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    Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster

    Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?

    Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare

    EA Spokeswoman Hits Back at Australian Classification Board

    Buddhist Monk: Games Satiate My Desire for Aggression

    Valve 'Pretty Bummed' by Australia's Refusal of L4D2

    EA Germany Exec Accuses Gov't of Game Censorship

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a 'Kill 1,000 Kids' Achievement

    Survey Says U.S. Gamers Older, Fatter than Thought

    Game Not Blamed for Assault

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    Image of UsernameOfTheDead UsernameOfTheDead
    11/07/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    It runs 40% faster, but is 1000% less fun! #left4dead2
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    Image of TomWar TomWar
    11/07/09

    @UsernameOfTheDead: This^ #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    In the Spitter's mouth, near the very top of the picture, is... is that a...? Nah, it... it couldn't be... could it? #left4dead2
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    Image of (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    11/06/09

    @andrewwyatt: There's only one way to find out, find the guy from Borderlands and see if they fit together. #left4dead2
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    11/07/09

    @andrewwyatt: It wouldn't be a videogame without some vagina dentata.

    [tvtropes.org] #left4dead2
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    11/07/09

    xot: Let's see if this loads right... Nope. Try again...
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    11/07/09


    @andrewwyatt: Here we go. #left4dead2
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    Image of Talleh Talleh
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    Valve could simply patch the ability to turn gore off into other versions after release...right? As totally rad as the gore is, it's kinda tough on my PC.

    To do a 180, I'm hoping someone finds a way to multiply the gore somehow, and see how well it runs on a PC that does Crysis on very high. Murder sim FTW! #left4dead2
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    Image of Sobersean Sobersean
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    I'm pretty sure they've discombobulated the buffers so that the chips can sustain about 3 or 4 more gigaloops per cycle.

    This results in a net gain equal to or greater than the percentage of tessalations being rendered through the pipeline and easing the load of the core stabilizers. Don't forget the benefit of mainframing the particle inhibiting overlays either. #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    @Sobersean: Translation: Censored version tightens up the graphics #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    The cut version is supposed to have disappearing bodies, right? I can definitely see why that would slow down the uncut version. #left4dead2
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    Its nothing to do with it being censored or not.
    It's just down to common German efficiency. #left4dead2
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    What makes it run faster? The particles? Blood spatters?

    Someone want to enlighten me? #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    @Vecha: One more Month:

    Electrolytes. #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    @gunluva is prepared to drop.: Correction:

    ELECTROLYTES
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 11/06/09 8:18 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    10/08/09

    In reply to Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?
    If they take it out of the game, I'll just have to earn it IRL. Your call, Playlogic.
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    Image of Thorax Thorax
    10/08/09

    In reply to Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?
    God, every time I see this game I'm amazed by how ugly the character designs are.

    Although, not every game character can be as perfect as Bruce Campbell. sigh.....
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?
    Oh my goodness. MadWorld can't even touch this level of blood spillage.
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    Image of Covenant Covenant
    10/08/09

    In reply to Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?
    So, no kid slaughter, but we still have:

    -Spill 10,000 gallons of blood

    -Slide through blood continuously for 3 minutes

    -Slide 330 feet continuously through blood.

    Yup. No potential controversy here. :)
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    10/08/09

    @Covenant: Wouldn't the two slide achievements be hard to do separately?
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    10/08/09

    @Michael Dukakis: Yes, I would think it would be easy to "kill" both achievements at once.
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    09/30/09

    In reply to Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare
    While I do agree with some of the other posters that the results from this study may be generalizable to most forms of competitive activities, the researchers themselves do not posit that this phenomenon is unique to video games, nor would they, as the purpose of this study was to hopefully find results that would support the generalizable hypothesis about the physiological effects of in-group/out-group mechanisms.

    What excites me about this article, and what I fear may be getting lost on some readers, is that this study was not about the effects of playing video games, but rather it used video games as a medium to test a hypothesis about a broader concept. That is a significant move away from the botched and mishandled studies that attempt to show medium-specific correlations between video games and violence/aggression. This is a trend we are starting to see more of in the field and I find it very satisfying that researchers are beginning to find value in games as useful tools for conducting scientifically valid work.

    Also, props to the researchers for developing a much greater test of construct validity in studies involving games as compared to many of the studies before it, particularly the daft, but oft quoted Anderson/Dill studies, which failed the criteria of the scientific method on pretty much every level.
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    Image of spider2544 spider2544
    09/29/09

    In reply to Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare
    isn't this less a study about video games, and more something about social pressures with competition to perform better than friends?

    i'm confused as to how this relates to gamers simply because they used video games, what was their control group to understand how gamers are different than any people in any sort of competitive task.
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    Image of Cpryd001 Cpryd001
    09/30/09

    @spider2544: I want to see comparisons to football, hockey, and soccer. Hell, put in paintball and wrestling.

    Otherwise, all I see is 'Competitive game makes people competitive."
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    09/30/09

    @Cpryd001: Like they said in the article though, the increased testosterone levels just from the added physical activity would distort the findings somewhat.
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    Image of FunkyJ FunkyJ
    09/29/09

    In reply to Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare
    Yeah, ok, now do it on a board game. Then a regular team exercise where competition and reward take place.

    Then come back with your results.
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    Image of AncientUnknown1 AncientUnknown1
    09/29/09

    In reply to Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare
    I play very agressively. I require everyone in my clan to play as such. Always be on the offensive, and rush as fast as possible to take control of the choke point at the start of every match.

    I always thought we were addicted to winning. Perhaps we're actually addicted to the rush of chemicals when we win. I wonder what would happen if they designed an experiment where winners were under some sort of mechanism that blocked them from experiencing the rush of chemicals. Would we still be as driven to win?
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    Image of Donutta Donutta
    09/29/09

    @AncientUnknown1: Isn't testosterone responsible for hair growth in the body? (Pretty sure that's why chicks with PCOS have excess hair.) Careful, you might be 1337, but you'll end up looking like this guy:

    [3.bp.blogspot.com]
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    WhatTheFrag promoted this comment Edited by Donutta at 09/29/09 8:42 PM Donutta was starred Donutta was unstarred
    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    09/29/09

    @Donutta: Actually testosterone has the opposite effect kinda. Too much of it can cause baldness. There was this documentary that showed the effect of higher testosterone in most animals. In the case of lions it was just said, the male ones lost their mane and became bald (sort of isolating them from the others as well the mane is quite important in lion societies).
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    09/29/09

    @WhatTheFrag: What I'd meant was sad, not said in the case of lions.
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