Shagger

I don't get these games. After at hard day at my ACTUAL job, I totally would willingly sit down and pretend to be doing another more tedious profession that has a famously high suicide rate, you know, for fun. So even at 24p, I wouldn't. It's like offering your own firing squad a tip.

I think it's not that they're "doing away with them" and more they simply won't have any at launch.

This is odd. I was already following VGR on twitter (scrolled down a retweeted the most recent articles, btw) but I never see them in my feed. Why is that?

I actually could see this happening in the run to the release of Half Life: Alyx as a promotion, like a pre order incentive or something.

Well thank you Crazy STD! Anyway, I nominate @StaceyPowers, @The Blackangel and @Executor Akamia

Well, I work as a tradesman/engineer at dockyard run buy a multinational engineering firm and military contractor in Rosyth, Scotland. I mostly build, decommission, dismantle, repair, maintain and re-fit Royal Navy ships and until recently was involved with the build of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carries. I do enjoy my job, but now that the carrier project is over and it'll be a couple of years until the next major ship construction project starts, I'm kind of in limbo. It's likely I'll end up working off-site at some point as the company can't keep us employed to do nothing, but can pay the workforce off either as they need us. There are opportunities to advance in this company and travel, so I'll just have to try to take my opportunities as they come.

Long story short, I've been busy. Between being back at work, the evening time responsibilities and how exhausted I've been as a result I just haven't had much time. I appreciate the concern but there's nothing to worry about. Hopefully things will get a little easier over the next few of days.

I was once taken up a hill called Golgotha. Yes, I had a lot to carry and didn't wake up for three days afterwards, but there was a lot of people there to see me and it was nice to be the centre of attention.

Honestly, you're borderline spamming here @StaceyPowers. Not every new slight deviation of a tangent necessitates a new topic. Nor do you have to tag every user each time you do so.

Any game worthwhile has something in it that demands your input to get from one place to the next, to progress. If one is not in a place where such demands are welcome, then that's the place where one may not be in the mood to play video games. I get that you find games so comforting because video games are the not only ultimate distraction, but achieve that through empowerment making video games potentially a very easy way to subdue depression. I love games for the same reason, but that's not always the best solution for me.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, mostly because I genuinely did have an annoying owl to explain my life goals and a fairy to drive them into my scull no matter how many times I'd heard it before.

Well said. The PC "master-of-puppets-is-the-only-master-I-would-ever-listen-to" race are deluded. Seriously @skyfire, I'm on the verge of questioning whether you have even the first clue about what you're talking about.

Gaming isn't something I tend to do when I get like that, or at least I don't deliberately choose to game because I get like that. I'm more likely to don my headphones and listen to some music, maybe even go for a walk as I do. If I want to game, but feel like I can't be dealing with any more stress, I'll replay a game as I find that familiarity more soothing and comforting that playing a game I don't know as well.

A smart toilet, thus eliminating the risk of dropping your phone in the bowl.

Why don't dolls/action figures have nipples?

It appears Alienware are keeping the specs' close to their chest, but a 1200p screen that size should pretty sharp provided the machine has the guts. However, I don't see this doing well. There's been gaming tablets like the Razer Edge Pro and the failed Steam Machine concept and these PCs imitating consoles never catch on because they're too expensive. And this is Alienware, they make Razer as a brand look humble.

Well written, relatable characters and an interesting world and setting are more important that a complex, unique plot in a video game, more so than a movie or TV show. I'm not saying complex plots are bad things, they really aren't and can enhance a gameplay experience greatly. I just feel that connecting with characters yourself control, rather than just observing them and exploring a world through your own eyes and actions rather just seeing it shifts the priorities that video games need to take as storytelling experiences.

A long living, spell casting, sword welding, monster killing badass with a seemingly endless trail of beautiful woman along his path. What do you think my answer is?

I like to plan backwards. Repeat in my head what has happened except I act with the benefit of hindsight in such a way that makes me come off as smarter, more heroic or sexier. It just makes me feel better.

Even with that, I would rather you didn't go for it. If you want a portable system for games with a good rage low demand indie titles, buy a Switch.

Honestly, you're being ambitious there. I know of no new Laptop with a dedicated GPU for less that $600 (I assume US dollars is the currency you mean). Trust me, I was shopping for a laptop not even three months ago, so I have a good idea what the market is like right now. You really have three options; 1) Find one with an APU that could handle some games, but expect to only run very low end stuff (your post implies you have a laptop already, and will probably have integrated graphics) 2) Working to increase your budget (Save, work extra hours, sell some internal organs ect) 3) Look at second hand models (A risky area, but you can get good deals there with a bit of luck). Even for lowest level gaming, in 2020 I would not wish to see anybody settle for less than a GTX 950 or equivalent at the very least.

Sorry, but that's not entirely accurate. Going back to the 80's, 90's and into the 2000's, PC 's (Personal Computers) were all designed as a utility for what you described as the "routine work" with some capacity for playing games on them. However, and very recently, PC's changed. And they changed because they had to. The utilities these large, impractical and expensive devices became more accessible on newer devices like cheap laptops, tablet computers and phones. Even offices began using more efficient servers with connected workstations rathen than individual computers. The Utility PC, us pretty much dead. Gaming PC'S, or at least as we know, are also comparatively new. Obviously, PC gaming itself is not new, but the technology that defines them today exsist because gaming is why and how PC's stayed relevant in this modern age. The utility capacity for PC's is not lost, so technically @skyfireisn't wrong, but it's not really an advantage anymore. The point is you don't need a gaming PC when a simple notebook or even tablet can do the utility work just as well, so that doesn't sell PC's anymore. The only thing traditional desktop computers still exist for in 2020 (and most of the previous decade) is gaming. The expensive, arbitrary luxury that is the Gaming PC. It's also perfectly possible to stream from a console as well, so I really don't know you said that. And combine a simple laptop with a game's console and you would have the bases covered and it still cost less than a gaming rig, making PC gaming still more expensive. @Crazycrabtouched on how PC game deals don't make the platform much more affordable these days either. It's just not as good as it used to be with digital console games having more competitive sales and the advantages of physical media, but there's another factor. People have lost the difference between cost and value. Value us defined buy the individual as to how much said product or service is worth to them, so each to their own to define it. Cost is simply what one parts with for that service, it's a simple fact that cannot be debated, and that's whare the PC has a problem. Yes, it's very possible to draw better value out if the fact PC's do still have better game deals and the fact you don't pay to play online. However, you only get that extra value back a little bit each time you buy a game, so to offset the significantly higher cost of the hardware, that means buying a lot of games. That COSTS more money, even it it may offer more VALUE, see the difference? For someone who would buy a few AAA titles and exclusives a year, that would just not be worth it. In conclusion, the PC is more expensive. By miles.

Neither. I'll bring whatever is easy to sneak in because cinema food prices are beyond bullshit.

I've been playing Magic Carpet 2 on PC for over 20 years, and it's still about as stable as skyscraper on loose marbles during an earthquake. Yes, it's an old game you have to emulate these days, but it's a great game and wish it just, well, worked. I would post about more recent games, but the "half backed bullshit" title has become such a common tale I don't really know where to begin. Ever since post launch patching became possible, this has become all to common. Don't get me wrong, post launch patching is a good thing, but it's opened some bad doors.

Well, on PC, better deals on games, better performance (if the hardware is suitable), no pay to play online, more control input options, customised hardware, and better mod support. On consoles, better exclusive games, easier to use, much lower initial hardware cost, more reliable, a more fair platform for competitive play and more buyer's rights through physical media.