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Xbox One is a Female's Worst Nightmare

First of all, let’s get one thing straight; no one seems to be happy with Xbox One and that feeling is mutual between gamers both male and female. Being a female gamer has proven itself to be a challenge in modern gaming. Whereas before females just quietly fit in with a gaming crowd, still an outcast but not doubted, now some gaming females have taken our culture as a way to gain internet fame; these are not the females we will be discussing. In this article we are talking about the real females; the females who sign into their account everyday just to game. Those girls that just like everyone else want to sit down, relax and play a damn video game.

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TheSuperior 3999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

no more excuses ladies. you all got cameras now! I can hear it now, "get one Skye" "Get on skype" "Get one skype" "Get on Skype"

Blackdeath_6633999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

its also for people who live in this "ideal" living room scenario MS have created where there is wide open space with a couch in the middle facing the 50inch TV standing in all its glory atop an altar of entertainment as the centrepiece of the living room. whereas in reality that is certainly not the case for many people at all i sit at a desk in my bedroom with my pc and my games console linked to the same 24inch screen that has freeview. all it ever took was ONE button to switch between tv,pc and gaming. i don't even have to lift my hand or arm just press the button literally a few inches away from yet microsoft feels that i need to talk to a camera and wave and make gestures at it to do a task i never once had trouble doing. i cannot understand how this thought process came about.

Argus93999d ago

I doubt it's going to connect your XBL account to Skype. It's just Skype for X1. You use your Skype username, your Skype friends, but it uses the Kinect 2.0's camera.

I'm just making assumptions like the author, but I think mine are more probable.

rainslacker3999d ago

It's gonna be the new chat roulette.

Seriously though, you can likely block all Skype requests from people not on your friends list. You can do that now on Skype if you so choose.

No doubt it will lead to a new level of harassment though. Seems that won't end no matter how primitive or advanced the technology is.

Jourdy2883999d ago

Piece feels sensationalist.

While I'm pretty sure women will be annoyed by idiots just as much as on the Xbox 360, I doubt the addition of the updated Kinect will result in much more harassment than the camera that came out for the Xbox 360 before Kinect.

Blacktric3999d ago

"Being a female gamer has proven itself to be a challenge in modern gaming."

>female gamer

Just stop it.

greenpowerz3999d ago (Edited 3999d ago )

Remote-less TV, social services and hardware navigation plus crazy social media features is a Girl's worse Nightmare ;) Kinect will expose females to this tech etc for the first time :P

WeAreLegion3999d ago

No. It would only help you get to movies faster when your girlfriend comes over.

The PS4 has games. That's a girl's worst nightmare.

swishersweets200313999d ago

i love how this guy white knights to make the xbox sound good.

rainslacker3999d ago

I don't think that's the kind of exposure the author is worried about.

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B4h ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv721h ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii3h ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast29m ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

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Rumored Gears of War Collection tops my Xbox Games Showcase wishlist

The long-rumored Gears of War collection is looking ripe for a 2024 release, and a possible Xbox showcase reveal alongside Gears 6 could not be more perfect.

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Vits2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Even though the games are easily available on Game Pass, a remaster of the original titles would be cool. I believe only the first got that treatment back in the Xbox One's days. As for Gears 6, honestly, it's not that Gears 4 and 5 are bad, far from it. But at this point, I feel just like Halo, it could really take its time, 4 years is already a lot but I feel a couple more would do well for this series.

TheProfessional11m ago(Edited 0m ago)

No, 4 and 5 are bad. I'm a huge fan and Gears 4 is complete trash. The story, the tone, and the new characters were all abysmal. Plus the uninspired robots. Only the wave mode and the weather stuff and destruction were good. 5 had a better campaign but was still medicore overall. Coalition kind of sucks. Same with 343. They need new project leads at both studios.

Or maybe let People Can Fly make another one since theirs was better than 4 or 5.

Inverno2h ago

Maybe if they're given the same treatment as the MCC. I wouldn't buy it cause I've never liked the series, but I do really like collections when they have all games, and touch up the old ones.

ocelot0721m ago

They already remastered gears 1 and messed up the online mp on Xbox and killed it in its first week on pc.

chicken_in_the_corn1h ago

I still don't understand why anybody would want this over a new game. I'll be pretty annoyed if it comes before Gears6 .

TheColbertinator1h ago

Gears 3 Horde and Beast modes remade would make me a happy panda.

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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin review - Games Asylum

Games Asylum: "It seems reasonable to suggest most people have a preferred takeaway establishment. The one that you always find yourself coming back to, much to your waistline’s despair. Should that takeaway temporarily close, you’ll doubtlessly have to expand horizons and go elsewhere. Sure, the food from a second choice might be palatable, but it’s never the same, lacking in zest. This analogy can be applied to the 3D Realms published WRATH. It’s powered by a modified version of the Quake engine, and even plays like ID’s masterful shooter at times, but it’s lacking that all important crunchiness. It isn’t completely soggy, but there’s not much bite either."

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