sidalpha

FCC Repeals Net Neutrality

On May 18th, Ajit Pai and the FCC repealed Net Neutrality in a 2-1 vote in spite of a clear majority of the public desiring Net Neutrality regulations remain in place. Along with that, clear evidence of fraud have been uncovered and shows that Pai and the ISPs will stop at nothing to remove Net Neutrality.

Asset Flippers: Valve Announces a change

Valve announced a change coming today that outlines how their adjustments will help to choke the life out of asset flippers looking to get onto the Steam Storefront. Here we discuss what that change is and what it will mean.

Diamond Devs: Stardrop

Stardrop is a narrative-driven walking simulator with a fairly well done story. It is voice acted and the Developer had reached out to me directly to ask a very important question that I felt deserved an answer.

IGN gave PREY a 4/10?

IGN gave PREY a 4/10 for a game breaking bug. This drew a lot of backlash from fans over the Metacritic score. In this we discuss reviews in general, along with the numerical values and what they really mean.

Is Digital Homicide coming back?

It was brought to my attention that Digital Homicide AKA Loot Toot Games has made public the game "Not in my Crapper!" as of May 7th. Don't worry though, Valve Mods have been made aware.

**UPDATE, THE PAGE HAS BEEN PULLED. ARCHIVED AT THE FOLLOWING: http://archive.is/vFXdi **

FCC Chairman seeks to repeal Net Neutrality

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai seeks to repeal Title 2 Net Neutrality which will give Internet Service providers the ability to prioritize data traffic as they see fit. Speak out against this by going to http://goFCCyourself.com

Atlus Apology for Persona 5 threat

Atlus issued an (almost) apology for the threat originally leveraged against content creators for Persona 5 video footage past the 7/7 ingame date.

Prey for the Gods Bethesda Trademark Dispute

Bethesda and Prey for the gods Developers, No Matter Studio, reach an agreement over their recent Trademark dispute over the word "Prey" which Bethesda took as a Trademark infringement of their current game Prey.

How one could confuse Prey for the Gods with Prey is beyond me. But, let's discuss the possibilities, shall we?

All the Tasties! featuring Madkitty11

In this video we taste-test the package we received for free from MunchPak. You can see what they have to offer by going to https://munchpak.com

Redoing the Review: Gloom

In this Redoing the Review we re-examine Gloom, a 2D Rogue-Lite game by Hunchback Studio. I did promise a 2nd look at the game, but did it change my opinion? We'll see....

Is it ok to request updates to reviews?

In this I discuss the nature of Reviews and when or if it is appropriate for a Developer to request a review be updated or redone.

Is it worth it? A Scanner Sombre Review

Scanner Sombre is a Walking Simulator game by Introversion Software. In it you use a LIDAR device to map out your path through the dark in a 2 hour game of pretty lights... but not much else. See what I mean as we answer the question: Is it worth it?

Is it worth it? A Starfighter Origins Review

Starfighter Origins is a 90's style space combat simulator developed by MadAboutGames. In this brief First Impressions video I relate my experience as I navigated a game that seemed to be bigger on promise than on delivery. But the question remains: Is it worth it?

A message to Independent Developers

Recently a Twitter Posting showed someone discouraging Independent Games Developers from pursuing their dreams. Even out of an intent to do good, sometimes those intentions can easily be misconstrued. As a counterpoint to that, I thought I would offer my own thoughts.

Is it worth it? Man O' War: Corsair

Man O' War Corsair is a Naval Battle Simulator that seems very reminiscent of Sid Meier's Pirates 2004 edition. Excepting that in this game I could discern no requirements for tactics or anything else of any real interest whatsoever. So why, if it is so dull did it recieve so many positive reviews on Steam? Find out as we answer the question once and for all: Is it worth it?

My take on Pre order Culture and Season Passes

Pre order Culture and Season Passes all serve to benefit the Games Publishers while being a detriment to the consumer.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Announced

Here we discuss the potentials of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 announcement, the release date, and what to expect along with a fair amount of my usual meaningless rambling. Cheers!

Is it worth it? An Asura Review

Asura is a top-down Rogue Lite game by Ogre Head Studio. It is an interesting game with what appears to be a solid premise. Asura seeks revenge on those that killed him. Will he get it? Or more importantly, is the journey worth the asking price? Find out as we answer the question: Is it worth it?

Is it worth it? A Gloom Review

The Gloom PC Game by Hunchback Studio is a 2D scroller with Rogue-Like game mechanics. A fairly simple premise that is apparently difficult to master. Will this game brighten your day or push you further into the pit of despair? Find out as we answer the question: Is it worth it?

Is it worth it? A Moonfall Review

Moonfall is a 2D scroller beat em up by Fishcow Studio. In this First Impressions Review we work through the game's controls, core mechanics, graphics, stability and others in a fairly haphazard fashion. Will my inept play style ruin the game? Find out as we answer the question: Is it worth it?

Is it worth it? A Shock Tactics Review

Shock Tactics is a Turn-Based Tactical RPG by Point Blank Games. In this X-COM 2 Clone you play as a Mercenary Unit fighting against the Imperial Consortium. As the days tick away until the enemy fleet arrives, you have to ask yourself with every step: Is it worth it?

Asset Flippers: The Reason why they do it

In this Asset Flippers we discuss the recent uncovering of a massive network that Asset Flippers and Steam Trading Card Farmers use to ply their trade. This is very much something that they did not want us to know about for obvious reasons.

The Russian site can be found here: http://miped.ru/f/

*Note: I did not discover this site. ...

Platform Exclusives and Options Menus: An Industry Discussion

Platform Exclusives seem to be getting confused as far as definitions are concerned. So here we take a few minutes to hopefully clarify what is meant when they are mentioned. Also, some questions had been raised as to why I deem the Options Menus to be important when reviewing games. I take some time to discuss that as well.

Is it worth it? For the King

For the King is a turn based Rogue Lite Strategy RPG by IronOak Games. Even though it is in Early Access, the game shows a good deal of promise.

Gearbox issues ultimatum to G2A and I issue an apology

After learning of G2A's reputation, Gearbox officially throws down the gauntlet and if G2A does not meet their requirements, then Gearbox will pull out of the partnership. I also issue an apology for the recent quality of my content.

Gearbox climbs into bed with G2A video has been pulled

All, unfortunately during the course of the video I had credited Gearbox for several games that they did not in fact create. This was a gross oversight on my part and was a failure to relate accurate and correct information. As such, I have pulled the video until the situation can be corrected.

I have prided myself on my being able to maintain a certain level of integrity and honesty on my ...

Gearbox crawls into bed with G2A

 Gearbox has decided to partner with the biggest distributor of grey market Steam keys there is in order to put out a collector's edition Bullet Storm Full Clip Edition. 

Persona 5 Devs threaten Content Creators

Persona 5 Developers issued a statement that any Content creators that don't follow their rules will receive manual Content ID claims or even DMCA takedowns and they are apparently making good on those threats. This sort of behavior should not be tolerated and Atlus has earned a permanent ban on my channel as a result of this.

Responding to Berdyev's response to Asset Flippers: BCInteractive

Berdyev of BCInteractive has been attempting to deflect the issues while at the same time continuing to delete comments, block users, and do everything else he can in an attempt to control the narrative. Well, I have a few things to say about that...

Asset Flippers: BCInteractive

BCInteractive is the Dev/Publishing “Team” that is Steam User Bardyev. This Asset Flipper has been making insane amounts of money posting Asset Flips and passing them off as his own work. His income, per Steamspy reports could very well number in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In this Asset Flippers report, we go over these games and their original Unity assets.