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It has long been by opinion that the key to the griefer/griefed mechanic is risk. Law systems have tried and failed. "Handshake" systems have tried and failed. Even games designed to completely avoid griefing or making griefing bannable have tried and failed to eliminate the issue. The...

Lol, maaaybe... The other day, I had a coworker complain that their office was cold and had been for several days. They couldn't believe the company was so cheap that they were cutting costs by not heating the place all the way. So I walked over to the wall in their office, two feet from...

I agree with the concerns in the video. The culture we have developed here in the states is nothing short of frightening. It is so incredibly ignorant and just keeps getting worse. You can't really single out any specific cause either. There are so many bad decisions and social fallacies...

Normally, I am careful not to judge based on beta testing. Too many things can happen before release. In this case though the release is 2 weeks away. That means the beta isn't about looking for problems. It's about identifying how bad things get when more than 2 people play simultaneously...

I think this is key right here. I completely agree that there is no right or wrong answer to the P2W argument. I think that it is very much game specific. You hit on a very good point. Generally speaking there is far less salt in PVE games than PVP when it comes to buying advantage. That...

I can't even be mad. We (read: gamers as a whole) brought ourselves here. There's no changing it. There's no going back. Caution: rant following... I hear and read a truckload of "feedback" regarding the state of the gaming industry and it's monetization schemes. From lootboxes, to DLC...

When I was a kid, PC games hadn't quite figured out the control schemes for their games. While console players had a D-Pad and a couple buttons (u, u, d, d, l, r, l, r, b, a, start), PC programmers back then tended to get lost in the comparatively endless ocean of key options. So in an attempt...

Don't worry buddy, I got ya... I vote for number one!

Keep in mind, the new Coffee Lake CPU is coming out soon and the new i9 is supposed to be a pretty good improvement. It sits in a LGA 1151 socket, but it's a new version of it. It isn't compatible with our current 1151 cpus and vice versa. So if the i9 turns out to be as much of a game...

I agree. That is the only form of power the public has, voting. The problem is that the FCC chair and the four commisioners aren't voted in. They are appointed positions. So they really don't have to answer to anyone. The president selects them and they are confirmed by the senate. ... and...

This whole thing is unbelievable. I just can't wrap my head around how why the FCC has all the power over the internet. Sure, this made sense in the 90's, but the internet has grown to be a huge thing. The internet influenced $2.3 trillion dollars worth of retail sales in the US in 2017...

Oh yea. I keep forgetting about that. Don't judge me. I've been coming to these forums for over two years now. Old habits and all that...

Exactly this. 1984 has been the reality for quite a while. The funniest part is that the population is actually to blame, not "big brother" like everyone thinks. People willingly and intentionally gave up their privacy. Now, just about everything is either public record or voluntarily given...

So I was wondering, are there plans for a Fallout 76 Test Server? We're sitting inside the 2 month mark, so it might be time to start that discussion if it isn't rolling already. Might as well take this opportunity to see how much interest there is in it.

I guess it could be considered a teacher by that definition? However, I would postulate that while all teaching is data transfer, not all data transfer is teaching... because logic...

The first time I hooked up the Rift and played around on it, I fully understood that this is where things are going to end up. I see the tech branching off in two directions, but I think Augmented Reality is going to be the first one to successfully hit mass marketing. In the long run, it's...

I'm in the mood for an anti-hero story. I nominate: Heroes die by Matthew Woodring Stover

Same here. But honestly, I'm usually either at work, home, or have a specific destination/goal. So I don't really have much down time outside of my house. As a result, my phone doesn't need to entertain me and I don't need much for apps. I use the hell out of google and youtube for...

They're in the thick of it now. Good luck! It's one of the reasons I live in AK. No hurricanes, tornadoes, snakes, deadly spiders, etc. Sure, we have bears the size of a SUV, moose that want to kick your face off your head, and winters that look like a bad disney movie, but I'd rather that...

A teacher at it's core isn't a bad thing. In one way or another everyone is a teacher. A teacher merely transfers information and ideas that they possess to another person. It's a data transfer. Just make sure the data doesn't have viruses.... like flat earth... and nibiru...