I just went through lots of research & testing & arrived at the conclusion that Xbox 360 is the best for us.

PlayStation 4 thumbtacks crater rings were annoying & the dual stick circles were too small to use in First Person Shooters. The touchpad was difficult to get working (I didn't). And running ds4drv to map it to X360 was a pain because on Bluetooth disconnect it would just add another Xbox Controller # and forget the last. Bluetooth range was terrible @ 4ft but maybe my controller was the cause. Input lag was behind X360 -- critical to FPS games.

Design wise PS4 is symmetrical, ergonomic, and very attractive but for some reason the plastic sweats in the hands.

XBone Bumpers are a joke and break off. The colored letters on black buttons is a downgrade. The bottom of the controller wings are linear instead of dynamic making it feel worse in your hand. The joysticks suck and lack resistance. Flush mount battery is nice & Bluetooth with model S is a step in the right direction.

Steam Controller is a Headcrab grafted upon a X360 host. Except instead of being one controller it's two controllers mashed together. You have to choose to completely ignore the top half or the bottom half to hold it where it feels meant to be.

Having one left joystick is a huge disappointment for FPS gaming. It fails as a FPS console controller to provide equal utility to my 15 years of playing FPS skill. The bumpers are awesome. The indentation on the left track pad sucks. It should have been raised or left out to feel like a DPad at all.

The right & left pads should have been unscrewable to replace with joysticks. The shell should come in more colors. Sticker Skins is retardedly ugly.

X360 admittedly is dated but supported in the most games. The kernel supports it has the free. The wings on the bottom are ergonomic. The triggers quality enough. The joysticks last 10 years and the button colors are really nice. The Wireless receiver is a pain and mess but can be mounted inside the case at least. It's limited to 4 controllers I imagine. The range is great and input lag minimal. The joysticks are wide enough to allow for more FPS precision. The joysticks are a ugly grey & bottom plastic too. The battery compartment is ackward but at least out of the way if you hards are small or mid size.

On and the steam controller batteries -- how the fuck are you supposed to pry those out of the wings without a knife & slashing your hand. Fuck those batteries hold super tight & never come out.

So in the end ice completed my quest & personally declared X360 the least expensive & best for FPS, ease of installation, design & real gaming use. Sometimes R1 and L1 don't work but overall its the best experience for me + 3 to play local split screen with.

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Quoting: melkemindSo, just to be clear, you're saying Half Life 3 confirmed? :)

Half Life 1 + Half Life 2 = Half Life 3. Half Life 3 confirmed.

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Bought Warhammer 2 (3 expansions)
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/44367/ [External Link]

Bought Black Mesa
http://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/ [External Link]

I am somewhat interested in Max Max but TBH I'm not sure if I'm the target audience, the driving looks fun and it looks like what Final Fantasy XV was supposed to be, except actually cool, I just dunno - it looks like Borderlands 3 to me.

As it is I got a gigantic backlog but how can I turn down a good sale?

I hope Warhammer 2 is a better StarCraft 2 but for Linux, we'll see - DLing now.

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Half Life was the very first PC game that got my into programming, there used to be game development CDs bundled with Half Life Demos. Such a different time.

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Warning this game is like crack.

Once hooked expect to loose a couple days.

Excellent game, looking forward to the final chapters gonna play through again.

Gonna pull the trigger soon on this.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: AnxiousInfusion

Quoting: swickPretty sure it doesn't compliments you, or anything you said. Even saying it complemented your article would be a gross overestimation of what your article provides.

Bro you're complaining on a site which regularly posts articles which consist of a large image and 2-5 sentences. Nobody expects to get a degree in visual computing by reading GOL.

Well, I'm not one to drag something out that can be said in 2-5 sentences, nothing bugs me more than some places who pad-out text with nonsense :)

I get your point though, we are primarily for gaming news, with the occasional editorial thrown in with our thoughts on things.

Finally! Concise, simple and to the point articles rich in information and not diluted with long unnecessary grandiose speech, and these days who has the time to mule over 60 articles a day from their RSS feed?

When it's not to the point I just stop reading the RSS source all together since the information sucks or is highly bias. (eg: Phoronix is a much better read than LXER, LXER is next to trash/rubbish to me.)

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This article outlines a term that I've created to describe the situation -- LinuxTax™

Essentially, what it means is that in order to use Linux as a gaming platform you have to purchase a better GPU than you would on Windows - and with the licensing differential for system builders that means you take your GPU budget and add the $100 you saved not buying a Windows OEM License.

So $150 (Windows GPU) becomes $250 (Linux GPU). This is the cost of using a secure, virus free, and superior platform.

Linux is better, yet Linux Gaming is still relatively new, hell MESA isn't even complete yet and it's already competing with Nvidia "The Blob".

So there you have it - LinuxTax™.

As long as my GPU achieves 120 FPS+ at 1080p I couldn't care less.

60 FPS @ 4k is my target but I really don't need to game at 4k, very few titles even perform well at that resolution on any GPU Card.

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Desura exists as a name and brand.

I don't really know how or even if they're responsible to make good on the old company's debts to developers etc... but it will take some seriously perfect apps, perfect new store with 100% different theme and some very intelligent marketing to make a relaunch that gets people excited.

I'm excited to see what happens and wish them well, in this case Infamous at least establishes the brand. Similarly I loathe EA Games, but their brand seems larger than ever even after winning the worst gaming company in america award.

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I know some Linux people who used to play and maybe still will?

As for me I purposely passed over since I'm not sure if their company will be committed to my platform. Therefore, I'm not sure I want to be committed to their company.

Minetest is pretty close to Minecraft and free from my limited knowledge of what it is.

Then there's VoxeLands which is a fork of Minetest so I dunno - seems like there are some options aside from the whole friends thing.

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