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Blowing Up Halo 2’s “Tutorial” – Vidmaster Forever

August 11, 2023July 31, 2023 Glacier 0 Comments halo, Halo 2, marathon, tutorial

Get Creative. First Recon Vidmaster may have been conceived in concert with Marathon, but it hasn’t been home in over twenty-five years. I doubt anyone could expect the series would get a reboot in 2023. From UESC to UNSC and back again, the eponymous Vids have been on ice for quite some time– But I doubt the spirit of Vidmaster went anywhere as Bungie shot into superstardom with Halo back in 2001. In fact, Bungie’s shift to Xbox in an era before widespread broadband internet access leaves Halo’s campaigns more replayable than Marathon ever was. Long before matchmaking, single player… [Continue Reading]

A Volt enjoying the sunshine with his inflatable rubber ring

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A New Beginning with the Duviri Paradox?

March 17, 2023March 5, 2023 Medic 0 Comments duviri paradox, newbie, tutorial, vor's prize, warframe

Warframe has always had a problem with actually getting into the game. Once you’ve completed Vor’s Prize, it’s a long, often convoluted journey even to complete the star chart. This means that many new players never actually get to try the cool things, like Necramechs and the New War. A lot of the new, fun and interesting stuff actually has a lot of requirements. The New War in particular required both a Necramech and a Railjack. Both of which are… Not so much end-game content, but still pains in the ass to obtain. Railjacks in particular have had their costs… [Continue Reading]

Phovos the Excalibur in his blue and orange colour scheme.

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How I’d Change Warframe’s New Player Experience

February 2, 2022January 28, 2022 Medic 0 Comments newbie, quest, tutorial, warframe

I won’t deny it, Warframe’s tutorial missions suck. You are very quickly left on an island, not really sure what you can do and where you should go. Sure, there are signposts somewhat pointing you in the right direction, but most of Warframe’s information and guides are outside the game itself. And having barely any inventory makes things worse. So here is how I’d improve the new player experience. Because, frankly, the recent introduction changes are mostly cosmetic. They just added a cool trailer at the start of the game. Give more weapon options Funnily enough, there’s actually quite a… [Continue Reading]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Shoutcasting

August 8, 2020August 2, 2020 aabicus 0 Comments advice, esports, guide, help, shoutcasting, tutorial

I’ve been amateur shoutcasting for 3 years, and I recently got voted by League Zero to cast the grand finals, but I’ve also never peaked beyond low gold in my game of choice. So don’t worry about your in-game talent level, you’re fine! Shoutcasting has almost a completely different skillset from actual playing (just like how most chess commentators aren’t grandmasters) so don’t feel discouraged about your own personal heights. (This goes for other possible esport positions as well, there are tons of options other than playing for breaking in!) If you’ve ever watched a shoutcast and thought it would… [Continue Reading]

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Warlock’s Compact Exploration Hut

April 12, 2020April 4, 2020 Medicinal Warlock 0 Comments build, guide, house, minecraft, minecraft guide, survival, tutorial

There are three games that I hold in extremely high regard. As games go, they are my Big 3. Team Fortress 2 is one of them. Ōkami is another. The last one, which I have never once talked about before until now, is Minecraft. I stopped playing Minecraft for a fair bit until the end of last year, and dropped right into 1.14 after stopping at 1.6.4 a couple of years ago. Not that I stopped playing by the time 1.7.2 rolled out, I just stubbornly stuck to 1.6.4 for quite a while. It was a newer and richer world… [Continue Reading]

The BL2 Main Menu. Zer0 is really dreading doing that starter level again...

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Borderlands 2’s Intro Level is a Weird Thing

February 12, 2019February 11, 2019 Medic 0 Comments borderlands, borderlands 2, early game, tutorial

There are a lot of things I enjoy about the Borderlands series. The huge number of guns. The crazy builds and classes. The extreme amounts of chaos and death and destruction. The Bandit Technical vehicle with explosive barrel launcher. But there is something that gets in the way of all of that. Borderlands 2’s intro levels. The actual intro, which introduces you to the four non-DLC classes, is very nicely done. But then you get blown up and have to deal with the last surviving Claptrap unit. Thus begins a journey that can’t decide on how hard or easy to… [Continue Reading]

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How to Play as a Dragon in Skyrim

February 8, 2018February 6, 2018 Medic 0 Comments dragon, mod, roar, Skyrim, tutorial

Yes, you can play as a dragon in Skyrim. The bad news is that to do so, you require a couple of mods, it’s a bit buggy and you need to use the old version of Skyrim, not Special Edition. It’s Legendary Edition only, folks. The good news is that the modded version is far better than the pitiful excuse for dragon riding that Bethesda added, and you actually get to be a dragon, rather than sitting mindlessly on a dragon’s back, only allowed to use a handful of spells. The bad news is that playing as a dragon kinda… [Continue Reading]

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The Best Starter Weapons in Warframe

December 7, 2017December 4, 2017 Medic 0 Comments guide, newbie, tip, tutorial, warframe, weapon, weapon choice, weapons

There are a handful of starter weapons in Warframe. More than you might think, actually. When you play the opening tutorial, escaping from the clutches of Captain Vor and getting to your ship, you get a basic choice of weaponry, but there are also options in the Market once you’ve completed the tutorial. The first weapons you pick up are a single Primary weapon, Secondary weapon and melee weapon. These are your starter weapons, and you’ll be using them for a while, at the very least until they are level 30. Luckily, melee weapons it doesn’t really matter too much… [Continue Reading]

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What The Fuck Do You Do? A Quick Plains of Eidolon Explanation

October 15, 2017March 15, 2018 Medic 0 Comments basics, guide, help, plains of eidolon, tips, tutorial, warframe

In true Warframe style, the Plains of Eidolon are as confusing as anything else in Warframe. Nothing is explained. You just have to guess. Well, not any more. Here’s a crappy, brief explanation of, well, the basics. Since no one tells you. Getting to the Plains You have to go to Cetus to go to the Plains for the first time. You’ll land near the big Orokin tower and have to walk through the market towards a massive Orokin door. The door will open and once you step through and go a certain distance, the door shuts, you get a… [Continue Reading]

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Update the Damn Tutorials

April 2, 2017May 2, 2017 Medic 3 Comments help, newbie, Team Fortress 2, tutorial

Tutorials are great. I like games with tutorials that help explain things. The best sort of tutorials are ones which make hints pop up and fit with the rest of the game, but you have the option to turn off the hints in your options menu. Games with shit tutorials will put me right off, like Warframe originally did. Team Fortress 2 and its tutorials though are… lacking, to say the least. Well, the Soldier tutorial isn’t THAT awful. It covers the barest of basics of the game – movement, jumping, switching weapons and shooting, before putting you in a… [Continue Reading]

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