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Rob Philpott wrote: Am I right in thinking the mouse is king here?
I quit gaming (pretty much cold turkey) 10+ years ago, but even by that time I had been gaming for well over 20 years. Never, throughout that entire time, did I ever get used to console controllers. To this day, I'm useless with them. Mouse/keyboard FTW.
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A few weeks ago I lucked out and managed to score a NES Classic (the now-discontinued miniaturized NES that Nintendo came out with last November, which had been impossible to find). Because it's got "one of those controllers", total use since then amounts to under 20 minutes...
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Why did you quit? Were you spending too much time doing it?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Sudden and complete loss of interest in gaming. I call it "growing old".
I still make an exception for the Grand Theft Auto series however, although with the 4-5 year gap (?) between games, by the time the next one comes out, what I last used for a gaming machine needs to be upgraded...so the repeating pattern has been to put together a kick-ass machine, play the game, then when I'm done with it, the machine gets recycled as a VM host (with an overkill video card)...
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Depends.
The PS4 controller is kinda suck; the X-Box 360/One controller is much more comfortable to use. I greatly prefer it to KB/M for shooters.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Yes, the mouse is king.
A few years ago, someone tested an online shooter where XBox and Windows users could compete. Windows users dominated the XBox users. I remember the universal opinion being that it was the mouse/keyboard which allowed much finer control. I've never much liked consoles anyway, but it does seem that most have aimbots built in.
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I never played many games on the PC (Scumm games and DooM notwithstanding), so I'm more used to using a joypad, and not having to sit up straight to use mouse & keyboard.
That said, I only ever play silly little gamed on my phone, nowadays -- I'm even thinking of writing one myself, and calling it "Bloated Battery Killer!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Is cellulite what an electricity company does?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I wish I had thought of that! How for me to byline it?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Yes, it's watt they do best.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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They certainly have the power.
/ravi
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So much so that there may be a revolt.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I hope they have the capacity to put up some resistance.
/ravi
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I hope so as well, they could then conduct an operation faraday or more.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Shocking but true
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Are you sure that is proper current usage?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Not trying to sound hostile, but I coulomb the way I see 'em: you couldn't resist that pun, could you?
Ohm my . . . did I just do one, two?
Ravings en masse^ |
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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He had ample opportunity to do better.
Possibly dehydration and/or wasp stings affecting his electrolytes.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Electricity is the way She kills you if you only mention it in the same day you mention Her name.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Ohm y gawd - what a pun!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Alessia Cara - How Far I'll Go[^]
So last week I've seen Vaiana (or Moana outside of Europe), the newest Disney "classic".
Not their best, but still an entertaining Disney.
With a very catchy song (just a little less catchy than Let It Go from Frozen)
It's been stuck in my head for days now.
I've had worse stuck in my head
Bonus:
Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go[^] (the original from the movie)
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Google’s venture capital arm and other backers poured about $120 million into the startup. Juicero sells the machine for $400, plus the cost of individual juice packs delivered weekly. Tech blogs have dubbed it a “Keurig for juice.”
But after the product hit the market, some investors were surprised to discover a much cheaper alternative: You can squeeze the Juicero bags with your bare hands.
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From what I could understand about the product is that the pouch actually contained fresh fruits/vegetables and that was supposed to be crushed by the machine (which could be a nice idea), but it turned out that the pouch contained mostly the juice itself.
Anyway, useless gadget.
I'd rather be phishing!
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That's what we call a lemon.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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the term "lemon" refers to something that doesn't work.
A $400 juicer might actually work, so thus, it is not a lemon. Just saying...
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