CT Idlehouse
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I write stories and articles. Sometimes they're good.
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The Toxicity of MMO Gamer Elitism and Its Effect in Gaming Communities
Elitism is an ideology we all hope that we wouldn't have to deal with in a regular day-to-day work setting. You'd expect it from the preening, narcissistic attitudes from self-absorbed businessmen raking it in on Wall Street or hosting McDonalds feasts at the White House. Hell, maybe even a little peacock-strutting from Bill in accounting who got a promotion bonus like the overachieving pencil-pushing geek that he is. But then you get home and want to blow off some steam by playing a game, either alone or with a dungeon-raiding team online.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
Even More Hatred for 'Fallout 76'
Readers, I am quite depressed. I keep playing this game like I’m trying to Stockholm Syndrome myself into loving it. Currently, the servers are down for more maintenance only two days after the last 47GB and change update. I start a job in two days time, Bethesda. How am I supposed to pick apart your travesty of a game if you keep gluing it back together? I don't have time to wait for you to fix your mistakes! This isn't like you've forgotten to add the extra pickles to my burger, this is like you've replaced the burger with a fried cat turd!
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
'Fallout 76': More Bad than Good (a Review)
You know how much I love waiting for games to download and install? Almost as much as I love waiting for day-one patches. I swear to Beelzebub, if Fallout 76 requires an immediate update after so much bullshit Beta nonsense, I am taking a bus straight to Bethesda Studios and shitting in their mailbox.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
Top 5 Most Overrated Video Games of the Recent Decade
If Pablo Picasso had painted eight pieces of the exact same subject and background, and tried to profit off a museum full of just that same painting over and over again, he'd be forcibly committed, or at least decommissioned. So why are game developers getting away with it? How many fucking Mario clones are going to spawn from Nintendo-like eggs from a salmon? But it's not just the game developers, it's the publishers. Electronic Arts (EA) is allowed to release the same damn sports games every year, but even the most promising new idea discussed in a business meeting is squashed in favor of another Assassin's Creed, another Far Cry game, another Call of Duty.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
An Early Thanksgiving
There's entirely too many Mammy dolls and statuettes in this house. It's like stepping into another realm, one which I don't blend in to. Grandma and Grandpa Mac's house, which Grandpa built with his own two hands. Everything is immaculate, orderly, pristine. I am out of my element among family members, their intrusive questions briefly answered with forced smiles. The smell of food wafts through house, as does gossip about church stories and how good God is for sparing Uncle James' house from water damage. I guess the other unfortunate waterlogged neighbors' house weren't worth God's attention.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Families
Is 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse' the Best of Recent Years?
SPOILERS FOR AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE. Obviously. This might be a bit of a biased review as nothing gets my blood to sing like a good apocalypse that isn't about fucking zombies. I'm entirely too interested in the concept of Armageddon as an atheist. Many movies about it are shitty because they're usually produced as Christian cash-cows. Not insulting Christians, just the shitty ones that use people's fears to line their back accounts.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Horror
Top 5 Worst Escort Missions in Horror Games
In horror games, you're already trying to escape infinite peril, but some game developers decided that survival of one character isn't enough. The only companions I have no issues with are dogs because...dogs. But that's because they offer friendship and bite monsters on the shins so you can bludgeon them to death. Helpless, weaponless companions are nothing more than liabilities, like that dorky kid that wouldn't stop following you around the playground in elementary school. Oh, wait...I was that dorky kid. Repression powers activate!
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
An Open Letter to School Shooters
Dear you. Just you. No names, no recognition, no separation of yourself from the others. Just... dear you. Was it their happiness that offended you? Perhaps their innocence? Maybe they weren't so innocent. Maybe they bullied you on a daily basis. Maybe they got away with too much and you, too little.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in The Swamp
The Top 7 Most WTF 'Silent Hill' Puzzles
There's a term gamers use to define the silly arduous puzzles we encounter in games: A "moon logic" puzzle. They are the puzzles that are poetic and metaphoric than practical. When it comes to moon logic puzzles, Silent Hill is one of the best (or worst?) at implementing them into the gameplay and story. Sometimes these stories just don't make any damn sense at all, but neither do monsters with two sets of legs, or monsters that are psychological manifestations of trigonometry homework.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
Five Tips for Completing Time-Trials/Speed-Runs
Sometimes I wonder if hurting yourself to get achievements/trophies counts as self-harm. What is with the human psyche's desire to make itself suffer for meaningless medallions? I'm honestly not that fussed with getting platinum trophies, but I challenged myself playing the Tomb Raider Anniversary Time Trials because you get special weapons for doing so. I have a love/hate relationship with Lara in this game, because while I love all the acrobatic moves she can do and the jumping puzzles are fun, sometimes she gets cranky. It doesn't matter if I'm long-pressing the action button or not, sometimes she just does not want to jump to a far-away ledge. Makes me wonder if I should get her counseling.
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
'We Happy Few': A Happy Review... Maybe
What in the hell was this game's development like? It was an Early Access title for two years. I have already made a post about this, but I will reiterate: I am not going to pay full-price for an unfinished game. Also, it's release schedule for PS4 was vastly confusing, because it said it was in its final release in April 2018, but the game in the Playstation Store said it was still a pre-order, not out until December 31st of this year. So imagine my surprise when it was finally released. I don't know if I even want it now. Are you sure you're done? You're not going to yank it back from me before I finish it, are you?
By CT Idlehouse7 years ago in Gamers
