GamesAreEvil writes, "Death, when in the context of games, is a mechanic that at it's core is meant to be a punishment for failure. After all, if you're laying waste to massive numbers of enemy troops, be it in Real Time Strategy games or the myriad of Shooters that have come out lately, there really is no better way to say 'you've failed.' This usually results in stopping you in your tracks and sending you back to wherever you last saved, or the last checkpoint you reached. That effectively says you haven't met the standard that the difficulty you're playing requires. There are obvious exceptions to this rule; all racing games, puzzle games, and some RPGs will initiate some other consequence other than death, but they essentially give the same result. However, there are times when death is used in other ways..."
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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.
Great read! It's funny how little death really affects games..
This is an interesting look into how death is really a game mechanic that seen unnecessary.
Very interesting... something we don't think about alot.
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Great article, they don't make Death like they used to.
My dad was playing Goldeneye with me once and he shot me, once. And he'd thought he won and was confused as to how I kept going/playing... Cause he said "In real life you'd be dead." lol
So to be realistic maybe Death should have more impact like it did in the NES/SNES days. How many people would give up on those games though?