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Author: Thomas Ortsik
Founder and Kinda-Editor-In-Chief at Twinstiq.
Also known as Dr. Strangethumb
FALLOUT 4 REVEALED!
“Hold it right there, Mac!” a voice shouts from behind you. There’s no need to turn around to know who is speaking. It’s the Overseer, Todd. His voice lowers back to his surprisingly delicate and calm tone. “You didn’t think we were gonna let ya out there just yet did ya?” Before you can utter any protest, Todd and his goon Pete drag you off.
The Tunnel Snakes point and giggle as you are violently dragged down the halls. Your horrid (and embarrassing) sobbing echoes through the entire vault. “Please, I’ve waited for so long Todd! Let me back out! Don’t do this!” you beg. As you are chucked into a holding cell, Overseer Todd turns around and cruelly proclaims, “Sorry scrub, ya gotta wait a few more months! Pete will bring ya Elder Scrolls Online to keep ya ‘entertained’!”
After 24 agonizing hours the wait is over. Long live the new wait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2BkLqMef4
New PlayStation Store Releases: Skulls of the Shogun
- Skulls of the Shogun (17-BIT, 499 MB, $9.99)
- Renegade (Hamster, 19.3 MB, $7.99)
- Sparkle Unleashed (PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita Cross Buy) (10tons, 125 MB, $7.99)
- The Escapists (Team17, 119 MB, $19.99)
- Super Exploding Zoo (PlayStation Vita Cross Buy) (Honeyslug, 666 MB, $10.99)
PlayStation 3
- Class Of Heroes 2G (Monkey Paw Games, 5.5 GB, $44.99)
PlayStation Vita
- Tetris Ultimate (Ubisoft, 144 MB, $14.99)
Steam/Valve Confirms The End Of The World
This is real.
Steam announced that they will offer refunds, starting now.
Anyway, refunds will be possible “for nearly any purchase on Steam – for any reson”. You just have to go to help.steampowered.com and request one. There is one thing you have to keep in mind though: It will only work within the first 14 days of purchase and only if you’ve played it less than 2 hours. This includes DLC, but beware: make sure to keep a save game from before the purchase, otherwise you might run into the issue, that your save will no longer be compatible once you’ve requested the refund.
In-game purchases are also on the list, but only guaranteed on Valve-developed games within 48 hours of purchase.
There are a couple more rules on this, so go to the Steam help page for more information. Hurry up though! Rumor has it, that there is already blood raining from the sky in Antarctica.
Some Fallout Is Coming Your Way
Well, those rumblings might be coming to an end soon. There’s a counter on the Fallout website.
If anything, the countdown on the website strongly hints that in about twenty hours [that’s how long there is on the clock that I’m looking at] the Fallout website might change to show an announcement of Fallout 4 – at most. Or possibly teaser art or the like, at very least.
Either way, for those of you looking for more Fallout action, the wait is nearly over.
Source: Fallout Website
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My precious….
Confirmed and unconfirmed information:
UNCONFIRMED: Along with the news of Zelda for the Wii U, Nintendo will be popping up to release information of a new Mario game for winter 2015. Details are really scarce right now, but the main character has popped up recently. Speculation is that it will be for the 3DS platform. With the release of the new Dr.Mario in Japan on June 1st, this adds to the Mario hype.
UNCONFIRMED/CONFIRMED?: Square Enix will be release a 'Secret Title' they've been working on, little information has been leaked. According to IGN, the party invite had a description of, " an E3 party of a secret title from square enix".
As more information leaks or becomes confirmed I will surely keep everyone posted.
As Always,
~Tisnight
That’s Just Your Opinion, Man or Why People Who Hate Reviewers Have Me So Confused
I try and write a review of a game every week. [You can read my reviews here. This link will take you off site and open in a new tab/window.] So, every weekend, I sit down and I go through my library of games and I try and think of something I want to experience. Typically, these are older games, now – about the newest games I’ve tackled are “Wolf Among Us” and “Back To The Future,” both episodic Telltale releases.
But I’ve been reading reviews for a very long time now, and let me tell you: people think all kinds of things about products, music, movies and books.
But gaming? Gaming is in an odd place. People don’t always like that someone will look into a game and critically dissect it to point out its faults or to praise it. And this...it puzzles me.
A Review Is Simply A Stated Opinion
Assuming the reviewer is doing their job correctly and assuming their observational skills are on point, they will make notes as they go about things they like and things they don’t like. They will then take these notes and string them together to form a coherent “narrative” about their time with the product.
What you end up reading is that person’s narrative, their particular take on the game in question.
In large part, what you are reading is THEIR STATED OPINION on the matter.
You're Allowed To Have An Opposing Point Of View
One of these is someone saying in screamy capital letters that THEIR OPINION TROUNCES YOURS BECAUSE IT IS MORE RIGHT NEENER.
Here’s the thing, though: Because a review is basically just a distilled opinion, it means that your opinion is often equally as valid. And that’s quite healthy, but it’s only healthy if it’s done in a non-screamy way. Remember, we’re all here to talk about the games, not get frustrated at one another because we hold opposing points of view.
(Interception by Dr. S: Opinions are never equally valid. Mine trumps everyone elses)Besides, if done in a non-screamy way, your opinion might very well change people’s perspectives on that particular game. I am not – for example – a great fan of third or first person shooters at all. [in fact, anyone who’s been following my writing or any length of time is probably aware that I think shooters are generally the dregs of gaming] But I will – begrudgingly admit – that after having read about Portal, I was swayed in that one particular case.
You Didn't Play Enough Of The Game To Be Well Informed!
The problem with MMORPG’s is time and scale. For the most part, a MMORPG isn’t something you can sit down and beat in sixty hours or so [like a “good RPG”] and, consequently, this creates a writer’s dilemma: at what point, exactly, do I put pen to paper?
Some would argue that if you don’t “have fun” in the first hour or two and you’ve seen most of the simpler systems and you don’t like those, then that’s enough to run with. Others will argue that the only time you can write a review is if you’ve been in the trenches, playing the game and you record its state /just/ before it drops a new content patch and/or expansion.
The answer – for reviewers – is that they need to play enough of the game that they can discuss it in a reasonable manner. This happens to be the case for other reasonably-sized games, too. And for those of you keeping score at home, sometimes, that means playing for a week or two and then writing about that particular experience. The land of reviews is vast, and there’s always something new you need to be tackling.
[For the sake of clarity: I’m generally in favour of writing a review-over-time for something like a MMORPG – that is – you note your first impressions, then keep playing, updating those impressions until you’re “happy” with your final opinion. But not every reviewer will feel this way.]You Got Paid To Write This Review!
I am sort of atypical in reviewer-land in that I tend to write reviews based on the games I actually own. In other words, I sit down, look through my library of stuff and decide “hey, I think I’d like to review the following, this week” but not every reviewer works this way and not every publication does things in this manner at all.
Typically, a games site [or magazine] gets what’s known as a “review copy” of a game from a publisher. That publisher expects that you will review the game in good time. [Usually before the release window.] Sometimes, they will place an embargo on when you may go public. That is: you may have your piece written well in advance, but you may only publish it on the day of release.
If all of this is “working as intended” then NO money should ever change hands at all [in this particular setup, anyway] – so, a good 99% of the time, if a publication has scruples, they will be getting a game, reviewing the game and publishing that review without “any interference” from either side. The only point where money exchanges hands is where the publication [the games website] pays the reviewer for their review.
So a great deal of the time, this is just a knee-jerk statement from a person who’s read the review and doesn’t always agree with what’s being said.
Next Week!
Pixabay
Nintendo Direct Micro Megapost, incl. aprox. 4726544 screenshots
I…I’m sorry, no idea what’s up with me today. Anyway, if you want to watch it, it’s embedded above. Rather want to read about it? Then continue.
First off, we have a new Chibi Robo for the 3DS, release sometime in October.
Dr. Mario Miracle Cure for the 3DS, release on June 11th
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS, sometime during winter
Mario & Sonic are doing the Olympics again, on both 3DS and WiiU
WiiU and 3DS will feature some different sports, so you will find for example Rugby exclusively on the WiiU and Golf exclusively on the 3DS.
Splatoon is getting the Zapper
Art Academy Home Studio for the WiiU
Other Stuff
There is an LBX 3DS game that looks pretty cool.
Bravely Default sequel Bravely Second is coming to the west.
Puh, that’s it.
LEGO Worlds Now Available On Steam
To get a better overview, you might want to watch Nerd³’s first steps in this strange new world.
XCOM 2 Is Coming
So be smart, be stealthy, and if everything else fails: mod the game. To do so, you will be provided with access to a so called Steam Workshop. Don’t ask me what that is, but believe me when I say that you will need it. The battlefield is changing and so is the technology, literally, both is procedurally generated.
Intel provided by IGN
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