Archive for October 14th, 2012

In an RPG, gear is mostly for your paper doll on the inventory screen, even though it sometimes shows up on the character model, which is really just a 3D paper doll. Your gear’s personality is in the stats. Sure, maybe your pauldrons have spikes on them. That’s pretty cool, but I bet you’re more interested in the effect on your stamina or dexterity. Best case scenario, there’s some sort of particle effect on whatever sword you’re using.

Borderlands 2, an RPG, isn’t shy about numbers. Lord knows I spend enough time comparing the stats of pairs of guns. This one has the bigger magazine, but that one does a smidge more damage. A lot of playing Borderlands is the headshotting and careful shield management, so I don’t have to sweat the numbers too much.

After the jump, the numbers are just the beginning. Continue reading →

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In his apology for bragging about how he fucked a 14-year-old, competitive Starcraft II player Ilyes Satouri says it was a private joke. Unlike the time he was arrested (pictured) for publicly vomiting all over a Swedish nightclub. Satouri’s private joke was broadcast when he sent it to someone who was participating in a live stream on TwitchTV.

The look on his chat partner’s face is priceless.

Satouri’s team suspended him for the rest of this month. This means he’ll be back on November 1st, at which point sponsors like Monster and Intel will implicitly condone e-athletes who brag about fucking minors.

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