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Resident Evil's 25th Anniversary! Today is 25 years of the best horror franchise ever! resetera.com news Dvader
[eurogamer.net] Buy Resident Evil Village on Stadia and get a free Stadia "Please allow several weeks for shipping." Streaming tech at its best eurogamer.net SupremeAC
[eurogamer.net] EA's "you can get all items without spending money" in FUT tested - spoiler: you can't eurogamer.net news SupremeAC
[bloomberg.com] Microsoft Wants To Buy Discord For ‘Over $13 Billion’ Discord reached out to Microsoft to gauge interest, and Xbox chief Phil Spencer has been talking to the company. bloomberg.com aspro
[eurogamer.net] PS3, PSP, and Vita digital stores closing for good this summer Games no longer purchasable from a device. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Xbox Live officially rebranded to Xbox network So confused. eurogamer.net aspro
[gamesradar.com] Making of RE from the man himself. Mikami interview gamesradar.com editorial Dvader
[vg247.com] New Switch DLSS, could be a game changer Amazing 4k output, at little computational cost vg247.com gamingeek
[nintendoeverything.com] Rumor: New Switch model to feature upgraded Nvidia chip with improved CPU and memory, DLSS support nintendoeverything.com gamingeek
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:54:00
gamingeek said:
Finished Grim Fandango. Probably one of my least favourite graphic adventures. The game is too big, yet mostly empty. You spend most of the time sprinting over large areas. And because you are sprinting, Manny doesn't then turn his head to points of interest. The story has a good premise yet descends into bland mobster fare. But the worst thing is that there are lots of puzzles that make no sense. There is no logic behind them. It asks you (or should I say it remains silent and expects you to work out) the most improbable of connections. Why would I ever want to stuff an oily rag into a toaster? How would I know that the only way to disarm a bomb is to fill a bottle with dirty sink water then randomly give it to Glotis who then throws up vomit which can then be frozen? It goes completely over my head. It's also ugly, I know this may have looked good at the time but I'm a 2D man and that would have aged so much better.

Wow disappointing. I used to hear it was one of the best adventure games but recently I hear a lot more about the negatives.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:54:32
SupremeAC said:

So is Discord a big-big thing, or just a big thing?  I don't really use it myself and as with all social media it has totally passed me by.  Would it be worth it for MS to buy them?

I'm always on that which is why I'm not here as much.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:50:18
SupremeAC said:

There's been rumours flying about concerning the new Switch model's use of DLSS.  It seems like a no brainer really.  If they mean draw is outputting at 4K, count me out.  I don't even own a 4K capable screen.

4k screens are pretty standard now. Not even sure they are making new 1080p sets. And you can get them a lot cheaper than you think. Personally I whack up the sharpness to max when playing switch or wii u and it looks nice.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:08:29
Dvader said:

Wow disappointing. I used to hear it was one of the best adventure games but recently I hear a lot more about the negatives.

There are some graphic adventures of its golden era that just came out too late as I ditched PC gaming. This one I always assumed it was some Legendary game. When it was like £3 in the sale I jumped on it. Very disappointed overall. I should pimp out Broken Sword 5 more. If I hadn't of watched the making of videos I never would have known it was a kickstarter game. It's much better. I'm thinking of getting the Telltale Sam and max remastered but I didn't enjoy the OG Telltale one on wii a lot.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:11:05
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And you can get them a lot cheaper than you think.

As someone with kids and other similar expenses, I'm of a 'if it ain't broke, don't replace it' mentality.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:12:33

Never was interested in playing Grim Fandango. The whole look of the game just didn’t appeal to me.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:55:40
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Well aren't you the hipster  Nyaa

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:56:31
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Well aren't you the hipster  Nyaa

You better believe it. LOL

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:57:29

It’s sounding like the Switch “Pro” if it ever comes to fruition may retail at $399 USD.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:59:49

New Joycon patent approved. Has a traditional d-pad. Analog stick looks to have a lower profile. Patent is from 2018.

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:06:08
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Awesome!  First one or second one?

First. Second is April 13th!

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:22:13
Bought Syberia. When I first saw the trailer I thought it was some low budget piece of....
Then upon doing a little reading it appears to be well regarded as a point and click classic. It's fugly as hell but so cheap I thought I'd give it a try. Hope it pays off. BTW I found this YouTube channel that does video reviews of, even obscure and indie games for Switch. The channel is called Switch Up.
BTW what's everyone's opinion on Ethan Carter and/or Edith Finch?

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:17:08
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Wow disappointing. I used to hear it was one of the best adventure games but recently I hear a lot more about the negatives.

It is. GG is tripping.

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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 02:04:36

Never played Ethan Carter or Edith Finch and honestly have no interest in them either.

I’m on a hipster roll baby. LOL

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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:05:23

Also,

Ethan Carter: Very pretty, kinda boring puzzles, and ultimately not a very interesting story. Worth it if you love how it looks.

Edith Finch: Has some pretty cool moments in it, and a lot of forgettable ones. Definitely worth it for the cool parts, though.

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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:30:14
Thanks. I heard Ethan Carter used some special graphics technique. I'd like to hear more about it. I played the demo of Darkestville Castle on Switch last night. It's a graphic adventure where you play as a Jack Skellington type character. Pretty fun, funny, nice looking and user friendly. Will buy on sale. Started Little Acres, only £0.99. Really love the animation, very pre-90s Disney like. Doesn't seem to have a cursor speed option so its a little slow to play on the big screen but it has touch controls. There's also a demo for Agent A. Retry brief but fun first person perspective graphic adventure like where you skull about a secret agents house for clues. Easy, fun, throwaway but will buy when cheap.

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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:33:01
Foolz said:

It is. GG is tripping.

it was disappointing. I want to play the Gabriel Knight remake.

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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:48:25

Spent half a day fixing my website.  Apparently for some reason not all forms filled in by potential clients were getting forwarded to my mailbox.  Had to look up passwords, dive into the backend of my website, scouring settings for what could be wrong.  Turned out my webmail mailbox was sorting some forms as spam mail, thus not forwarding them to my Outlook.  no

That's 2 hours wasted solving the problem and another 2 hours moaning about it to everyone who'll listen.  Bah.  angry

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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:10:11
But you learnt something. So that's good.

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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:40:54
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But you learnt something. So that's good.

That's what you'd think, but previous similar encounters have proven that by the time I need to tackle the same issue, I've long forgotten how I solved it the last time.  yes

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