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    What is your fondest guild/clan memory from any game?

    For most of us, joining a good guild or clan is the key to fun, immersion and success in gaming. Please share your fondest guild or clan memory from any game! Mine is simply the fact that I have been part of the same gaming guild for well over 20 years. It has been a great ride, and my best...
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    Academic Research I need you help

    Hey folks. We have just had some extensive discussion internally on this topic. We regret that due to our responsibility to protect users from the potential risk of revealing any personally identifying information, we have added a section to the rules to disallow any polls or surveys that...
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    Question Mid-Week Question: Best Assassin's Creed location?

    I loved Odyssey as well, but they also did a fantastic job on Origins (Egypt). The writing team was consistently brilliant and on point, with well-researched storylines and progress throughout. In Egypt, they really struck the right tone to portray a magnificent and complex civilization within...
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    Question EXCITED FOR Assassin's Creed Valhalla

    They did such a good job with Egypt and Greece - I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, MauMM. ~LC
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    Question EXCITED FOR Assassin's Creed Valhalla

    I really enjoyed the last two Assassin's Creed releases, so I look forward to this one as well. Their storytelling has improved greatly over the years, and ship battles have always been fun. While Viking ships don't usually have much in the way of armaments, I am still hoping for some good sea...
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    upgrade from HDD to NVMe drive

    Oussebon, you are a lifesaver. I am in the same boat and you've just solved my problem too! ~LC
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    Weekend Question: What's the first game you remember finishing?

    Lords of Magic (Sierra). It was wonderful. Then I got into a bulletin board with other players and had matches over terribad netcode. That group formed the nucleus of the guild that we still have to this day, some 22 years later. Gaming changed my life. )
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    Favourite Core Aesthetics

    Alm, the OP said to vote for as many as you like. :) Pifanger, even in single player or console games, many humans will have explored the world before we get to it, but for me, it remains a personal journey, regardless of who passed before me. A little like real life, hehe.
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    Favourite Core Aesthetics

    I have always been an explorer in games, and love it beyond all other core aspects, all of which are important for a game's appeal. For this reason, I am drawn to MMOs, as well as games with large, well-rendered worlds such as Horizon Zero Dawn and the Assassin's Creed series. In any non-MMO...
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    What was the first video game you remember playing?

    Pong. It was oddly mesmerizing. Duck Hunt was the next I played, when game consoles became rentable from our local video store. The first modern video game I played was Myst. It was beautiful and annoying. We've sure come a long way since then!
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    Weekend Question: Do you want a brain-machine interface?

    I would love a brain-machine interface, but technology is only great until it isn't. We still don't have a good handle on VR/AR yet. Self-driving cars are not a thing, and whatever happened to flying cars by 2020? Tech has a habit of failing in odd ways when we least expect it, and I'd not want...
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    Art Memes are art, right?

    Love us some memes, as long as they are in keeping with our forum guidelines! (the above are definitely in keeping with the guidelines - love 'em!)
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    Never thought it would be me posting here, but...

    These are some GREAT suggestions, thank you all! I am really glad to see mobile games evolving toward what one would consider "legit" gamespace, with solid storylines, room for meaningful advancement, and away from the traditional PTW models. Commuting is less drudgery with these in pocket.
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    Error code 0x97e10bca

    I had the same issue last year and followed the advice MaddMann linked as well. It worked for me too.
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    Noblechair Won on PC Gamer Forum [Picture]

    That's a great looking chair! May you game on in comfort. :)