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Saturday, 2 April 2011
12 Ways Consoles Are Hurting PC Gaming [Republished]
It's happened to everyone at one point or another. You're playing your favorite FPS and minding your own business when your character finally succumbs to that pesky stream of bullets that's been bouncing off his face for the past two minutes. "Aw man," you say aloud while a big, ominous Game Over screen stares you down. "Well, at least I can jump right back in and..." But you can't. Suddenly, you're 30 minutes away from where you kicked the bucket ? your previous progress rotting at the bottom of some virtual wastebasket. "Well, at least I can vary up my tactics and see the game from a different angle this time." Nope. So many invisible walls that you may as well be a mime. "Well, at least I can—" Nuh-uh. Can't do that either. So you pause to take a breather, but they immediately start suffocating you. Games For Windows logos. Everywhere. And then you wake up drenched in a cold sweat, safe in your own bed and free of the nightmare's cruel clutches. "It was just a dream, " you mumble before dozing off again.�� More »
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