I was ... 16 I think? When Doom 3 came out, I got it within a month of its release and I remember MOST of the game even tough I haven't played it once since I first beat it. Several moments really stick out to me extremely vividly, like walking through a corridor when all the lights go out, you hear a little girl laughing creepy as shit as her bloody footsteps splat onto the ground towards and around you. The visuals were great but they nailed the atmosphere. That's my true tell that a game was incredible, how much of it I still remember months or years later.

I'm gonna try to play Doom 3 through again after watching this, if I can find the time.

I totally agree and PC will always be my gaming homebase, I remember my very first time discovering a PC game, which happened to be an extremely shitty and seemingly unbeatable Batman side-scroller on a DOS Shell PC, that captivated me for hours and hours. But my experience as to your first point have been exactly opposite. Consoles have been home to some of my most memorable solo experiences, where PC has always been my go to for multiplayer.

I generally avoid console gaming online communities like a plague, you don't have much of a genre choice for one (FPS...umm...sports...fighting games if you like getting reamed by Asian guys?) and you'll never see me online in games like Halo or COD on consoles. But PC, and even though I do have some great solo memories and spend a lot of solo time playing, how much of my life has been spent in MMO's like Anarchy Online, Lineage, Earth & Beyond, Star Wars:Galaxies, Eve Online...it's frightening to think about. I could probably tell stories from these games for days and days that are likely boring to nearly everyone listening, except to me they're epic times with friends I'll not soon forget. I've always loved the battlefield series which has always been at home on PC, from 1942 to Vietnam to BF4, same deal I've got war stories for days. Planetside/Planetside 2, Mass effect 3 co-op matches I spent countless hours and still dive into, on PC, even though I played the story on X360. War Thunder and World of Tanks with my Euro buddies is crazy fun. RTS multiplay has always been a blast with games like Rise of Nations, Company of Heroes. I've had games myself and friends played out over months in Civilization. Payday and Payday 2, Sins of a Solar Empire (and recently it's mods), Diablo 2 and 3 great multiplay. I can keep going but I'd never stop. I've got a core group of a bit over a dozen or so people that I've been gaming with for over a decade on PC, scattered around the globe.

I love everything co-op too, and even though its pretty common on PC there are so few console games that support couch co-op anymore, and titles that do usually horribly tack it on and its just not fun. I've had console multiplay good times, like Kinect/PS Move games obviously, Split/Second was some great racing co-op. Fighting and sports games clearly are most at home on consoles and great with friends. But when I think console, I remember my massive collection of JRPG's(they own their own bookshelf), many are on the PS3 and even a few on 360. Games like the Tales series, Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Jade Empire I've always loved relaxing on my couch and pouring time into. The Final Fantasy series. Zelda. Demon's Souls, Resident Evil, Okami, Ratchet & Clank. Devil May Cry. Persona, Shin Megami Tensei anything. I realize this is just becoming a list of games that I love, so I'll stop, I've just never seen consoles as a great place for multiplayer, because the PC does it monumentally better and with 99% less 8-12 year olds (and yes sadly much older dudes) screaming the most foul words they don't even really understand. I wouldn't consider much of anything that happens within the world of xbox live "social".

Overall, the bulk of my gaming has shifted all but entirely to PC. I've not yet opted for an X1, though I do own a Wii U(which I'll say even as far as couch co-op barely qualifies as a great social or multiplayer experience save a very small handful of titles) and a PS4, but I don't see myself buying many games for them in the future. Most will be available on PC, and they'll be cheaper and they'll look prettier. What I do buy will be all solo games I imagine. Destiny and one or two exceptions aside, I don't see myself doing much of anything socially with my newer consoles in the future, either. PC on the other hand, almost every day I game online. I think multiplay and social capability is one of the greater selling points of PC gaming over console, just as much so as the expanded variety of awesome solo experiences. It's not for everybody, but there is a great big world of incredible gamers out there and a PC is your best point of access to dive into it.

@McStrongfast Ah. I can understand. Potatoes are, in fact, delicious. He maybe pushed the thought a bit excessively, though. Must've been hungry. I hope he went right out and found some after the show, no man should be without potatoes.

I've never really cared for award shows in general, so I didn't watch this. But I just watched a couple "highlights" reel videos to get an idea of what all this outrage was about, and I'm confused. Why was rain man 2013 intensely shouting about potatoes?

I would add, @camfrazrob you are one brave British bastard, with a large set of English cobblers for inciting the masses on this one.

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@Sefrix @RageSet @DrummerX 12 years and counting now I'm pretty sure, free to play now? And I think Funcom has already finished or are about to implement a graphics overhaul, courtesy of the engine they use for the Secret World.

@Sefrix @DrummerX Spent many a great time in both (SWG primarily pre-CU/NGE). I may just have to get back into AO one of these days, always did want to mess with an Agent...

I'm really glad to see an updated review, this is definitely a title that has continuously grown and deserves the attention. I've played Eve on and off since March 2004, and have played many MMO's over the years, from Earth & Beyond to Anarchy Online, Star Wars: Galaxies and TOR, to WoW. But all of those accounts I've closed and never returned to. Eve continues to draw me back and I find it damned remarkable.

My pilot has been through hell, I always seem to end up outnumbered in some turf war in every alliance I'm involved with. I've had huge, massive encounters involving RA, goon, BoB, etc. I've at one point or another been based out of dozens of nullsec regions/systems, and I've got jump clones and abandoned or overrun stockpiles of ships and equipment scattered deep in many hostile corners of the universe. I can recount a genuine, psychotic and bloody history that spans a decade of time within Eve and there is literally no other game that I can say the same for.

Everybody experiences these massive games differently, this one is larger than most any available. I always prefer blunt force and I don't get involved too deeply in technicality, generally setting up the biggest largest weapons I can fit and blasting the hell out of things with the best tank or sharpshooter ships I can build. I've also the good grace of knowing some really excellent people whom I've encountered over the years to game with, which can make any game a lot more fun than it really should be. But regardless, I still believe Eve stands on its own as the most unique and truly engaging MMO available. I can't see it ever fading away, it's creepy really.