Sam Hallahan

1 week ago | thegamer.com | Sam Hallahan

Proclaiming your game is ‘Now in 4K!’ is a fun thing to brag about, and also the most appealing way to sell consumers on a pretty new thing without needing to get too deep into technical details. But it’s also proven to be largely pointless. In films, it makes more sense to output as close to the original image as possible, and that means 4K will be a more true resolution that does a better job of displaying the details directors originally intended.

1 week ago | thegamer.com | Sam Hallahan

How dare I even say anything bad about Skyrim?! Well, I’m going to - I love the game, but I always loved Oblivion more. The stats and how you level up, the fantasy elements of the world, the quest design, and yes - the magic. Skyrim introduced Thu’ums, or Shouts, as a new form of power to play around with on top of the standard spells you could equip, but it all felt very basic in comparison to Oblivion, and Oblivion Remastered is reminding me just how strong the contrast truly is.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sam Hallahan

2 hours agoIn “The Dazzling Paget Sisters,” Ariane Bankes unearths the writings of her high-society mother and aunt, getting glimpses at the 20th-century figures with whom they cavorted. THE DAZZLING PAGET SISTERS: The English Twins Who Captivated Literary Europe, by Ariane Bankes Move over, Véra. See ya, …

1 week ago | thegamer.com | Sam Hallahan

As a kid who wasn’t old enough to be playing Red Dead Redemption back in 2010, I never understood how to play the poker minigame, even with tutorials. I wasn’t too bothered to learn, either, and just continued with my life, to the point of being 20 at the time of RDR2’s launch and still not knowing how to play poker. I was okay with that, too.

1 week ago | thegamer.com | Sam Hallahan

I don’t care how anyone chooses to play games. What difficulty you pick, what features you choose to use, or how often you want to quicksave and reload. If you’re having fun, then go for it; that’s what video games are for. ‘Save scumming’ is a term that’s been around for decades, originally as more of a joke, though now it’s used by ‘hardcore’ gatekeepers who find more enjoyment in ridiculing other people on Twitter and Reddit than they do actually playing a video game.