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To add I wouldn't recommend VR period unless you enjoy a very high learning curve and troubleshooting. But I bought Half Life Alyx on launch and was blown away. I picked up a red canister, threw it at enemies, shot it to cause a huge explosion, then screamed like a little ***** because a head crab jumped on my face, panic shot and lost all my ammo, then dropped the magazine trying to reload out of panic.
You can't fumble reloads or get that scared in regular gaming so the reward is kinda worth it.
just for chits and giggles
had a look at death rate for countries with a similar pop to Canada
30 mill to 40 mill
deaths in red, we got some work to do
I've seen so many stats arranged in so many ways. I think it's still early days to trust in the numbers because of:
- inadequate testing, especially when it comes to COVID-19 confirmed cases. I trust the death toll numbers a bit more because there needs to be a post-mortem. But stats that show the US spiking in the last week or so are skewed because they just started taking testing more seriously in that time frame. Meanwhile, developing countries with very few confirmed cases? Well big surprise... their resources for testing are not as well-funded as the western nations.
- per capita deaths, population density. A lot of charts show the US leading COVID-19 cases, without ever mentioning that they have 10X the population of Canada. However, this is further complicated because although Canada's population density is more than 1/10th the density of the US, 90% of the population live in a handful of citiies, so I think our population density is very similar to the US.
- Another complicating factor is age distribution. A country like Cambodia had a huge genocide in the 1970s, so their population is relatively young. Only 3.8% of their population is over the age of 65. Compare that to Japan, where 33% of the population is over 65. Obviously more people in Cambodia are going to arrive on the other side of COVID-19 unscathed than in Japan.
I'm not a US apologist, I think their government is under-reacting and their attitudes towards personal liberty being more important than the common good is leading them to a disaster.
However, I think there are many, many countries that are doing just as poorly as the US, but because of all the reasons above, the stats are painting an incomplete picture.
Mad Mike
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Each country places different value on human lives. Lives are pretty cheap in China.
It's all about the teabagging.
Mad Mike
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I don't think The Donald is responsible for letting the Genie out of the bottle.So the world is upset with China for playing down the seriousness of the plague,
but it's ok for the Donald to do it
Are you better on controller or mouse and keyboard?
I ask because:
XIM Technologies – Official site of XIM Technologies advanced gaming products is a thing.
I used this for Black Ops 4 and some other CoDs on PS4 and it feels very satisfying but dirty. You get 75% or so of the precision of the mouse....but also the aim assist built into console shooters. The result was my inbox filled with hate messages >=]
Trials
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Ah, so you are saying he is playing it down for noble reasons.
Was just watching some African news, completely worth watching because they don't even think it came from a bat,
and it was interesting that the first victim in one country was a high ranking political type :| I suspect the rest just died of natural causes.
Mad Mike
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I don't see your views as racist, they are Nationalist. You seem sympathetic and influenced by Chinese propaganda and averse to anything that criticizes or highlights unfavorable China realities.
Mad Mike
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I haven't played a video game since 2010.
I really don't know.
I'm like an ex-smoker thinking of starting up again.
Jeez, the rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper...
Dirty Frank
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A little late for the party here but if I have the urge to light up someone from that part of the planet all that I have to do is politely ask "are you Vietnamese"
Is being mistaken for Vietnamese offensive to other Asians?
Honestly don't know.
Asking for a friend.
I love pho...
@Lightcycle depends what type of gaming you like. I’ve got the switch for portability when I travel, and the ps4 for home.
the PS4 is definitely more mature in the games they present, and they are phenomenal games.
The Switch is more simpler games and more ‘fun’ I guess is the best word. Nintendo has stuck fairly well to their mantra of keeping games that anyone can play, and staying away from massive violence in their games.
prefer playing the PS4 games, but like the portability of the switch.
you can pickup a PS4 for a good price, and I hear their online library is discounted now.
the PS4 is definitely more mature in the games they present, and they are phenomenal games.
The Switch is more simpler games and more ‘fun’ I guess is the best word. Nintendo has stuck fairly well to their mantra of keeping games that anyone can play, and staying away from massive violence in their games.
prefer playing the PS4 games, but like the portability of the switch.
you can pickup a PS4 for a good price, and I hear their online library is discounted now.
I'm not. I think Chinese censorship and blind nationalism is ****, same with how corrupt their "communism" is (it's capitalism for the rich and powerful, communism for the rest.)
I also think our government is **** with how they're handling COVID19. So when everything looks like ****, you clean the **** closest to you before outward.
66% in 33 cities according to StatsCan
That's cool.
I watched a trailer for IT in VR a few years. Oh my dog, that was scary as frack.
Dunno about others...but I don't care if I'm mistaken for anything.
I used to play a lot of FPS shooters. But I tried this one VR game called Fantastic Contraption, was addicted. Also Beat Saber looks cool.
I never got into those. More into the Spiderman, Uncharted, Last of Us type of games, and they are phenomenal. I actually travelled with my PS4 back and forth to site but found it was a pain in the ass, and I had no secure space to keep it on site.
The Switch has it's use, but proper gaming isn't it IMHO. I like the fun part of the games (Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart, Breath of the Wild, etc.).
If you're into FPS then your choice is b/w XBOX and PS4/5.
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