Alexandra Hall's discussions

Oh no no no of course FPSes are alive and well. I meant Arena FPSes specifically. That’s the sub-genre that’s now used to describe games like Quake and Unreal Tournament. They died commercially by the mid-late 2000s. Numerous up-and-coming indies have tried to revive the genre since then, but to no avail so far. (Split… Read more

Word. Facing Worlds was first in UT99. Read more

Hm, I disagree. Quake is one of the most important games to me, personally, but its genre is long dead and unlike Doom it’s not super fun in single-player / quite as easy to mod for. And its multiplayer is the very definition of hardcore / hard to approach, even just in getting set up. Read more

Asking the most important questions. Read more

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I did! I didn’t love the direction of the English dub, but I’ll tell you why I used it: because the game doesn’t give subtitles to any of the incidental dialogue, such as when you pass by NPCs. Read more

I think I was fine through the first round of class updates. I liked having the choice between Backburner and regular flamethrower for my beloved Pyro. My Scout had a few fun gun choices too. I have “melee Demoman” frozen in my mind as the point where I was like, I’m not into this anymore. Read more

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I find it utterly reassuring. Don’t like what TF2 evolved into Read more

Part of the promise is that it will just perform and feel better in various ways. Over time the bloat made TF2 run sluggishly on my last PC, where previously it ran fine. It’d be nice to have a version that runs nicely for more people again, theoretically even on potatoes. Read more

That’s twitter video for ya, every time. Needs that first 15 seconds just to find its footing. Read more

Because we wanted to write about it. That is always the answer. Read more

Oh, that’s cool. I can hear those buckling springs in my head. (Still way too big for my taste though. :) Read more

For me it’s mostly a size consideration. IBMs are awesome but I want much less of my desk real estate taken up.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed Yooka-Laylee (on Switch!) after its iffy reception. (Fuck its mine cart bits forever though.) Read more

Asking the real questions. Read more

Imagining Idris Elba doing a Pumpkin Hill cover music video. It’s glorious ❇

i have been a good influence on my son, Ian Read more

Cheers. Read more