Murderstorm

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About Murderstorm

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  • Birthday 02/18/1981

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  1. New people: Read this, say hi.

    I've never really viewed it as a pain in the ass to get into, but perhaps that's because I've always primarily been a PC gamer. Although now that I think of it I can understand the frustration of someone who just wants to sit down and play a game having to take into account system specs, graphics cards, bug fixes, patches... Honestly part of the appeal of PC gaming for myself is the hobby aspect of it. If something doesn't work, I get to fix it, if I want to change something or think something should be done a different way, there is probably a mod for it. Not to mention community aspects of taking screenshots, FRAPSing videos... so on and so forth. Also WASD+mouse rules. If I were to speculate wildly as to why it might come across this way I'd say that it probably has something to do with the previously mentioned investment in gaming that a PC requires. Not only with hardware but with software. Years of being required to get the most out of a PC game you've purchased tends to make you look into things more, where as with a console you can simply return it to Blockbuster and rent something else. Possibly just one of the factors.
  2. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Just to clear it up I didn't mean to come off like a fanboy or something. I actually really wanted the 360 but by the time I got it I was in the middle of like three other PC titles and I just haven't gotten around to buying any games for it. As for WoW being for losers... according to my father-in-law I'm a loser, so I might as well be a totally geared out loser.
  3. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Howdy ya'll, I've been listening to the podcast for awhile, finally decided I might as well check out the forums. It looks like a good group of folks here and I thought could get in on some entertaining conversations. As for a little personal info on me, I'm a stay at home dad raising a two year old son. Hopefully this means in a couple years I'll have an excuse to spend more money on gaming hardware and titles... also if I still happen to have WoW sucking life from me I'll train my kid to be a gold farmer. I'm primarily a PC gamer... well, pretty much exclusively. I have a 360 sitting under my desk still in the box never opened. It's been there for two months.
  4. Point-and-Click Adventure Games, Today.

    It pretty much comes down to nostalgia for most people. I remember saving up my lunch money so I could buy the original Sam and Max... all like... 32 diskettes of it. It is rare that an point and click adventure title does capture my interest now days though, it takes a really good story/funny characters to get the job done. I think one way developers could improve the genre with current titles would be to make it less about having to randomly try using objects on things and try to make a more open ended solution. Have their be several different objects when used in various ways could achieve a result of progressing the story, possibly in a different direction. Maniac Mansion is a primitive example of what I'm thinking of. While it would be much more difficult to make a game like that I think overall it would bring in people who aren't just fans of the genre.
  5. (IGN.com)

    "If you thought this games length was impressive wait until it's girth tears you apart" - IGN.com
  6. Seriously hilarious banter in this one guys. I had my roommate who doesn't even play games listen to this episode. We laughed for about thirty minutes over the "Victorian nightmare" discussion.