Dangals
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Absolutely, the whole HL universe is ripe for more content but Steam make so much money from the store they just don't care about making games anymore which is a shame.
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Asininedrivel
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Apparently (apparently) Episode 3 of HL2 was going to have the Portal gun, and some kind of crossover (both games are part of the same cannon I think? There was some reference to the Half Life universe in Portal 2 from memory).
I always thought they wouldn't do a sequel until they had something revolutionary for the genre to showcase, like how the second game had the physics engine. Half Life Alyx fits that mould and looks unbelievable, but I can't get excited about VR let alone fork out the many many $$$ for all the gear to play it.
I always thought they wouldn't do a sequel until they had something revolutionary for the genre to showcase, like how the second game had the physics engine. Half Life Alyx fits that mould and looks unbelievable, but I can't get excited about VR let alone fork out the many many $$$ for all the gear to play it.
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ForkinGreat
Random Krishna
I love gaming, but that's all kinds of fucked up.
www.businessinsider.com
The Oculus creator who was later fired by Facebook created a VR headset that can kill people in real life if they die in a game
The Oculus creator built a modified VR headset that kills players in real life if they die in a virtual game. "See you in the metaverse," he wrote.
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Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Eff knows why but I fired up Simcity 4 (yep, the one from 2003) a couple of weeks ago. Ah back in the good old days when EA could buy a software company and not totally screw up every franchise that gave said company value (that would come later).
Anyway, SC4 is still really good. The transport algorithm can be an hf (your sims are like proper humans e.g. quite stupid and will ignore better transit options to choose the most direct route then sit in traffic for 9000 years) but the benefits of providing well funded health, education, mass transit and looking after the environment really pay dividends. It's an absorbing time sink linking dozens of cities you build together and watching an entire region grow. Plus it still runs well on my ancient PC.
Anyway, SC4 is still really good. The transport algorithm can be an hf (your sims are like proper humans e.g. quite stupid and will ignore better transit options to choose the most direct route then sit in traffic for 9000 years) but the benefits of providing well funded health, education, mass transit and looking after the environment really pay dividends. It's an absorbing time sink linking dozens of cities you build together and watching an entire region grow. Plus it still runs well on my ancient PC.