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5 votes
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John Romero discusses the development of Quake, which resulted in half of Id software including Romero leaving the company
17 votes -
Subnautica: a world without guns | War Stories
8 votes -
The origins of anime
3 votes -
Cricket is the fastest growing sport in Sweden – Afghan refugees boost player numbers
5 votes -
Overly Attached Girlfriend officially quits YouTube
8 votes -
Seeing yourself (BPD in the media)
6 votes -
How societies turn cruel featuring Sargon of Akkad
12 votes -
Why the end of smoking is complicated
5 votes -
Classic Doom games vanish, reappear on Xbox One with features missing
13 votes -
Exploring the Sierra On-Line "Super-Junior" computer
4 votes -
Men. Abuse. Trauma.
14 votes -
SpaceX's Starhopper has successfully completed its first untethered hop
11 votes -
Pile - Firewood (Audiotree Far Out) (2019)
3 votes -
An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
News article in The Conversation: An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time A bit of science: Asteroid 2019 OK to flyby Earth at 0.19 LD on July 25 - the largest of the...
News article in The Conversation: An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
A bit of science: Asteroid 2019 OK to flyby Earth at 0.19 LD on July 25 - the largest of the year
Video showing the asteroid's orbit: Asteroid (2019 OK) Just Missed Earth and it was really close at 54,000 mph
6 votes -
Inside a nuclear reactor (the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
8 votes -
What games have you enjoyed for the "wrong" reasons?
So, I just finished playing Sleeping Dogs. It's a kung fu action game with a heavy emphasis on the hand to hand combat. It feels like it's the Arkham games roided up with some hack and slash...
So, I just finished playing Sleeping Dogs. It's a kung fu action game with a heavy emphasis on the hand to hand combat. It feels like it's the Arkham games roided up with some hack and slash juice. Almost all the upgrades are hand combat based, the vast majority of combat encounters are hand to hand. It's how the game was advertised, it's what all the reviews talk about, it's why I was interested in it, and why it was recommended to me. And you know what? I was way more into the shooting than the hand to hand combat.
The game does not seem all that proud of its gunplay, there's not a place to buy or customize guns, you just have to pick them up when a firefight starts and drop them after, and there's only like 3 guns total in the game. But it's some of the most fun gunplay I've played in years in a third person shooter. It heavily utilizes slow motion when you jump over cover or kick an enemy and leap into the air, incentivizing you to not just stay in cover the whole game. It really reminds me of Vanquish, which is one of my favorites in the third person shooter genre of all time.
So this got me curious, what are some games that others have enjoyed for "wrong" reasons? Wrong is in quotes, because, well, it is still something meant to be enjoyed if it's in the game, but it clearly wasn't the focus of either dev time, or marketing, or general hype around the game, or all of the above. Although if you want to share something that wasn't something meant to be enjoyed at all, like something left in totally unintentionally by the developers, feel free to share that too.21 votes -
Ween - I Can't Put My Finger On It (1994)
4 votes -
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | Launch trailer
5 votes -
Shooting a video with a World War I lens (100 years old)
3 votes -
The Meters -- Jazz Workshop [Full Show, 07.09.76]
5 votes -
How Jamaican dancehall queens twerk for a living
4 votes -
Forgotten History: Musée des Plans-Reliefs
8 votes -
What's the best horror game you've played?
I'm not necessarily asking for the scariest one you've played but for your personal favorite/best, based on whatever criteria you choose. Games that are more horror-lite/spooky still count as...
I'm not necessarily asking for the scariest one you've played but for your personal favorite/best, based on whatever criteria you choose. Games that are more horror-lite/spooky still count as well, so feel free to consider and include those.
With regards to your pick: what made it so good? In what ways did its use of horror add to your experience?
Given that a lot of horror relies on surprise, subverting expectations, or the unknown, please give spoiler warnings if you plan to discuss important aspects/plot points that might ruin the game for others.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 Online - The Diamond Casino & Resort is now open
6 votes -
No Man's Sky's Sean Murray says devs should be quiet after a rough launch
11 votes -
From Indian Lakes - No One Else (2019)
3 votes -
What Shonen Jump was like thirty years ago
4 votes -
Bookstores: How to read more books in the golden age of content
7 votes -
Art Neville -- All of These Things (1962)
4 votes -
Overwatch - Sigma - Origin story (new hero, coming soon)
8 votes -
The Shandification of Fallout
7 votes -
Puffer, a machine learning research study by Stanford University which allows you to stream live TV in your browser
13 votes -
Hollywood went to the moon first!
4 votes -
Lil Nas X, Travis Barker - F9mily (You & Me) (2019)
5 votes -
Keith LeBlanc – Stranger Than Fiction (1989)
3 votes -
Paramore - Decode (2008)
5 votes -
Lumen - Gosudarstvo (The State) (2006)
2 votes -
How to grow your own alfalfa sprouts in a jar
9 votes -
Death dive to Saturn
3 votes -
'The Discord is the church:' A place for gamers to worship
12 votes -
Lee Fields and the Expressions - Special Night (2016)
3 votes -
After a year of discoverability and communication missteps by Valve, indie devs are cautious about Steam Labs and their future visibility on Steam
11 votes -
Brass Against - Wake Up (RATM Cover) (2018)
12 votes -
Apollo 11 – How Iceland helped astronauts reach the Moon
4 votes -
Pastry chef, Claire Saffitz, attempts to make gourmet Pop Rocks | Gourmet Makes
8 votes -
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy Morning Show feat. T (2014)
9 votes -
Children read testimonies given by young migrants detained in Customs and Border Protection
16 votes -
Iceland tries to bring back trees razed by the Vikings – before being colonised, the island nation was lush with forests
5 votes -
Ween - Don't Laugh (I Love You) (1990)
8 votes