how it was played in private or public property, and lack of embarassment whipping out your smartphone to nuke a city block's worth of capture points... Pokemon's wide appeal will definitely change that.

 

Also pokermon is ghey.

 

  On 9/10/2015 at 7:45 PM, Squee said:

Never played an MGS game before but hearing so much about it and seeing a couple of minutes of it at a friend's place makes me want to buy it

 

Definitely worth a pop. The further I get, the more I feel it's the weakest in the series, but by no means bad. All the MGS games are solid (haha), really. If you have a PS3 lying around, do look into picking up the Legacy Collection.

exactly what i was worried about, some people will wander out intro traffic to play, and get killed. it's a disaster waiting to happen. cool idea in hypothetical, nightmare in reality. the first little kid to get killed will waste this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyOaRbfogXo

I'm playing Silent Hill, because Silent Hill

  On 9/11/2015 at 2:44 PM, Rubin Farr said:

exactly what i was worried about, some people will wander out intro traffic to play, and get killed. it's a disaster waiting to happen. cool idea in hypothetical, nightmare in reality. the first little kid to get killed will waste this game.

 

Great! Use technology to start culling the herd before we have another generation of Pokemanchildren.

  On 9/11/2015 at 5:23 PM, autopilot said:

 

  On 9/11/2015 at 2:44 PM, Rubin Farr said:

exactly what i was worried about, some people will wander out intro traffic to play, and get killed. it's a disaster waiting to happen. cool idea in hypothetical, nightmare in reality. the first little kid to get killed will waste this game.

 

Great! Use technology to start culling the herd before we have another generation of Pokemanchildren.

 

the first quote i read on gameexplain was "kids will wander out into traffic" so true

yeah so i guess i'm not looking at any videogaming sites anymore since they're all intent on spoiling mgsv in gifs/images/headlines

 

sorry i don't have time to grind a 100hr game in a week

Playing this today

I was playing Rayman Legends, but I'm probably going to give it a rest now

Edited September 11, 2015 by flim

  On 9/11/2015 at 6:24 PM, flim said:

Playing this today

I was playing Rayman Legends, but I'm probably going to give it a rest now

 

 

i'm jealous!

ha, nice. was there some crazy collectors edition that came with the hat and stuff?

  On 9/11/2015 at 2:44 PM, Rubin Farr said:

exactly what i was worried about, some people will wander out intro traffic to play, and get killed. it's a disaster waiting to happen. cool idea in hypothetical, nightmare in reality. the first little kid to get killed will waste this game.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/2-men-arrested-for-assaulting-12-year-old-girl-they-met-by-using-nintendo-3ds/