Gamer Limit Writes: "After finally getting around to completing Prince of Persia this weekend, it led me to ponder on player death in video games. For those of you who have played, or read about the game, you will know that in Prince of Persia the player is unable to die. Mis-timing jumps will result in your AI partner diving in to rescue you and mis-played combat will see her doing the same, allowing your enemy time to heal as she does so. So how important is this whole death thing, and is it an essential component of gaming?
Did the lack of death detract from my enjoyment of the game? Would I have preferred spending 25% of my time watching a loading screen as my Xbox searches for my last save? Am I fooling anyone that I only died enough to spend 25% of my time at a loading screen? I guess the answer to all of them is 'no', unless you think I can actually play games well, then it is a 'yes' and two 'no's. Taking the emphasis out of survival, the game became much more based upon skill and timing, allowing for much more elaborate level design."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
Awesome stuff man. Not being able to die In PoP sucked arse.
unlimited saves have removed 90% of what people saw as difficulty anyway. Most people wouldn't play a game that had a storyline but was too hard to beat. If different in games that just have a high score.
I don't mind unlimited saves, it's just the "you didn't die mechanic I hate".
Case and point: Bioshock. When you die in that game, you should come back with 0 Health Packs and 0 Eve Hypos. I have no qualms fighting any Big Daddy because I know that if he's inches from dying, I can just respawn and wrench him to death.
It should make you think twice before you fight it. "If I resurrect with 0 health and eve, is it WORTH fighting him"? I wish I felt like that at any point in the game....
I need to see a compilation of Resident Evil 5 deaths
There sure are some wacky deaths in game these days.