Quoting: mulletdeathOddly enough, given all the joke reviews on other games, all the ones I saw for this one are accurately negative.

Good. Although if this was a Steve Ballmer simulator with chair-throwing and all, you might still get those joke reviews. Or if someone made a Torvalds simulator where you flip the finger to shitty companies or something. Although I don't think Linus would feel offended, so maybe not comparable.

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Quoting: BeamboomProblem is, journalism is not about opinion. Never was.

That was my point. A movie critic is not a journalist, and a game reviewer is no different. Recently there's been a lot of confusion regarding the meaning of these terms in public discussion. This has been further muddled by main stream news outlets failing to make the distinction.

Quoting: BeamboomAnd I wish there were more journalism within gaming media. Not just amateurs who believe their opinions are just as valid as anybody elses.

Good journalism clearly separates fact from opinion and identifies them as such. Research is diligent and sources are provided. (One pet peeve is the trend to cite "experts" with no further elucidation.) Editorials and opinion pieces are fine and even useful. You can't expect every reader to be informed enough on the subject to make their own analysis. Obvious spin, marketing and propaganda are different of course, although I guess it's the less obvious kind that does the "damage".

Journalism is supposed to disseminate unbiased information, but that doesn't do much to help you decide if a piece of entertainment (like a game) tickles your fancy.

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Quoting: tuubiI'm more concerned with the rest of the media, where even previously highly reputable news outlets are rapidly losing their standards.

They aere challenged indeed, but I put that blame on the amateurs, who almost force through low journalistic standards with their poor fact-checking and sloppy, left handed work. If that is the competition, what can serious media do to meet that competition?

I blame the fact that it has become accepted that as long as easily digested "clickbait" brings in the readers, it's okay to give up on journalistic integrity. I guess good journalism does not survive hard capitalism.

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Quoting: BeamboomAnd if they are sadists, they install Linux on that box. ;)

You mean "masochists" I assume, although I don't agree. Linux is bliss after the self-punishment that is Windows. ;)

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Quoting: dubigrasuThere is a FPS counter included, but for whatever reason still hidden and it takes some minor tweaking to activate it (min 1:10):

HOW did you make the FPS counter appear? :P

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/626329187103762437/ [External Link]

Wow, that's a huge hassle, and the average Steam Machine user is not going to want to do that (and they shouldn't have to).

Why would the average Steam Machine user need an FPS counter? It doesn't exactly enhance your gameplay experience.

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Quoting: Beamboom"youtubers"... :-D
Do yourself a favour and trust them like you trust advertisement pamphlets or "bloggers".
They are amateurs trying to grab a piece of the media landscape, and do all the errors and mistakes that uneducated people do. Especially when there's money involved.

Hey, the overwhelming majority of games "journalism" is done by amateurs and hobbyists. The articles on this site as well, I'd assume. Not that harmful when it's pretty much all opinion anyway. I'm more concerned with the rest of the media, where even previously highly reputable news outlets are rapidly losing their standards.

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionOpenGL was never envisioned to be used as a high end gaming solution in 2015.

You people really need to get over this myth. That's exactly what Valve and the graphics chip manufacturers were going for with the recent extensions and the AZDO stuff. Until they started working on Vulkan, that is. But OpenGL 4 is already pretty much equivalent to D3D11 in features and performance (depending on drivers of course), although there are not many with the expertise to make efficient use of it. Don't know if there ever will, not that the effort is behind Vulkan. Though make no mistake, I'm not complaining. Vulkan is the future.

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Please, no "worst" category. It doesn't help anyone, just makes the developer feel shitty (if they care at all). It's more like collective finger-pointing than constructive criticism.

I'll have a hard time voting on this year's releases, as I haven't had the chance to buy anything recent in a long time. Voting on games you think are probably great doesn't sound fair. Although I did get a couple as gifts (thanks again, you awesome people).

Hey, does Wasteland 2 Director's Cut count as a 2015 release? Probably not, seeing as it's just an update. Haven't had a chance to play it yet, so it's a new one to me. ;)

Quoting: AuleWhat about "Best Overall Port" from a technical point of view (performance, stability, controller/hardware support) - discounting story, fanbase, etc. ?

How about "Technical Quality" or some such so we don't rule out games that are not actual ports but native releases.

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Quoting: dubigrasuAhem...TheBoss? :D

All hail the supreme ruler!

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Quoting: pd12Tbh I think the maintenance should be about the same - Linux users also need to turn on automatic updates, and if you aren't on a rolling release, nvidia drivers might not get updated to latest major versions (e.g. Ubuntu distro PPAs).

Doesn't apply to SteamOS. It auto-updates the system and the graphics drivers by default from Valve's repositories according to documentation. Haven't actually tried it so can't say how recent the drivers are though.

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Quoting: Glog78This list goes on. Let me ask a real question here , which market is the target for steam machines right of now?

Console gamers?

Why do you think console gamers should use a steam machine over their console ?

This has been discussed many times before on this very site. Ability to upgrade, number of "launch titles", price of games etc. And personally I don't see how the download thing is a bigger issue for anyone with a half-decent connection than obtaining a DVD. But much depends on the next few months, on Vulkan, on game developer interest and other factors. Currently there's little incentive indeed.

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