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The Dumb Shooter vs. The Pretentious Indie Game

If there’s one thing gamers are good at, it’s arguing. And in the last couple of years it seems that we have found a new topic. On the one hand, we have people who are usually interested in FPS games and have been accusing games like Braid and Limbo of being ‘pretentious’, and on the other we have the indie gamers looking down on those ‘dumb shooters’.

But can’t we all just get along?

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Genghis4699d ago

nope, people who like MW3 never make fun of other games because they typically don't care about other games. article is making up shit to get hits.

Mr Tretton4699d ago

Why is anything that tries something different or artful have to be called pretentious? The overuse of the word pretentious is pretentious. I swear I never even knew that word existed a decade ago.

TheGameFoxJTV4699d ago

Maybe you should pick up a book, or something some time. >.>

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Games Media Personnel Debunk Claims of Concord's $400 Million Budget

The rumor of Concord's budget was at $400M has been debunked by games media personnel, as the game didn't even get above-the-line marketing.

_SilverHawk_11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

People will continue to make up absurd things about concord just like i predicted. I didn't believe that game costs anywhere close to half a billion dollars but people will continue to pile on because they were truly hurt by the production of this game that I thought was a good game. The developers had the audacity to make a good game semi-similar to other games with character models not seen before with gender pronouns.

isarai8h ago

Thought so, that was an absurd cost for ANY game let alone a MP only game

Vutaxofe4h ago

Doesn’t seem like a debunk to me. Chris Dring, a known sony fanboy gave his opinion.

His opinion is also incorrect - plenty of games cost more $400m or more.

purple1012h ago

Films like Avatar cost 300 million

This is a game with 12 small levels and 16 characters
No way their small cut scenes added 300 mill to the price .

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Japanese & Western Fanbases Have a Very Conflicting Opinion on the Palworld vs Nintendo Lawsuit

TNS: "Palworld developer's readiness to take on Nintendo's lawsuit is met with a mixed response -- mostly from the Japanese side of the player base."

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TheNamelessOne1d 9h ago

My opinion it it's another BS lawsuit on Nintendo's part.

Vits22h ago

Well, the good news is that this shows Japanese Twitter users are just as dumb as Western ones. It’s not a copyright-based lawsuit; if it were, things wouldn’t be as dire and concerning as they are. Nintendo is suing them for patent infringement, which should be a huge red flag for anyone who enjoys gaming, as Nintendo holds numerous patents over game mechanics that could significantly impact the market if they start enforcing them.

Seriously, they hold patents for features like fast travel and summoning companions or creatures to help you battle enemies. That’s the level of nonsense we’re dealing with here. So even if you’re a huge Nintendo b*tch, if you care about gaming at all, you shouldn’t be happy - let alone support them in this situation.

FinalFantasyFanatic3h ago

I honestly hope this lawsuit just gets thrown out of court, having a patent on game mechanics just shouldn't be a thing, especially when those mechanics are present in many games. If this goes through, imagine the hell on earth we'd go through as everyone starts tossing lawsuits around like missiles.

northpaws2h ago

Sure, they are suing for patent, but it all started because pocketpair copy pokemon designs, otherwise Nintendo couldn't care less.

JunonZanon1h ago

Nintendo is only suing because Palworld has been massively sucessful.

NotoriousWhiz19m ago

Nintendo decided that the Palworld developers needed to be sued. Realized they had no case for copyright infringement so went into their bag of tricks (patents) to see what they could stick em with.

XiNatsuDragnel21h ago

No offense to japanese but supporting nintendo here is dumb.

northpaws2h ago

I do think Nintendo needs to chill on some smaller projects, but in this case, it is a company purposely copying pokemon designs and promoting it as Pokemon with guns, then sell it for money and even try to sell merchandises (according to the articles), I don't think that is acceptable.

And sure, disagree with me, so you can act like you fight for the small guys and feel awesome or whatever.

Lionsguard2h ago

Oh look another one who just THINKS they know what the issue is without actually reading into what is actually happening. Maybe read and come back so you can actually be up to speed on what the lawsuit is even about.

porkChop23m ago

This lawsuit is really putting into perspective just how little people actually read the news. They just read headlines and fill in the rest with their own assumptions. This is why short form content is becoming so popular. People only have the mental capacity to digest bite sized pieces of information.

The_Blue1h ago

That's some simple minded logic

NotoriousWhiz17m ago

"it is a company purposely copying pokemon designs and promoting it as Pokemon with guns"

This entire statement is false.

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Shogun Showdown review [SideQuesting]

We're not going to beat around the bush here: This game rips. Shogun Showdown brings strategic planning to 2D roguelike action.

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