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Star citizen This is a controversial project famous for insane macrotransactions and milking backers for money, it's a really ambitious goal but currently they have only achieved a small fraction of the promised game, still the game does show some promise. One concern i had was that maybe...

Far cry 2 This is an old game where you do missions and collect diamonds. There are various ways to play the game including ways not intended by ubisoft Unfortunatily once you realize what the good strategies are it becomes to easy even on "infamous" once you get the good (overpowered)...

Superhot This is a strange game where time only move forward when you move, thus it's one of the few shooters you can play with sticks so it suits console peasants well unfortunately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVllDqPpq8E Controls: 9 of 10 gameplay: 7 of 10 graphics/audio/story: 8 of 10

Is rapelay good? Rapelay is a rape simulator, unfortunately it's rather old by now but at least it runs really well (1440p165). In the game your goal is to sexually abuse (including full rape) a mother and her 2 daughters. This game was banned in Australia due to feminists being upset. One...

Antitrust laws explained It's legal to be big as long as you do not abuse your dominant market position,

Can epic win against google? You can download apps outside the playstore but then you will get multiple security warnings. Google has a near monopoly when it comes to smartphone operating systems (far bigger than apple) so they might not get away with nearly as much as apple can get away with.

What about game consoles? The situation of game consoles is different for several reasons 1. Console manufacturers typically lose money on the hardware and thus they need to lock down their platform to make that money back, if their platform was open they would have to charge more for each...

7 Myths Apple Is Using to Justify Their 30% Tax on Apps Apple spends a lot of money on PR and lobbying in order to keep their monopoly power. If you follow the debate around Apple’s 30% cut that results in higher prices and worse apps, you are guaranteed to encounter at least one of the false...

Epic is doing what a lot of companies are unwilling to do, they stand up to both apple and google despite severe retaliation. It's very clear we should all be supporting Epic in this fight. theverge.com/2020/8/13/21368395/fortnite-epic-games-oneplus-deal-google-play-store-lawsuit-lg Closed...

Trans activism They have been successful by being unhinged and a bit crazy, this makes people afraid of them and thus they get their way. https://twitter.com/SkSkSkSk_sKs/status/1295221059084525568 Their opponents whining about them being violent/unhinged is a good indication what they are...

What's holding motion controls back? The obvious answer is that for most games there are simply other options that work better. There is also the issue that if a control scheme isn't common there is less incentive for developers to take proper use of it but even games that are exclusively made...

Splatoon 2 Nintendo still gave people the option to play with sticks but there was no aim assist so you had to use the (far superior) gyro aiming or you would end up with a severe disadvantage in games. This popularized motion aiming for consoles again (mostly switch, PS4 to less degree).

Virtual reality camera-based absolute tracking made a comeback with virtual reality and some of these do offer a lot of precision and six degrees of freedom per controller.

Playstation sixaxis The ps3 launched with motion controls offering 6 degrees of freedom via gyroscope and accelerometer, unfortunately this was pretty much abandoned even though it could have been really useful for gyro aiming, same with PS4.

wii The wii was very successful and relied on motion controls to sell the system. Unfortunately the technology wasn't really ready. The most useful feature of the original wii remote was the pointer ability which was actually really useful for a lot of games, this was however still wastly...

Motion based controls started with the computer mouse with to this day remains the more effective control method for first person shooters among other things. The issue is that while a mouse offer a very high amount of precision it only give you 2 degrees of freedom which isn't always ideal.

Why does elite rule often change into full democracy? Many countries have had system where the right to vote was highly undemocratic such as giving people with higher income far more votes (sweden had that for a while) but almost without exception there systems has eventually evolved to giving...

I am experimenting with a pink theme now but it's not really working out.

Kerby's epic yarn This is a relaxing (not that challanging) and good game.

Summary The best platform to play on will still be high end PC but we can still expect consoles to get significantly closer the next generation. Raw power high end PC >> xbox series x > PS5 >> xbox series s This however will also be reflected in the prize, high end PC gaming is expensive...