Gman

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

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An unfortunate example.

I'm sure Vertigo Amsterdam was full of talented developers who love VR. The standalone market just can't sustain it.

They have "big games" in their portfolio (Arizona Sunshine, Metro Awakening), but a deeper look shows no PCVR exclusives.

Arizona Sunshine (original + Remake + Arizona Sunshine 2)
After the Fall
Metro Awakening
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow
The 7th Guest VR
Unplugged: Air Guitar
Hellsweeper VR
A Fisherman’s Tale (1 + 2)
Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl
Maskmaker
Traffic Jams

Every game on the list is either a standalone exclusive or cross platform.

Kids with standalone headsets have the attention span of a gnat and the buying power of a margin investor circa October 2029. They want free live service games that are interesting for 90 minutes. These games work on iPads and iPhones, but ffs they fail so hard in VR.

So when studios attempt to capture the PCVR and standalone markets simultaneously... Arizona Sunshine and Metro Awakening happens.

Objectively decent games, sure... But uninteresting to PCVR purists looking for and willing to pay for something extraordinary... and too expensive, too long, and too unremarkable to blow up among the tweens and 10 year old iPad kids with quest headsets.

#VR is for PC gamers.

We need a couple ballsy studios with the talent and capital to sell headsets (Valve), a couple PCVR/PC cross platform hyper-niche giants (Eagle Dynamics, iRacing), and an army of independent developers able and willing to risk building extraordinary experiences that will sell ~100k-~200k copies.

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

- Safety on when not firing. Non-negotiable.

- The VA is broken (fix it), but so are vets (compensate them).

- A Class (or equivalent) USPSA, PCSL, and PRS competitors can outshoot 99+% of the US Military and Law Enforcement.

- Tactics matter. Hard skills are prerequisite to tactics.

- Fitness is a hard skill. Train it.

- Speed, surprise, violence of action + hard skills still wins.

- Standalone did irreparable harm to VR.

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

The kids and I went grocery shopping yesterday and I taught them the shopping cart theory.

Daughter: "So are people who don't return their carts bad people."

"We don't know if they're good or bad, only that they're selfish and lazy."

"Wow! there's a lot of selfish and lazy people here."

Yes, love. Yes there are.

[Gman @gman228]

Amazon is cooking!!??!!?

Secret Level - Teaser Trailer | Prime Video https://t.co/JcG9XJtb7O via @YouTube

[Gman @gman228]

I feel this on an existential level…

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

What a rare thing, to be free.

248 years ago, 56 free men, representing the American colonies, signed their names to a document effectively declaring war against the most powerful empire in the world. The war was won. America was born. And we were gifted a Republic... If we can keep it.

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

BODYCAM isn't realistic or good. Here's why:

[𝙂𝙐𝙉𝘽𝙄𝙍𝘿🇺🇸 @gunburd]

@ControlledPairs my infantry tactics consist of you giving me a compass bearing and walking in that general direction until i die or they do.

[Gman @gman228]

@PrizePicks @toosii2x

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

Oh man. This looks hilariously entertaining.

[Gman @gman228]

@ControlledPairs @GAMERTAGVR @Justin_Spice_vr Me going through my VR library

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

He didn't know it was a police officer. Someone banging on his door announced themselves as a police officer. He answered his door while holding his legally owned firearm at his side in case someone posing as law enforcement intended to do him harm and under the (false) assumption that a law enforcement professional wouldn't murder him in his home for doing so.

The gunman failed to wait for backup before walking into a domestic, forfeiting the opportunity to employ contact/cover principles. The gunman failed to give verbal commands to the victim. The gunman failed to employ de-escalation techniques. The gunman was consumed by confirmation bias due to a single source report from a concerned neighbor that proved to be false but nonetheless led the gunman to the victim's home under the assumption violence was imminent.

The shooter behaved like an armed militant coward. Thank God it's not fall and there weren't any oaks dropping acorns or it could have been a mass casualty event.

Are game wardens allowed to murder hunters for walking to deer stands armed?

Can Amazon delivery drivers mag-dump a home owner for answering the door holding a gun at their side?

Are we going to start killing 2A auditors on sight?

Was this police officer truly so poorly trained that he "feared for his life" because a civilian had the audacity to own a firearm in his presence?

Martial profressions require their practitioners to incur risk to their own lives in favor of preserving the lives of others. Don't become a soldier or a cop if you're unwilling to die on the job.

Is "the right to bear arms" really a right if agents of the state can kill you for freely exercising it?

But yes, the officer will claim "I was scared," and will get some paid leave, a letter of reprimand, some retraining and then will be back on the beat.

[Gman @gman228]

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Gray Zone Warfare is really good. @gman228 and I grinded out the majority of the starter village tasks over the last two nights. It feels so good to have a giant open world tactical FPS with built-in purpose to go out and accomplish something. Sure, its a massive sandbox, but I'm compelled to play to to progress, grind, get more gucci gear, cash, and kit up for PVP hunts.

[ControlledPairs @ControlledPairs]

@gman228 Full @GrayZoneWarfare video is here - https://t.co/7cMfsHjMJM

[Gman @gman228]

@Gunburd @groverrover92

[1ceStream @1ceStream]

Who made this 😭

[DevilDogGamer @DevilDogGamer]

Fallout Series was 15/10 LOVED it, really like the flash backs and they have quite of bit of source material to make sooooo many seasons. Would love to see some Battle of Anchorage scenes in the future, Liberty Prime etc. Now were pretty much playing Fallout all week!

[Gman @gman228]

Just finished the new Fallout TV series, @HaloTheSeries should take some notes on how to make a good game adaptation…

[Gman @gman228]

@ControlledPairs Time to make the jump to tabletop gaming content!