deanb

As faiblesse said, the sales figures pretty much back it up as been the majority, and therefore prime, example of a console gamer. They are a massive marketing force. And it's not just PC that they affect but console games too.The rise of FPS titles, games being "dumbed down", too much is DLC, etc.

Now now ladies.

So Abes Odyssey and Abes Exodus.

From the people who brought you Impulse, Objectdock and Sins of a Solar Empire: http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/ It gets the Dean seal of approval. Scrollable boxes, and a double click gets rid of it all.

A fair few of you will probably like this one.

Firstly I'd just like to say that selecting your OS is a step you've put in yourself . Also as long as you're not as "eww... icons!" as Faiblesse, then getting to your games isn't too bad (For all I like XMB the folder layout for games just isn't so great once you build up a bunch) Regarding the competition being free or cheap as free games this is seemingly the area where most, especially of late, seem to be excelling in combating. My wording may be iffy but I stand by my statement. In my experience you're much more likely to to find that consoles gamers are...less knowledgeable of PC gaming (and even console gaming) than PC gamers of console gaming. Multiplayer especially. Which came to a head with MW2 being severely stripped down to removing dedicated servers, ping etc. IW said something along the lines of people just don't understand that kind of stuff (oh then made a game that required port forwarding). Or comments like "Well I don't want to play games with my keyboard" oblivious to 360 having native support and even Wiimote, not just Dualshock, having community made drivers for them. And I reckon most wouldn't know PS3 supports kb/m.

Howdy Ho!

The wired 360 pad is okay. The wireless one though is horrible. It's heavy and it has, I think Yante names it best "the tumor" on the bottom that it calls a battery pack.I doubt I'd be wrong in my thinking that originally the 360 would have only wired controllers then late in development someone said about wireless controllers so they took the design they had and just bodged up some design with a battery pack underneath. It's fugly, it really pushes up the weight of it and it makes it uncomfortable to hold. The d-pad is horrible on both, and I find it retarded they kind of "fixed" it (not used the new pads yet) then charged extra for fixing it as if it's a feature not a fix. I can't say I see anything wrong with the dualshock design. The buttons are kinda hard to not hit the wrong ones. I'd like to have dents on the thumbsticks like the 360 but that's about it. I don't get peoples dislike of the layout. My hands are symmetrical. Am I the only one with my thumbs in the same place on both hands? My experience with other pads are the Move, which is a really nice weight. I was actually pretty amazed of the build quality and feel. The Wiimote, which is horrible for using "normally", but okay enough for motion games. Nice having the nunchuck in another hand. The Classic has a bit too much give on the bumpers, but other than that it's fine for which little play I've used it for (mainly Mario Kart n Smash Bros). Then a NES. Which is hand torture but I guess when it was out there wasn't much alternatives to compare and the word "ergonomic" wasn't in as much use. It does have indented A n B which is nice. Actually thinking of the NES and Dualshock, which is everything hard plastic, except the Star n Select buttons, which is rubber on both. It's hard plastic on the 360 pad. Is it a cost thing, a "it's how we've always done it" or what?

To be fair I know that SLI and Crossfire has his fair share of issues. It is up to Alienware, for having their weird set up in the first place (I believe it swaps between cards depending on what you're doing in order to conserve battery) to make sure that this works seamlessly. Anywho I shall catch up on things I've missed. In regards to PC standards = Elitism. It's already been covered, but to reinforce PC standards are same as console gamers having standards too. The thing is as I pointed out a while ago, console games have to be checked and signed off on by MS, Sony etc. This means that if those standards don't get hit the game gets sent back and the dev has to work on it till it's done. Therefore there's very few reasons for a console gamer to have issue with the lack of HD resolution, badly mapped controls, "press Enter to begin" etc etc. On the PC gamer side we have no one like that, so Devs can do whatever. I'd wager that the PC gamers of this forum could come up with fairly similar lists of "PC game standards" and I'd wager they wouldn't be asking for too much. I don't know if it's at all possible, but I think Thursday might be able to fill us in on what Standards console games have. On ragging on console gamers. I'm maybe going to be wrong in saying this but I'd say most complaints in regards to "consolization" are aimed at the developers themselves. Just cos it's about what consoles can or cannot do doesn't mean we're playing xXxSniperkillah95xXx for Game X not having certain PC features in place. If you're feeling that the hate towards consolization is directed at yourself as a console gamer I'd maybe have a rethink on that. I'd say you shouldn't be looking into any perceived elitism of PC gamers, but instead the fact most PC gamers tend to regard console gamers as ignorant and stoopid. It would be my experience that PC gamers tend to be quite knowledgeable on various technical, historical, and such matters in regards to both PC and console gaming. Whereas console gamers, not necessarily of this board, but definitely of the web at large, tend to be in a bubble that just has consoles. Which tends to be what draws the rage. Not the elitism but that many console gamers tend to be quite ignorant of even the simplest of elements in regards to PC gaming. I know most of the folks of this forum are fairly learned of all camps in gaming, even if it has been forced upon them Anyway you guys wrote quite a bit for me to take in everything so I'll leave it at that.

In my time of no net I watched Mr Bean..err something.. the one in France. It was okay, but I still feel that even with larger budgets n such that the movies don't hit the same highs as the TV show. There wasn't much in the way of him making simple tasks overly complicated. (I'm not an alien and even I'd have trouble getting to Cannes from UK. It's not a "simple" task like getting to the dentists or getting an Xmas tree.)

So I'm thinking that running this alongside the Steam Summer sale was really really bad timing Though both do rely on the fact that there's very few new titles coming out at this time.

Wooh. FF9 FTW. Damn right it's your favourite. You could hit up the FF thread and I'd be sure to see about filling in details on head scratchers.

Recettear and all the Defence Grid DLC. Love that game. Can't say no to 40p DLC.

Welcome back!

Sorry, I planned to be on the other night. Fucking ISP decided that I wasn't going to have a choice in the matter. I will definitely be all up for it tonight.

There's been word they'd be putting out an iOS/Android app. I'd kinda assumed if it was coming it'd be in time for the sales. @Hot_heart: I have Borderlands and would be up for a run through. Not so sure how available I'd be though. We could always get something going as a group. @Rocky: Given that Witcher 2 on Steam is only £1 less than what I bought it brand new at retail, yeah I'd skip on that (unsure the US prices though). Unless you absolutely must have it on Steam. Recettear I'm debating. Only have like a few minutes to do so. Damn missing internet Eh fuck it. It's going in my CArt. I'll get the Defense Grid DLC too.

I love Walter. He's awesome. I want to hug the person (it's american, so people) who wrote his dialogue. At the moment I'm on Season 2, just had the mind control kidnapping. It was a bit obvious from the get go. Charlie is dead though. I liked his voice. I'm definitely liking Fringe. It has a very concentrated cast compared to most american shows which I think is helping.

How many people is Co-op and what time? I'm up for some Post-move action. Maybe in an hour onwards?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/29/look-a-splendid-katamari-minecraft-mod/

Too bad it didn't come with the previous occupant. And battra just destroys that warm fuzzy feeling of a new home I had going.

Not a purchase. Just rent.

A flat above a builders merchants office. Previous occupant was a girl so it's in pretty tip top condition.

It'll drop eventually. It's just a question of how long is eventually.