The Gaming Thread

[hoosierdoc]

China. Always China.

Chinese gamer is paralysed from the waist down after binge | Daily Mail Online

 

[JettaKnight]

China. Always China.

Chinese gamer is paralysed from the waist down after binge | Daily Mail Online

Not always - few years ago the Korean gamers were dying.

 

[T.Lex]

Only 20 hours gaming? Must've been a rookie. You've got to work up to that, stretch out beforehand.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Only 20 hours gaming? Must've been a rookie. You've got to work up to that, stretch out beforehand.

20 hours in an Internet cafe though. Gross

 

[T.Lex]

20 hours in an Internet cafe though. Gross

I'm thinking back to some of the guys' dorm rooms in college.

I'm not sure how much worse an internet cafe would be. In fact, since it is public, there might be fewer of certain kinds if ick.

 

[JettaKnight]

What's a Chinese neck beard look like?

 

[T.Lex]

What's a Chinese neck beard look like?

That's a google search I refuse to run.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

20 hours is pretty tame.

Before broadband was mainstream, did plenty of LAN parties around Indy... Stompfest was 300+ people. IndyGamers and IndySmash were smaller... but they typically ran through an entire weekend. That's a lot of sitting.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I saw a guy who put himself in afib. His son’s friend would come over after school with his ps3 and they’d have 3 setup in the house and play COD from Friday afternoon until Sunday

he did vodka and red bull

 

[BugI02]

https://kotaku.com/counter-strike-co-creator-arrested-for-sexually-exploit-1822648715
Counter-Strike Co-Creator Arrested For Sexual Exploitation Of A Child [UPDATE: Valve Suspends]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Sony President and CEO Kaz Hirai Steps Down - Niche Gamer

 

[T.Lex]

We haven't gone back into Battlefront II in a few weeks, and it'll be interesting to see if my son notices any MTXs that are back.

Overwatch remains fun.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

New NoClip documentary vid today, now on the making of Horizon: Zero Dawn!

My wife's been playing this and loving it. I've gotten into it a bit, need to make more time to continue it

[video=youtube;51xnAYusKh0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51xnAYusKh0[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Also, here's how Australia got Fallout 3 censored worldwide. The depictions of real-life drugs in the game as "chems" caused them to be changed to generic terms like "Med-X", "Buffout", etc.

[video=youtube;7fWoRje8ZHI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fWoRje8ZHI[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Gameranx takes a look at the upcoming Shadow of the Colossus remake, how much love and detail went into it, and what you should expect.

Having not played it initially, this looks like a good opportunity to experience a critically acclaimed game.

[video=youtube;Lpu_bWYf-88]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpu_bWYf-88[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Bunch of good stuff out today... Gaming Historian is back with an hourlong look at the story of Tetris.

[video=youtube;_fQtxKmgJC8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Gameranx talks about why today's video games cost so much to make, and how the Indie game community grew from that

[video=youtube;JZeuUeGzGaw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZeuUeGzGaw[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Activision Blizzard reportedly made $4 billion on microtransactions last year

... That reminds me... I bought a few shares of stock in ATVI like 12 years ago... Maybe I should check on that.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Did you know Nintendo owns Mario-themed porno movies?

Mario Secrets & Censorship:

[video=youtube;fWyQKk7ptCQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWyQKk7ptCQ[/video]

 

[jamil]

Wait. There’s Mario-themed porno movies?