
PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
Openly but quietly, PC gaming has become more popular than it's ever been. Wait, when did that happen?
The true golden age of PC gaming is here, and it isn't going anywhere.
Pretty sure no one was calling from 2005 to 2015 a golden age.The golden age of PC gaming is always the time period from the current day back N years. Back in the 90's, N was about 3. As the technology advancements have slowed down, N has grown to around 8.
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PC gaming is mainstream. Now what?
Openly but quietly, PC gaming has become more popular than it's ever been. Wait, when did that happen?www.pcgamer.com
The true golden age of PC gaming is here, and it isn't going anywhere.
Games have always been released broken and half-finished, though, and probably always will be. It's the nature of the medium.I'm not entirely convinced. Games are still frequently released in a broken and/or half-finished state and with 20,000+ layoffs over the last two years while AAA companies try to squeeze more and more money out of their consumers I'm not sure the next few years won't be worse.
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After years of coasting on Dr Disrespect's fame, it's hard to imagine a happy ending for Midnight Society
What even is Deadrop without Dr Disrespect?www.pcgamer.com
This is crazy. Apparently the girl was 17! Creepy for an older guy, sure, and I never liked him as I find his persona grating. But trying to destroy the lives of everyone associated with him by acting like he exposed himself to a 5-year-old, instead of just mildly flirting with a young woman, is gutter journalism. In PC Gamer's founding office in the UK, she's legal. Tim Clark lives in Illinois—legal. Evan Lahti lives in Michigan—legal. This is only even potentially a legal issue at all because TwitchCon happened to be in California rather than Texas that year.
It seems like there must be a meta reason why the games media is out to get this guy. I don't really know anything about him because a) I'm too old to follow influencers and b) as I said, I always found him unbelievably annoying. A cursory scan of some old articles about him suggests he is persona non grata for opposing lockdown in 2021 and doing a fake Chinese accent in 2018. Is that it? Is that all it takes to justify the media trying to destroy you in 2024? God help us all. Someone needs to drag the media back to the real world.
The article is trying to kill off the studio itself. If it's going to fail, let it fail by itself. They don't need PCG sticking the boot in right now. If this were any other group of devs facing unemployment, PCG's staff would be agitating for them, encouraging them to set up unions, denouncing capitalism, etc. But suddenly for this one guy's ex-studio, PCG are saying that the studio should close and make everyone redundant? It's not consistent.I dont really understand how this is 'trying to destroy the lives of everyone close to him'?
I'm not sure those are ever going to change, so I'm not sure they really count in this regard. It's just sort of the way things are.I'm not entirely convinced. Games are still frequently released in a broken and/or half-finished state and with 20,000+ layoffs over the last two years while AAA companies try to squeeze more and more money out of their consumers I'm not sure the next few years won't be worse.
I guess thats one reading of it, not what sprang to my mind when I read it this morning. Hadnt actually heard of the game before now though, not really my wheelhouse.The article is trying to kill off the studio itself. If it's going to fail, let it fail by itself. They don't need PCG sticking the boot in right now. If this were any other group of devs facing unemployment, PCG's staff would be agitating for them, encouraging them to set up unions, denouncing capitalism, etc. But suddenly for this one guy's ex-studio, PCG are saying that the studio should close and make everyone redundant? It's not consistent.
If you aren't a PC junkie who is up on the latest component news and just want to play some PC games--and if you don't have a desk or aren't interested in sitting at one--laptops are a good alternative. My main thing is being able to play anywhere. It's the same reason people want a Steam Deck, but potentially much more powerful and easier to use (Windows vs Linux)![]()
The most popular RTX 40-series GPU on Steam is in a gaming laptop, not a graphics card
June's Steam hardware survey shows ever more RTX 4060 laptop gamers.www.pcgamer.com
Are ye winning @ZedClampet
I wonder if people getting into PC gaming for the first time are more likely to grab a laptop? Its an all in one solution which you dont even need a desk or specific space for, and less intimidating than trying to get a desktop.
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Sorry, I'm too sleepy to reread the thread. What version of Minecraft are you playing? Java, Windows or mobile? I'm assuming mobile, and I don't know anything about that, but if you are playing the java version you could consider changing the version to pre-combat update if it's giving your daughter struggles. Before that update you could just spam left-click and kill everything but creepers. For creepers you needed to add knockback to your weapon so they were far away when they exploded.
Mobile is probably quite different. I can't imagine the combat update was the same on mobile.
It wouldn't be worth getting the Java version just for that. It runs poorly compared to every other version, and your PC might struggle with it.
My daughter generally prefers … whatever she wants without having to worry about stuff like health, hunger, making money or any other forced activities
UK is beyond hope
its a fidget toy... its made of plastic.![]()
UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops wielding 6-inch Master Sword
Anthony Bray will also have to pay a victims' surcharge of £154.www.pcgamer.com
Stupid doesn't adequately describe it.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but I don't think Peanut Butter got the record. As well behaved as he was, something behind him was distracting to him, and he kept turning his head around to look at whatever/whoever it was. But he was doing okay when I stopped watching.![]()
Summer Games Done Quick is restricting access to one of tonight's events 'to provide the most comfortable environment' for the speedrunner, because the speedrunner is a dog
Peanut Butter the speedrunning shiba is back in action tonight.www.pcgamer.com
The dog run is getting ready to start right now...
View: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick