Welcome to the 60th edition of Reloading…
“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” – Robert A. Heinlein
Everyone can use a feel good moment to start the day. Let’s go with this…
No video today. This was too good to pass up.
Thanks as always for reading Reloading…. I appreciate it and I’m sure I speak for Ben, Jeff and Kevin who also occasionally pen for this column when I tell you that they appreciate it too!
In my last column I mentioned
WildStar by Carbine Studios. If you haven’t already viewed Jeff’s video from gamescom then
check it out now. I’m a bit shocked by the comments below Jeff’s video stating that they don’t see an “Firefly” in the game. What’s not Firefly in the game trailer?
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It’s setting is a western in space.
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The mercenary is Jayne.
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The guy in the brown coat.. note “Brown Coat” is so like Mal right down to the pistols.
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The music has that western twang to it.
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I could go on…
There have been plenty of good vibes coming out of those that are playing
World of Tanks. With
World of Warplanes and
World of Battleships now on the horizon this franchise looks like one of the hottest newcomers in a very long time. I haven’t played WoT, but I have only heard good things from those that have.
Star Wars The Old Republic remains the big dog on the porch and though they are flexing their muscles at PAX Prime they also did some weight lifting at gamescom. Check out the
Razer Peripheral video, which includes a large LCD screen and fully customizable keyboard, meaning you can swap keys around. They keyboard is of course, Star Wars themed. The mouse that Razer was showing off has a changeable faction plate, but otherwise seemed much like a Razer Naga.
In other news, the EA and Steam spat continues on. EA had already pulled
Crysis 2 and
Dragon Age II from the Steam store, but apparently now
Battlefield 3 will not be available to Steam users upon launch.
"I think at the end of the day we're going to prove to Electronic Arts they have happier customers, a higher quality service, and will make more money if they have their titles on Steam," he continued. "It's our duty to demonstrate that to them. We don't have a natural right to publish their games…We really want to show there's a lot of value having EA titles on Steam. We want EA's games on Steam and we have to show them that's a smart thing to do." – Gabe Newell, Valve Software
Do you use Steam? If so, what percentage of your game purchases are through the Steam service? I know personally that it drives me nuts when my Internet happens to be down and Steam won’t let me play a game that I bought.
What are your thoughts?
As always, you can contact me a number of ways:
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Email
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Telepathy (Just make sure it’s during business hours. I hate to be woken by this stuff)
Until we meet again,
John “Boomjack” Hoskin
I use Steam pretty much exclusively, and the lack of Steam support for the only two games I'm buying this year (Battlefield 3 and Sweater) pissed me off big time. I will still buy those games, but have deemed to do so the cheapest way possible and will not be forced into using Origin, which is basically a poorly stocked Steam-wannaba bloatware.
While I will buy BF3 and TOR any other EA purchase is purely discretionary, and not being on Steam will be a deal breaker for me, as well as others. EA are basically trying to force people away from Steam and onto Origin by blackmail, rather than providing a superior service. This can only backfire in the longrun.