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5 votes
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Dolphin Emulator dev diary: fixing the most curious Wii game
16 votes -
The Art Of Warez [video]
6 votes -
CBC Arts presents Super Queeroes: Celebrating Canada's LGBTQ pioneers
4 votes -
Oh Hiroshima - In Solar (2019)
6 votes -
Where Manhattan’s grid plan came from
5 votes -
San Fermin - Sonsick (2013)
3 votes -
Destiny 2's switch to free-to-play and new Shadowkeep expansion have been delayed to October 1 (previously September 17)
5 votes -
Anglerfish are increasingly being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors
8 votes -
Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 6: Public Housing Part 2
11 votes -
Third Crusade - The Beginning
5 votes -
How scientists colorize photos of space
7 votes -
Why does Celeste feel so good to play?
18 votes -
Okey Dokey & Harpooner - Edge of America (2019)
4 votes -
Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video
13 votes -
Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief (2005)
16 votes -
!!! - Serbia Drums (2019)
5 votes -
How To Start The Massive F-1 Rocket Engine - Explaining "Ignition Sequence Start"
4 votes -
'Desert Island Dump' A three-part study of the most polluted beach in the world.
Desert Island Dump Chapter 1: Shipwrecked Chapter 2: The Big Haul Chapter 3: "Stolen from Talley's" Here's an abriged version: Henderson Island: the Pacific paradise groaning under 18 tonnes of...
Desert Island Dump
Here's an abriged version: Henderson Island: the Pacific paradise groaning under 18 tonnes of plastic waste
And a video of the beach.
7 votes -
Testing if sharks can smell a drop of blood
7 votes -
TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard
10 votes -
Digital Foundry Direct Retro - Nintendo's Famicom Disk System, a 1986 Japan-only mass-storage upgrade for the console
5 votes -
The fall and rise of Hitman
12 votes -
How I made my own Android phone - in China
8 votes -
Tiny bombs in your blood - The complement system
5 votes -
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