MechWarrior 5 is out. Anyone else playing it?
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Iāll have to check it outā¦but first I need to get through Jedi:Fallen order firstā¦plus my stupid addiction to the new Call of Dutyā¦
I played Witcher 3 on Xbox one. Didnāt 100% it though. Respect.
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They tell me my Windows laptop will be fixed about Monday. Itās getting new fans. As you all know, I donāt much play games. If I wanted to, do I use the laptop to play games? Do they still come on DVD, or do I need a subscription? Iāve never gotten accustomed to computer or console game controllers. I was fine with arcades, joysticks, trackballs, but the hand-held always annoyed me. An keyboard commands also are terrible. Maybe thatās why my idea of gaming was like, Zork.
I did get one game a few years ago, but didnāt get very far with it. Iām not planning on buying a laptop. Oh, I did play Evony (similar to Civilization) for a long time when I was recovering from a broken neck, but later I got tired of spending money and getting up at 3 AM to defend cities.
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You can go all-in-one arcade stick style
But if using your laptopā¦it depends on the laptop on what games you can runā¦but steam is pretty much king of PC gaming as of right now, which you can buy games digitally from them and directly download into/on to your laptop.
Cellphone games have also come along wayā¦
Yes, I have a Steam account. I got it when I was doing some Space Trader turn-based game, not for anything fancy.
I guess my laptop is sufficient for gaming still. Itās a 2013 model, a Sager (Clevo 9150) that I bought as a workhorse when I was still doing publishing stuff. Itās running Win 10 Pro. Has an i7 3840 QM processor, Ivy Bridge, which was pretty fast for back then, 32 gig of RAM, and an SSD. Wireless is still only N. Has what was a good video card for laptop gaming back then - I still get driver updates to make it optimized for games.
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Oh, I likeey the X-Arcade controller. Like my old Wico controllers. Built like a frigginā tank. I think I could use that one.
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a mix between game and photo gear
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So I am 100% Mac, I have a PS4 but will likely not use it much other than the racing game I have and for redbox blu rays as that would mean I have to do it in the theater room that is also connected to the kitchen and would likely take the TV away from my wife if she wanted to watch.
So I am thinking of playing some casual games on my IMAC which is pretty beefed up. I havenāt really gamed in quite a long time. I like Strategy games like civilization style, or I really loved World of Warcraft lol many years agoā¦ donāt judge. It was definitely a guilty pleasure for a couple of years. What type of games are fun nowadays for casual gaming from a MAC? Iām thinking like maybe when I am home watching my daughter and she is taking a nap or when my wife is watching a reality TV show that I just canāt stomach lol. Thanks gents!
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Hmmmā¦ lots of fun easy to play games on Mac! Iāll try and put a list together tonight for you! I use Steam as it is the easiest way to game on the Macā¦
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share here. Iām game challenged. I sort of gave up after text adventures. I recall Ultima -Ultima III on Atari. Have steam. Have Mac, Have PC. Play space traders, Play Really Bad Chess - thatās fun. donāt like game controllers. Donāt like keyboards. I grok Duplicate Contract Bridge.
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I have a couple of games in mind I think you will grok! Once beast mode is crashed out for the evening Iāll jump on the Mac and dig through the games and post what gems I find!
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Thank you. Also played Evony when I was recovering from an accident. Spent way too much time and money. Achieved top 100 on several servers. Typical server showed 16K users, but probably 2000 or so real ones and the rest bots or secondary accounts used to feed primaries. Officer/vice/host of several alliances. Used bots to cheat like hell. So did everybody else. Sooner or later it became a bot programming challenge. Ran 20+ bots 24 hours a day. Woke up at 3 AM to defend cities from people with bigger budgets. Eventually became not fun.
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All hail Lord Britannia.
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On MacOS Steam something to keep in mind though is with MacOS Catalina some of the games might not work if they havenāt been updated from 32bit to 64bit so pay attention to that when looking at Mac games:
Slay the Spire: fun card battler rogue like, can be very addictive one more run type game. Graphics are pretty basic but gameplay is pretty fun.
Total War games: Fun strategy turn based. Think Risk but digital lol and way more involved.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker : this is more of your typical isometric RPG fantasy game
Darkest Dungeon: a turn based strategy game with a side view. Pretty dark and depressing but cool game
If you like Star Wars and havenāt played the Knights of the old republic yet it is highly recommended!
STAR WARS: Knights of the old republic: this is a turn based combat Star Wars game with a great storyā¦graphics are a lil dated by todays standards but it is a fun and enjoyable rompā¦Iāve beaten this multiple times across multiple platforms
Okā¦so bare with me hereā¦ this next game is probably one of my favorite games of all timeā¦ but it will take some skill with a mouse and keyboard or a controllerā¦but when you get itā¦you will feel like John Wick or John Wooā¦ it is a first person shooterā¦kind ofā¦ bullets and enemies only move when you āmoveā so you can dodge bullets, deflect them with a sword, or block them with your gun or whatever is handyā¦ I beat it on Xbox, and PC, and VR (Virtual Reality was the best experience!!!) any howā¦the game
SUPERHOT: Epic make you feel like a bad ass with a slowed time mechanic
Tropico 6 can be a lot of fun, you are a dictator of a paradise island nation lol
Northgard is another city builder RTS but based in Viking mythology
Company of Heroes 2 is a fun squad based RTS game pretty fun moving troops around the field. Setting is WW2
If you have a controller and like old Arcade beat emā ups then I canāt recommend Castle Crashers enough!
Another fun quick one more game addictive RTS strategy game is Into the Breach very cool mechanic
Ok this one is a must art pieceā¦it is beautiful and not to challengingā¦but I do recommend a basic controller: GRIS
a cheap easy fun city builder ISLANDERS
if you like action rpgs like Diablo 1-3 than, Torchlight 2 is a fun game to kill time with and all you really need is a mouse and basic understanding of a keyboard
If you like walking simulators with cool stories Firewatch controller would probably be easiest with this one as well but a mouse and keyboard are easy enough. It isnāt overly complicated.
This next one is an interesting social experiment Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) essentially you are writing nice letters to real peopleā¦
Stardew Valley Farm simiulator with SNES graphicsā¦Iām not really into these types of gamesā¦but it is extremely popular so itās doing something right!
Gorogoa another art game but can be used with just a mouse I believeā¦I have it on my phoneā¦it is a puzzle game with cool visuals and art
Ok this one is hilarious Iāve watched a lot of videos of it havenāt played yet though Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Lost Lands and Grim Legends series are point and click adventure puzzle game
80 Days just buy it! great gameā¦plus it can be fun to play with others helping make decisions
Her Story just a trip! essentially you are trying to solve a mystery and it is pretty cool how they do it. Just need to know how to point and click a mouse and type words 
Any game by Klei Entertainment lol they make a big diverse group of easy on the eyes games full of strategy to survival to platformers
Legend of Grimrock this is an oldschool dungeon crawler with pretty cool graphics! It is how I envisioned a lot of fantasy text rpgs to look like in my head lol
OSMOS relaxing beautiful game with easy mechanics
that should be enough to get you guys started =) I catered mostly to what you said you enjoyed playing so there is a mix of genres
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awesome @TylersEclectic thank you, Tyler!
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Ive been playing Destiny 1 and 2 for 5 years now. Its like a bad date that you cant get rid of.
I get burned out(often)and picked up Surge 2 to pass the time til Cyberpunk 2077 dropped,but my old reflexes cant keep up in Surge 2 and Cyber has been delayed until September 
so its back to D2ā¦sigh
At least Iron Banana starts tomorrow.
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I was gladdened and sad about Cyberpunk 2077 being delayed. I want to play so bad, but donāt want to be a beta tester at launch like every Activision title ever released, ever.
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Iām on a burnout period with it currently havenāt turned it on since the end of the last seasonā¦ but yeah itās like the girlfriend that you break up with and wonāt leave lolā¦ and you end up just continuing the relationship because itās just thereā¦ oh, man, bad memories lolā¦ stupid young dumb Tyler ha!
Iām also glad Cyberpunk 2077 is delayed, it will give me time to beat some other games hopefully before Iām sucked into that world!!
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