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Before people kneejerk at the title and think Win10 is somehow more awful at playing games than the versions before it: this only applies to games bought off the Windows Store. All other traditional games (like ones bought off Steam or installed from a disc) work just fine, and more or less exactly like they would in… Read more

But does it not suck for any purpose other than gaming?
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As a frequent visitor Raleigh is a great town with a the best gay bar in the Southeast Legends. I think most people understand that this is legislation isn’t coming from the Triangle or Charlotte. Read more

Yup, the Triangle is a big tech and startup area. East Coast Game Conference is held here in Raleigh as of a few years ago too. The state has welcomed and given great incentives for game studios to take root here, that is until the GOP took over and started fucking everything up here. Read more

I live in Raleigh NC and I never ever once heard anyone say anything or even care about what bathrooms anyone used until this law. I felt like there were no problems till it’s existance. It sucks because it’s giving NC a bad name.
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I had no idea there were so many game studios in North Carolina. Read more

I played the hell out of that. I remember waiting outside houses while the guard’s footsteps faded away, waiting for my chance to loot the hell out of them. Read more

Two guys made a game studio that still exists nearly 30 years later and signed with the then largest game publisher in the world at 16. One of those great success stories that really makes you question your life decisions.
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That last level was absolutely brilliantly designed. It looked hard, but was completely fair and inventive. Wow, I didn’t expect to see something like that here. They all seemed to go for cheap tricks over an actual “fair” difficulty. But this one was like one of those gems of Mario Maker. That was pretty awesome to… Read more

I gotta say, despite growing up with so much Mario, the Mario Maker levels are intimidating as hell. The fact you can accomplish these...just kudos, kudos to your patience and determination with these monstrosities
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Agh - this looks good, but I’ve already got a backlog of Dark Souls viewing material (which is in itself an absurdity) - Kay Plays Dark Souls just keeps eating up all of my time, and then I’ve got all of Vaati’s DS3 stuff that I had put a ban on until I got through the first half of it. Read more

It’s possible to beat Dark Souls 3 and have no idea what the hell happened. Read more

I just found out this week that this was out, and boy, how it helped organize my pyro build under SL100. Even discovered I could get everything I wanted with the base 8 points of vitality with it. Building my Strenght build was easy (choose Warrior). I love this tool Read more

“I’ve talked to a fair number of Dark Souls 1 character builders who say they rarely even play the game anymore, but still enjoy planning out characters.”
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Wait, there is a level other than Mines...? Read more

If it works well that’s actually a pretty cool way to do it, wonder if that can be expanded to other PC games going forward Read more

You summed it up pretty well, but I can’t overstate how perfect the presentation of section is. There’s little opportunity to see it coming, since it’s hidden behind the clouds when you look at it from a distance, but once you see the familiar set pieces and ride the spinning tower in anticipation, it perfectly leads… Read more

Bless the Silver Knight archers. Their triumphant return.

One of the most tragic characters of DS1 becomes even more tragic in DS3 and Anor Londo told that story. All the feels for the Dark Sun. Read more

I use it every now and then. I’m hoping more games from my backlog get added into it so I can just play them on Xbox One. My 360 is ridiculously loud and I want to get a new one before they’re hard to find but BC is slowly erasing that need. Read more