Democratic Underground - Gaming Discuss, review and critique games, mainly computer-based, but not exclusively. Set up matches between DUers, compare skill and strategy, and form DU "clans" for multiplayer online games. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 26 May 2013 05:02:10 Sun, 26 May 2013 05:02:10 Old Magic: The Gathering cards have greater return than a decent saving account I have a box of M:TG 3rd Edition (revised) that I bought for $125 in 1994 or 1995. Based on the average going price on eBay (~$1150.00 calculated from recent completed sales excluding "best offers"), that box has gained ~$62.00 in value each year.

You won't even get that with $20,000 in a savings... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112684 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:14:03 Advice for gaming device I may or may not be looking for a new laptop. Heavy emphasis on the may not. But should I find myself being convinced to do so (by myself), can anyone help me find an appropriate laptop for gaming?

Yeah, I know, but I'm hoping I'm not that hardcore to worry about the heating issue and the whatnot... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112681 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:53:10 No Xbox One for me So Microsoft has had their big announcement and I've looked over what they have to offer and decided... Fuck you Microsoft & Xbox.

Looks like the required internet connection is true. I often play without an internet connection and do not want to be limited by only being able to play when it's th... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112676 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:42:01 Reboots that need the boot, part 2—SimCity There is a small handful of game series that I've sunk thousands of hours of my life into. The most enduring of them all is SimCity, the city simulator. A considerable chunk of my gaming career has been spent building large, sprawling metropolises: zoning land, redesigning transport infrastructure, ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112673 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:29:41 Indie Games on Sale Site is offering cash off on some good indie games:

http://www.showmethegames.com/sales.php

I'm very impressed by the Mousechief products:

http://p10.hostingprod.com/@mousechief.com/mousechief/Games.html

Which are unique and elegant. And I made my first foray into a JRPG-ish effort ca... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112667 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:16:18 Amazon Having a Big Sale http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_376709962_2?ie=UTF8&docId=1000716161&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_r=17C6D0R35CTF2736RX5Y&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1557145342&pf_rd_i=B009KSPEZE

Pick up the Crusader Kings Pack. And yes, Walking Dead is ten bucks, too...... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112663 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:37:16 GodMode - PS3 - Demo - Review I grabbed this one when I got Krieg for BL2. Not a bad download (for playstation network), about 1gig and only two hours to fucking download and install it... Fuckin-A.

This is supposed to be some kind of 'old school' shoot em up. I fire the game up and get a few credits and only one option - Sta... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112662 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:18 Type "Atari Breakout" in google images for a pleasant surprise. http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee379/gizmobrown/pacalo_smilies/smiley_yes.gif... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112659 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:37:04 Wolfenstein: The New Order - Announcement Trailer http://youtu.be/E6opaIl8h8U... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112656 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:04:59 Question for Borderlands 2 players. Did I do something wrong? If not, WTH? OK, so I am playing this awesome game after reading a few of the gamers here raving about but I've just had an incident that makes me want to give up.

Don't get me wrong, I've had a lot of fun over several hours learning this and that and have become an excellent marksman with the uncommon snip... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112652 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:01:53 Diablo III gold duping scandal 10.Diablo III, Blizzard’s highly-awaited online-only Action RPG released almost a year ago to the day, has had its share of technical difficulties. From Error 37 to lag spikes that can cause hundreds of hours to go to waste, Blizzard has spent the past year improving the game backend to better accom... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112651 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:28:44 Heads up. Disney has signed on with EA for Star Wars games... www.ea.com

I have a bad feeling about this...

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112648 Tue, 07 May 2013 22:56:02 Whats your favorite flavor of meat popsicle? Mine is meat... Meat Krieg 5/14

https://twitter.com/ECHOcasts/status/331528893792141313/photo/1

Nice... And in another month the last DLC :D... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112644 Tue, 07 May 2013 18:08:50 EVE Online - 10th Anniversary Celebrations Live Stream celebration!

http://www.twitch.tv/ccp?utm_campaign=live_embed_click&utm_source=... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112636 Sun, 05 May 2013 17:34:56 Anyone still doing the WoW thing? Just resubbed and starting out again. ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112634 Fri, 03 May 2013 07:37:14 EVE Universe: Origins & Stellar Council Update http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZPCiqBLPM8

The CSM Vote 2013 (CSM 8)

CSM are Players slected by fellow players to represent our interests to CCP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w80Dg8FUM5w... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112633 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:58:16 Weird Original Pokemon Sprites <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/texi0YEJdcE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112630 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:59:11 Loaded up my old Unreal Tournament GOTY on my windows 7 laptop. plays like a dream. File planet still has the mods, maps and skins from yesteryear so I am in full on retro geek mode.
The gameplay still holds up IMHO. Its great when you just want a quick game of deathmatch.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112628 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:59:57 So, I just finished Bioshock Infinite. On Hard mode! Yay! Why can't more games be like this? Why can't more titles take themselves this seriously, and have this 'mature' a feel and presentation?

The story... my [i]god,[/i] the story! No other game has [i]ever[/i] held my attention to the plot and sucked me right into the world presented within as this o... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112627 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:39:07 Wall Street Journal Review:Dead Island Riptide: As Fun As a Real Zombie Apocalypse Dead Island Riptide is a first person hacking-and-slashing game about killing zombies. Like many video games that involve zombies, it uses well-worn tropes from the undead archive in its story. Every so often when I was exploring the vast, gorgeously rendered tropical archipelago that constitutes th... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112624 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:41:52 Jagged Alliance Flashback Kickstarter launched http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2079547763/jagged-alliance-flashback

The dev team says they want to make a turn-based-tactical game faithful to the principles of the original Jagged Alliance (unlike BiA). They've paid bitComposer for the license but are otherwise unaffiliated with them. If ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112623 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:43:28 Eldevin rpg browser game http://www.eldevin.com/

looks okay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZZ7u2BoNc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112622 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:54:15 Dead Island Sequel "Riptide" Released today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdzpN8MuPsQ

[b]The Orginal, fantastic Dead Island Trailer -As good as any Horror movie trailer, if not better[/b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfhtiG66SQc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112621 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:21:26 Jita Burn 2.0 Eve Online Live Stream THIS WEEKEND http://www.twitch.tv/daopa

http://www.livestream.com/live2030

For quite some time, the Jita solar system has been the most populated solar system in EVE Online on a sustained basis, having organically risen as the main player trade hub in game due to its location and the basic human need to ga... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112612 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:23:14 Getting a job in the industry? I thought I would post this here since maybe we have some people who work in the industry or at least could point in the direction of a place I could ask about this. I've planned on law, but the legal industry is terrible and I'm starting to think it isn't for me anyway. The only other thing I've ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112606 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:21:40 there was hope that the video game giant would get the message EA Named ‘Worst Company in America’ Again


EA has been named the “Worst Company in America” by Consumerist for the second year in a row. The publisher beat Bank of America with 78% of the vote to claim the title, which Consumerist refers to as the Golden Poo.

“Following last year’s surprise W... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112604 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:05:22 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 - PS3 - Review.. or better titled 'Fuck You EA' I'm angry about this game... I'm really angry about this game.

They seem to have decided they just don't give a shit about what they pump out even a little bit any more. This game has one purpose... To take your money... Pay to win is this motto here. Gone is the ability to buy courses with 'coin... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112597 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:25:31 Anybody having trouble getting the new DDO client? I wanted to play it, but it stalls out, so I had to pick up the ancient Stormreach one and go through the updates. I saw a DUer that plays, and wanted to play again since I have some characters.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112580 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:40:39 Fantasy versus modern day versus futuristic games. Fantasy = sword and sorcery type games, such as Diablo and Skyrim.

Modern day = present day scenarios, such as Battlefield and Dead Island.

Futuristic = sci-fi tech, such as Borderlands and Mass Effect.

Generally speaking, which do you like more? ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112578 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:37:19 Mobile gamers, got ten minutes to help me out? - Update! The cross-post:

Hello!

As my disability jars me occasionally with threats of getting worse, I've been working on knocking some items off my bucket list. One of them has been to win all of the recruitment prizes for a game I play on my iPad, called [b]Guardian Cross[/b] (gotta keep sane somehow... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112568 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:53:40 Tons of loot versus tons of upgrades! Which of these would you rather have in a game: a game with tons of loot, such as Borderlands, or a game with tons of character upgrades, such as Skyrim.

I love both, but I like upgrades more. ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112563 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:55:55 Disney closes LucasArts, Game cancelled Gamespot's reporting it.

Bastards...... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112562 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:16:02 Humble Weekly Sale: Red Orchestra 1 + 2, Killing Floor For those who haven't seen it yet, this weeks Humble Weekly Sale includes Red Orchestra, Red Orchestra 2 GOTY and Killing Floor + 11 DLCs. Also all the soundtracks. As always, it's pay what you want.

I'm not much for multiplayer games, but these have me intrigued; I've heard good things about the... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112560 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:11:19 You can play a game and be a famous scientist NOW http://www.democraticunderground.com/1097618... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112558 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:05:31 Does Crysis 3 (PC) have a manual save game option at all? I know it doesn't have quicksave, but can't you choose when to save your game at all here either (apart from the checkpoints)? Looks like that's not a option, from what I've googled.

Not looking to start a debate about quicksave vs. checkpoints, just asking a simple question that I'm sure DU game... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112529 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:14:57 Bioshock Infinite: I'll Just Leave These Here Without Comment (DIALUP WARNING! IMAGES!) [i]"Make yourself ready, pilgrim. The bindings are there as a safeguard.

Ascension in the count of FIVE... count of FOUR... THREE... TWO...

Ascension... Ascension...

Five thousand feet...

Ten thousand feet...

Fifteen thousand feet...

[b]Hallelujah.[/b][/i]

http://img.photobucket... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112520 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:34:10 "This game will unlock in approximately 14 hours." http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/kgnally/BioShock_Infinite_Logo_zps76bec98f.png

:D... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112515 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:15 Skyrim cover singer Malukah. Amazing! Just found her webpage! Her voice is incredible...check out her entire repertoire. I LOVE the Skyrim cover trailer. Gave me goosebumps and I cannot stop playing it over and over...the Dragonborne comes!

http://www.malukah.com/musica/

Youtube video;

http://youtu.be/I6RKuMt1mV8... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112500 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:15:53 Which do you hate more: extremely easy or extremely hard games? ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112496 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:11:10 Finally got high-speed internet Finally got to play Fallout New Vegas after owning it for two years. Holy crap, it's fun. Reminds me a lot of Fallout 2, in a way.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12112484 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:04:58