• gbrading’s Activity
  • gbrading posted a message on the post Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Is Paid, But Only Barely.

    Honestly why even charge for it, why not just give it away as a free pack-in? The Wii came with Wii Sports, for free! Now Nintendo are charging for what amounts to a tutorial.

  • gbrading posted a new blog.
    36 Years of Life, 20 Years of GameSpotting

    Ahoy. Today it's my birthday and about two weeks ago, it was also the 20th Anniversary of me joining GameSpot.com, on 24th January 2005. Today, it's the 20th Anniversary of me creating my Steam accoun...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic The Off Topic Lounge: Summer of Nothing Edition. on the Nintendo Fan Club board

    @haziqonfire said:Welcome to the new Era of Nintendo Switch 2!Haz! It's gbrading! I haven't seen you in years and years! We were both GameSpot Mods many years ago now, I hope you remember. I hope you...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Do you buy mostly physical games or digital games?. on the System Wars board

    I'm a PC gamer mostly so there's very few games I buy physically these days. I think the last PC game I bought on disc was Quantum Break. I have bought a couple of PS4 games but I don't own a PS5 or ...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic What are your top games of all time?. on the System Wars board

    The most "mechanically perfect" game is TETRIS. Nothing has ever beat TETRIS on pure mechanics and it has almost a Chess like simplicity.Half-Life 2 is still my personal all-time favourite.

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Do you like Pizza or Burger or Sandwich?. on the Off-Topic Discussion board

    Pizza is just the easiest and the one with the most variety. Sandwich, great for lunches but I'm not ever really like "I want a sandwich" if I'm given the option of pizza. Burgers, it can be a real mi...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Good news for Alan Wake fan, it might make back it's money. on the System Wars board

    Keeping it Epic exclusive on PC probably hasn't helped matters but obviously I understand why Epic would do that given they funded it. But it does limit the exposure quite a lot.

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Do you buy games mostly physical or digital?. on the System Wars board

    I can't remember the last game I bought physically. Looking on my shelf it was probably the PC Collector's Edition of Quantum Break, which was 2016. I basically only play PC games though; if I played ...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Do you think graphics will hit a peak at some point in video games?. on the System Wars board

    Yes and no. They keep getting better but it's a bit like Moore's Law; we're starting to see a plateau. At the moment we are eeking out fairly minimal improvements for not necessarily any gameplay or ...

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Silent Hill 2 Remake Review - Born From A Wish.

    I'm glad this was a success; I've been playing the Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition on PC and it's excellent, but in some ways the game does show its age. It seems like this took a lot of inspiration f...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Kamala Harris replaces Biden in the presidential race. Will you vote for her?. on the Off-Topic Discussion board

    I hope I'm wrong, but I do think Harris is going to lose. I'm praying the polls are wrong but I had a similar feeling in 2016.

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Alan Wake 2 Review - A Miracle Illuminated.

    I've loved basically every game Remedy has made, including Quantum Break. Very excited for this!

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Do you ever wonder what old users are doing now?. on the Off-Topic Discussion board

    @benleslie5: Nice to see you! I remember you back from the "Golden Era" or GameSpot. Hope you're doing well!Myself I joined GS in 2005, I was a Moderator from 2008 to 2014. Autumn 2013 was when the Ga...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Are we over the era of easy games now?. on the Games Discussion board

    I believe games should be as easy or as hard as you want. People should not be judged for having fun. I'd support an easy mode in Elden Ring or a hard mode in Super Mario Odyssey. Activate God Mode, I...

  • gbrading posted a new blog.
    Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

    "Time was, when there was no need to stop and rearrange it,Now I've got a memory and I don't want to change it."Ahoy fellow former and current GameSpotters. Been, ugh, quite a while since I wrote a bl...

  • gbrading posted a message in the forum topic Spore is unironically a work of genius and deserves a sequel. on the Games Discussion board

    Spore was certainly way ahead of its time. Its not a very deep game because it's trying to do so much, but it's interesting for sure. I generally prefer Black and White though; not the game kind of G...

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Exclusive: How Alan Wake 2's Co-Protagonist, Saga Anderson, Joins Its Title Character "At The Heart Of The Story".

    This definitely increases my interest in the game honestly. I always thought Alan was the most boring character in the first game so not playing as him is a breath of fresh air.

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Redfall Review - Half-Staked.

    I just don't understand why Arkane made this. It genuinely seems like something they had very little interest in. I can only guess it was an idea the marketing department thought would sell.

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Game Of The Year 2021 - Deathloop.

    Deathloop is very good but for me I found it one of the least memorable of Arkane's games. Which just speaks to how amazing Dishonored and Prey are really. Loop Hero was my GOTY.

  • gbrading posted a message on the post Game Of The Year 2020 - Half-Life: Alyx.

    I do hope I'll eventually get the opportunity to play Half-Life Alyx, but it may be a while. My personal GOTY is Death Stranding, and I know it came out in 2019 but the PC version only released this ...