Recent content by SLTE

The only ones I watch now are speedrunners (whom I've detailed in another thread here), Felicia Day and Ryon Day's Co-Optitude show, The First 15 by the Penny Arcade dudes, and Markiplier. All of the above I watch occasionally, 'cause I find I have a limited stomach for screaming at games...

Yep. I'm kind of on the way out now, but I played Hearthstone solidly for about half a year. Got a decent collection, and I can make a decent showing against the majority of players. My Warrior Rage deck is a thing of beauty. You don't have to drop money to win in Hearthstone. I haven't spent a...

The lack of more local multiplayer bugs me as well. Occasionally a game will come out where it's easy to hook up with friends, but all too often local multiplayer is completely thrown out in favour of online multiplayer. I understand that companies don't want to chop up the screen on their super...

I agree, it had a sweet look, and was a solid controller. My main beef with the SNES controller was its poor adaptation to fighting games. I ruined my fingers trying to pull off long combos on Killer Instinct thanks to the d-pad. Fighting games are so much easier to play with joysticks...

I think I've probably watched those. Or at least I watched the one about E.T. the Extraterrestrial, and how it did / didn't ruin the video game industry at the time. Really neat movie, whether you're interested in E.T. or not. (Which I was. I owned that game. It's not as bad as some people would...

Anything with Mario on the box, honestly. You can get hours upon hours of fun out of virtually any Mario game, whether it's Kart or Smash Bros. or Party or just one of the normal Mario platforming titles. I'm a little sick of the plumber after so many years, but Nintendo always seems to put on...

Gaming has come a long way in the last three decades in many respects, though I think controller design gets overlooked. Some of the older controllers were absolutely brutal to use for extended periods of time. The NES controller, for example, dug into my hands after a while. Those squared-off...

Immaturity, racism, sexism, the usual stuff. The main reasons why I don't play multiplayer games with a chat, or at least not games where I can't turn chat off. I get that there are a lot of younger players out there, but some idiots are waaaaay too liberal with their mouths. Also, yeah...

When I bother to watch streamers, I almost always watch speedrunners. They're usually quieter than the average streamer, and their commentary is much more instructive. (I wanted to be a speedrunner streamer, but I don't have the patience to learn games to the same extent. Oh well.) Some...

Mainly just the Paradox Games titles. They go on sale occasionally, but the sales are usually kinda piddly, and always wind up being games I already own. I'd like to see a developer-wide drop in prices for a few days so I can pick up some of the DLC for Europa Universalis IV that I don't already...

If we can stretch back to PS2, I think it's probably the Disgaea games. Not because they're my favourites by any means, but because grinding for endless hours is a big part of the games. I haven't touched one in a while, but I'm pretty sure I clocked at least 300 hours on Disgaea 2 alone, which...

Let me preface this by saying that I'm old. Like, 31. That's not super old, but it's old enough that I did own an Atari 2600 back when I was very young. My first gaming memories are of playing Mario Bros. and trying to puzzle out how to kill the crabs. Presumably I figured it out at some point...

Yeah, you do have to pay. I've seen sites advertising Minecraft servers before as free-to-play, though I highly doubt they're anywhere near legitimate. I think you can also technically play one of the beta versions of Minecraft for free, but it's probably missing a bunch of stuff, and I doubt...

Almost anything multiplayer with Mario on the box - Mario Party, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., etc. They're typically fun, immersive games that you can pick up and play relatively easily. Smash Bros. is especially good in this regard, 'cause I find fighting games to be big hits at parties, but most...

Lesse: KOTOR, and to a lesser extent, KOTOR II. The first was a complete game, which gives it obvious bonus points, but KOTOR II had a lot going for it. If the ending hadn't been so rushed I would've enjoyed it a great deal more. Still, both games proved how awesome Star Wars RPGs can be...