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About the screen comparison: I'm curious why in the first picture it is raining, and you can see people with umbrellas in the background to both her left and right. In the second picture, it looks like the rain has stopped, and both people with umbrellas are gone from the picture. So it's not a...

I'm a PC exclusive gamer. Thirty years ago, I owned a Sega Genesis CD and played "Dark Wizard" on it. I quickly learned that there were way more games like that to be had on PC, starting with "Heroes of Might and Magic", so I started buying PC games, ditched the console, and never looked back.

@WarChiefZeke , who slept with Morrigan in your current playthrough-timeline? Did you do the deed yourself or make Allistair do it?

At first this post made me think, "Oh, yes, good old ESO, I might enjoy playing that again." But then I re-read some of your posts from earlier last year. While I don't care about anything PvP, as that's not my cup of tea, the killing of distinct character classes is an absolute deal-breaker to...

@O_Bruce Thanks for writing about your experience and for your insights about how the franchise has changed. Even though I (foolishly) bought the game on sale at that Black Friday sale, I still haven't played, in part because I'm having more fun playing Sacred 2: Remaster right now for my arpg...

@O_Bruce , I was starting to wonder why this issue seems to be making you so angry, until I remembered that you've mentioned elsewhere that you have tried to make a living as an artist, or in an art-related field. Have you personally lost a job or lost money because some company or employer used...

I looked over mine, but I think it provides a very misleading picture. That's mostly because I've spent a very large amount of time playing games through other clients, notably World of Warcraft through the battle.net client, and Final Fantasy XIV through the Square Enix client. I've also played...

I finally bought a Diablo IV package on the Black Friday sale that included the base game up through the last expansion. It was only $30 for a limited time sale, so I figured that was too good a bargain to pass up for a game I'll probably want to try eventually, although I haven't gotten around...

If there's really a chemical imbalance contributing to your suffering, you may need medication to assist your treatment. That would mean you need a doctor's diagnosis, advice, and supervision to help you get onto a medication that can treat the neurochemical issues. Pharmaceutical treatment...

I've been through similar crises in my life. I got a bachelor of arts in music and a master's degree in divinity because I thought I was called to ministry, then realized I wasn't. That was five years of undergraduate and graduate school down the drain - "worthless education". I went back to...

I still play all of 1-6 from time to time. I never got into 7, though. I didn't think it was bad, necessarily, but it just didn't click with me at the time for whatever reason. I have huge nostalgia for 1 and 2, which unavoidably and powerfully affects how I feel about them and why I still play...

Overwhelmingly the most popular title in the series is "Heroes of Might and Magic 3". It's considered the pinnacle of the series, especially in Eastern Europe. If you want to give it a try to see for yourself what the big deal is, I'd recommend getting that one and leaving the rest on the table...

Here's the short "Heroes of Might and Magic" documentary video that was promoted in the anniversary video linked in the above post.

"Heroes of Might and Magic" fans will probably enjoy this 30th anniversary celebration video that the Ubisoft Channel on YouTube just released. Also, it mentions there is a documentary being released on the same channel this weekend on October 11.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, but the process you describe does go to my original point. We used to call what you're participating in "beta testing", and developers paid people to do it as their employees. Now they've convinced people to pay them to work for them as beta-testers. They're getting...

I know, right? I was somewhat excited before about the release of "Titan Quest 2". The original Titan Quest is a game I've replayed many times over through the years. Now, lo and behold, Titan Quest 2 has been released in beta form with the dreaded "early access" business model. That's a red...

My takeaway: For all that gamers complain about microtransactions in gaming, the only way that model will change is if gamers stop buying them. According to the report, microtransactions provide almost half of a game development company's revenue, so microtransactions aren't ever going away...

Nice to meet another MMO player in these parts. I'm probably going to play GW2 again eventually. I only ever went a little way into it. I tried three different classes and two races, and I started over several times. People that know me around here know I'm a chronic restarter. The personal...

Perhaps strangely, this is the first I'm hearing of this news. I did see one mention on the Associated Press about the new British law restricting minors from using Facebook and other similar social media, but I didn't make the connection to how it might affect gaming. I've been playing a lot...

I want to second O_Bruce 's recommendation above of the young lady talking about the Baldur's Gate games. I'm halfway through watching at this point, but it's really making me happy to see a young person getting excited about the old games we all love.