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Why difficulty scaling rarely works

As gaming has evolved over the years, games have seemingly gotten easier. A lot of players complained about how the difficulty of the NES days were gone for good. Some developers decided to keep the spirit of difficulty alive, but most inve...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Remember The Heroes

This Memorial Day, I'd like to take a moment from your busy schedules of drinking, barbecuing, and catching up on game backlogs on your day off to acknowledge the real meaning of this holiday. Let us honor the sacrifice of those who have go...

 
 
 
 

Mafia II...Unfairness

The Mafia is cool. From "Omerta" in the Old Country to the Street Wars in America, The Underground Legacy of the Mafia is one that inhabits the corners of the mind. A society based on loyalty, honour and family, yet also on violence, lies, ...

 
 
 
 

Rant: CheapAssGamer.com

I am sorry for posting twice in one day. I won't post again today or tomorrow, I swear. But I had to get this off my chest while it was still fresh. That's what she said. I first got on to CheapAssGamer.com back in April of 2009. I thought...

 
 
 
 

When did I become my dad?

That I am writing this is an indicator that I have nothing better to do. The objective worth of that statement has no bearing on how wildly its connotation can vary, which is to say that it is both meaningless and polarizing. Neither of t...

 
 
 
 

Bad Things On The Horizon - The New Ace Combat

The new Ace Combat: Assault Horizon game has been bumming me out. Ever since the very first peeks we've had of the game its been clear that they are taking this new instalment in a very different direction from the rest of the series. OK...

 
 
 
 

How to save Zelda from itself.

I thought I'd write this opinion piece as a reply to Jim Sterling's article "The Question: Does The Legend of Zelda need an overhaul?" There are a lot of things I personally want from a Zelda game: fully orchestrated music and full voice...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Great Videogame Music - Heavenly Sword

Originally this was meant to be a list of great videogame scores, but when I realized I had gone well over two thousand words with it, I decided to do this in shorter segments. HEAVENLY SWORD was criticized for its short length and the com...

 
 
 
 

I Don't Want to be a Games Journalist

I'm happy just being a gamer. Let me start by saying that I'm not going to get into a debate about the term "Games Journalist", because that isn't relevant here; you know what I'm talking about. What I seek to do is to describe why being a ...

 
 
 
 

REmake: A love story

The Resident Evil series and I have had an interesting relationship through the years. It's been a long love affair, nine years in fact.The year was 2002; On a whim I had decided to pick up a copy of the Gamecube remake of Resident Evil 1, ...

 
 
 
 

Ode to The Claw

My first successful quest in Monster Hunter was with "The Claw." But let's go back a bit further. My friend had told me about this cool game on the PSP that contained swords and monsters and quests, with amazing graphics to boot. And I ...

 
 
 
 

Fistfights in the Conservatory

I�m just going to keep punching you in the face until I win. Failing that, you�re going to get shot in the stomach. It�s nothing personal, that�s just how we do things around here. Okay, we can talk a little first, maybe even negotiate a pe...

 
 
 
 

CONSCIOUSTOID #1: Orbb, Mynx, and Angel

Greetings fellow Dtoiders! I come bearing Conscioustoid, a series I�ll be trying to keep up with about a lesser known use for video games; academic research. As a graduate student in neuroscience, I have to read many, many journal articles...

 
 
 
 

Final Fatigation: Conceding Franchise Burnout

According to my Gamefly queue, I was shipped Dissidia: Final Fantasy nearly a month ago. I only got around to popping it into my PSP last night, so clearly, I was just dying to play it. I was even more excited when I got through the tutoria...

 
 
 
 
 
 

My Unexpectedly Negative Opinion of L.A. NOIRE

L.A. NOIRE has done something I thought impossible: it has made me look back at the time I've spent with HEAVY RAIN and miss it. Because regardless of David Cage's pretensions of being a filmmaker and his hard-on for himself, HEAVY RAIN wa...

 
 
 
 

Streamtoid - Getting Started

I want to apologize for getting this blog up a few days later than I original said. I have been trying to balance work, socializing, and organizing my ideas to present to all of you. Anyway, let's begin brainstorming over ideas for Stream...

 
 
 
 

It all started with a Break and Enter...

There was no such thing as "pc graphics". The computer was a black screen and you could input text. It was a wonderful invention that made my work day so much easier. No longer did I have to use carbon paper to make a copy of a document ...

 
 
 
 

Things I don't want to see @ E3

So, there a lot of things people want to see @ E3. Here's some worrying trends I would love to not see in the next fiscal year: Final Fantasy VII Remake Burn this idea with fire. Seeing the quality of Final Fantasy products Square has b...

 
 
 
 

Dear Nintendo, It's Not You. It's Me.

Nintendo, we�ve grown apart for quite a while. It�s time to move on now. There are a lot of people that really like you. You have a lot to offer. But let�s not fool ourselves any longer. We just aren�t for each other. You have given me gr...

 
 
 
 

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sportsbetkings

Sports Betting Kings Review Sport Bet Kings has many sports to choose from and also offers many options for This includes live in-game betting, sports cross parlays, money lines, round-robin bets, futures, spread bets, and prop This make

 
 
Flegma

The days arent that short yet, but in case someone might be interested, a Silent Hill music concert in Södertälje, Sweden, 12th of October

 
 
Vesalius

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Virtua Kazama

Back from vacation and Im ready to host another VF5US Were going live with the 115th Session of Virtua Fighter Takeover!

 
 
Exber

#27 Movie of 2023: Gotta admit I only watched this to see one actor in particular, and was surprised how over the top, weird, and refreshing this comedy turns out to A modern superbad? Maybe, either way the writing is clever &

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
Whispering Willow

When life gives you lemons

 
 
PhilKenSebben

#Striptoid

 
 
Flegma

Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All -- I can see why nobodys talking about Same Mr Nutz Studio here as with that New Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja, I remember not being that well received

 
 
bong264

Casual Sunday Evening Status:

 
 
Exber

#7 TV Show of 2023: This World Cant Tear Me Sequel to the unique Tear along the dotted line from This is one of those shows I need no trailer or anything else to watch as I know the quality is always top Need another sequel 4/5

 
 
Flegma

Ive been baking sourdough bread since I bought a book on baking bread in the And Im finally starting to accept the importance of choosing the right

 
 
Lord Spencer

Weekly Update, here are the games I am currently I am going to review those within brackets once completed: - -Daemon X Machina (Switch) -Indivisible (Switch) -DOOM Eternal (PS4/5)

 
 
Exber

#53 Game beaten in 2023 is: the Unfinished Splatoon made me realize painting your surroundings is actually quite Here you paint to make your way through various puzzles and discover a fable like Lovely voice Wish it were

 
 
Xeo

A lot of wild shit has gone on this year in my A lot of it But Im still Got a new job when I desperately needed it, so thats a Ill discuss a bit more below if anyone is But hi, Im

 
 
humantofu

Apparently theres FPGA-based clone consoles of the 3DS, Sega Saturn, and GBA shown off at Tokyo Game Show? Baffling but also very intriguing, GAME WATCH even brings up a possible Hyperkin connection?

 
 
Virtua Kazama

So I love playing F-ZERO I really And were going to play more of it tonight since were going live with the first FULL session of F-ZERO 99!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Im addicted to F-ZERO

 
 
bong264

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Flegma

The much-maligned Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch, spotted on store shelf for Im still happy to not play fighting Also on a happier note: Eurogamers review of the game (PS5) was by a certain Chris

 
 
Flegma

Its autumn again, so its time for me to replay Dear

 
 
Exber

#26 Movie of 2023: Talk to I can say this is more drama than horror or psychological horror, but whatever the case, it is done remarkably Social commentary since the beginning, and a good Created by Youtubers, less is more,

 
 
Anonymous 20

I think one of my favorite parts of MK1, legitimately, is watching Johnny Cage and Kenshi become best

 
 
humantofu

I never knew Megan Fox was in the new Mortal Kombat but man her acting is HORRID compared to the other AAA developers really need to ease up on hiring hollywood

 
 
PhilKenSebben

Typical Tuesday status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Tokyo Game Show is coming up this week! Lets talk about it on tonights session of Virtua Fighter Takeover (while I drink some Ranch Soda as

 
 
Flegma

Well, Bone Marrow on Genesis is the more in-depth version of 2048 that I hoped to see after one on Switch was a But it also feels rather boring after two

 
 
bong264

Average Tuesday Status:

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Its been years since Ive done a Crowd Control I know what were doing

 
 
Exber

Yesterday, I finally participated in a local Just Dance tournament after being a fan of the series for so long, and came in second Golden trophy for that, and Platinum for overcoming my social anxiety and dancing around

 
 
Vesalius

Late night pajama party status:

 
 
Flegma

I looked at the number of comments on FP I suppose I can now start looking into creating a site for my random blogs

 
 
bong264

Causal Sunday Evening Status:

 
 
Flegma

Hover cars in Horizon Chase 2 on Switch? Not liking the double nag screens about creating an Epic account every time I start up the game

 
 
Exber

#52 Game beaten in 2023 is: Oddworld Strangers Wrath Having played the first one in the series and not liking it much, this spin off was on my radar for quite some I loved how experimental and unique it 4/5 due to pacing &

 
 
Vesalius

Current status: I took an ibuprofen

 
 
Lord Spencer

Weekly Update, here are the games I am currently I am going to review those within brackets once completed: - -Daemon X Machina (Switch) -Panzer Dragoon (Switch) -DOOM Eternal (PS4/5)

 
 
ooktar

Howdy Been a long while since I posted Some gaming hot Starfield is fucking booooring, Karlach is new best girl, Unity can eat a bag of dicks and that Robocop game looks Ok now back to my

 
 
bong264

Hey! Did you know I paint minis! Yeah its been awhile but the weather is finally cooperating aka its not hot in my painting Up today is another carter era mini: 1979 Elf Hero from Tom Meier Need to come up with a weird 70s name for him �

 
 
Sleeeves

Ive been deep diving first person shooters where shooting is secondary to everything else (if that genre has a name) and I finally arrived at the father of them all, System Shock - god DAMN that hud

 
 
darrenhupke

19 hours to go! Get yourself a giant retro gaming coffee table book ASAP! These are only printed once in this size, so don’t miss it!

 
 
Virtua Kazama

Tonight on Fortune Roulette: F-ZERO 99 IS REAL, BABY! Were playing the recently-released F-ZERO 99! You dont know how happy I am to play this on stream!

 
 
Flegma

I also finished Dysmantle on Annoying sluggishness towards the end (the higher the ground the player is on, the worse the framerate The trailer isnt all truthful - the majority of the game for me was cutting and smashing trees, walls,

 
 
Flegma

Ive long ago deleted my reviewish blog on Another Code R, but in case someone cares, heres DR: 17h long, few puzzles, last (third) act felt like it was from another game, too many Wiimote gestures (not Zack&Wiki -level,

 
 
Exber

#51 Game beaten in 2023 is: Paper Mario Sticker While you can easily beat this game without having to fight many enemies except for bosses, the good ideas were there, just not well A simple (sadly), portable entry in the

 
 
Flegma

Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition looked

 
 
Sir Shenanigans

Its been September 14th for awhile now in Japan, where our baby has been celebrating their 17th birthday If youre reading this, I care, we care, and we can all care for GOD <3

 
 
PhilKenSebben

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