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PC vs Next Gen Consoles – Why I Prefer Consoles

TwTheRedDragon — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 03:35:18 +0000

We are only days away from the launch of the next-generation of consoles. As a gamer on both the PC and the consoles, I hear a lot of PC gamers question why in the world people would choose a console over the all powerful PC. For many, the debate about which console is more powerful is silly considering that neither come close to top of the line rigs that are already out today. The Xbox One and the PS4 are already coming out of the gate behind on technology. So while I understand, I may be fighting an uphill battle when it comes to specs. I hope you indulge me for the next few minutes as I explain why the consoles are so appealing to many gamers like myself.

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Arrested Over GTA5

TwTheRedDragon — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:03:43 +0000

They posed as cops so they could play as crooks, police say.

A trio of over-eager video gamers– one an auxiliary NYPD officer, another the son of a retired officer — posed as cops to cut hundreds of people on a midnight line to buy the “Grand Theft Auto V” video game in the Staten Island Mall Tuesday, authorities allege.

They even drove off in a car with a lights-and-sirens package installed, according to police.

The video game allows players to take on the roles of three hardened criminals in the fictional California city of Los Santos.

But instead of playing as three criminals, they ended up charged as three criminals.

Source: NYPD say three posed as police on Staten Island to get early copy of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

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Teen Jokes During Video Game – Goes to Jail

TwTheRedDragon — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:33:52 +0000

A Texas teenager who has been in jail since March faces an eight-year prison sentence because of a threatening joke he made while playing an online video game.

In February, Justin Carter was playing “League of Legends” — an online, multiplayer fantasy game — when another player wrote a comment calling him insane. Carter’s response, which he now deeply regrets, was intended as joke.

“He replied ‘Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head, I’m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’ and the next two lines were lol and jk,” said Jack Carter, Justin’s father, in a statement to a local news channel.

But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter’s Austin address, determined that it was near an elementary school, and called the police. Carter was arrested one month later, and has been in jail ever since. He recently celebrated his 19th birthday behind bars.

Authorities charged him with making a terrorist threat. If convicted, he will face eight years in prison.

Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed for months

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Battlefield Bad Company 3 Coming Soon?

TwTheRedDragon — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:54:33 +0000

A lot of Battlefield fans have been asking about the next installment of the Bad Company series. Bad Company 2 was a fan favorite, and DICE is fully aware that there is a growing voice of supporters who want Bad Company 3. But it turns out, that we may be waiting awhile in order to play BC3. Earlier this week, the official Battlefield twitter tweeted that”We love the Bad Company series, but don’t have it in active development,” “Battlefield 4 is our main focus for the year.”

Do you want to play Battlefield Bad Company 3?

Source: Battlefield Bad Company 3 not in active development

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How to be the Best Battlefield Player

TwTheRedDragon — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:22:13 +0000

I just finished up a good commentary by MattTheMusketeer. He was asking, “what makes a great battlefield player?” And he talked a little bit about stats, and whether they were important – and if they were, which ones signified that a player was a great Battlefield player? The 2 biggest indicators of skill that many people focus on is K/D (Kill vs Death Ratio), or SPM (Score per Minute). I thought it was a good question and subject, and I thought K/D and SPM were valid points to bring up in a discussion about the topic.

But when I think about the question, I have to say that I don’t put all of my faith in leaderboards or points. And I feel that, at least in most Battlefield modes – K/D is irrelevant. K/D is really only important in TDM, and in extreme cases where you are dying repeatedly and draining tickets. But sometimes, the leaderboards don’t tell the full story.

Take a game of Capture the flag for example. I can recall numerous times where I would play the role of spawn beacon. Different people play it different ways. The way I play it, is probably the most boring to most people. But I work my way to the enemy base and try to place a spawn beacon for my fellow squad mates to spawn in on. I then usually hide somewhere just to stay alive, to make sure my teammates can keep pressure on the enemy team. I may not fire my weapon at all to keep from alerting my position. I’ll do my best to spot enemies – but my primary goal is to stay alive and stay hidden at the enemy base. At the end of the game, my squadmates usually comment on how awesome it was to constantly have a spawn at the enemy location. But if anyone on the other team looked at my score on the leaderboard. They may see someone with a negative K/D – barely any points and at the bottom. Yet, I played a crucial role in the victory often times.

I don’t take credit for the wins, but I was part of the team. I helped the team. Other people helped the team by being the meatshields, the flag runners, the gunners, the drivers and so on.

I can think of several times on Operation Metro where i will be a meatshield and just try to use the smoke to run through the enemy to get behind them if our team is pushed in. That usually isn’t good for my K/D, or my SPM, but when I do break through – it can turn a game around.

I think the sign of a great Battlefield player is someone who can be adaptive. You can have great Snipers – Great Pilots – Great Tank Drivers. But the best players are the ones who switch to a medic when the team needs revives. The player who plays an Engineer when its time to play with the armor. The ones who PTFO. If you can say at the end of the game, that you helped in some way to contribute to the win – I say your a good Battlefield player.

The great thing about Battlefield is that it is so unique – there are so many different elements, variables – ways to play. There is no right answer, and everyone has their own interpretation. It is fun to talk about however, and I’d love to hear from you about your thoughts on the subject. What Makes a Great Battlefield Player? Points, Playstyle, Attitude?

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Video Games Help Kids With Anger Issues

TwTheRedDragon — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:09:04 +0000

Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a simple video game that hones their ability to regulate their emotions, finds a pilot study at Boston Children’s Hospital. Results were published online October 24 in the journal Adolescent Psychiatry. Noticing that children with anger control problems are often uninterested in psychotherapy, but very eager to play video games, Jason Kahn, PhD, and Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, MD, at Boston Children’s Hospital developed “RAGE Control” to motivate children to practice emotional control skills that they can later use in challenging life situations. The fast-paced game involves shooting at enemy spaceships while avoiding shooting at friendly ones. As children play, a monitor on one finger tracks their heart rate and displays it on the computer screen. When heart rate goes above a certain level, players lose their ability to shoot at the enemy spaceships. To improve their game, they must learn to keep calm.

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