2019-03-01_PC_Gamer

YOUR REVIEWS

Divinity Original

Sin II. Finally playing

it co-op with a friend.

No matter how many

times we try to break

the quests, the game

doubles down and

laughs at our stupid,

stupid faces.

UrbaNebula

Exhibit#1,459inour

research into the

fact that gamers are

basically all

masochists.

Idefinitelywon’t

getinthemagazine

for tweeting about

being amazed that

my mid-range PC can

emulate the Wii U

version ofMario

Kart 8 flawlessly.

Ryan

Ha, joke’s on you!

You did get in the

magazine, and now

you’ll be going to

videogames jail.

Morrowind. But I’m

trapped in a cave.

And there are wolves

outside. And I have no

magic left. And I sold

all my weapons for a

spell. 10/10. Great,

realistic experience.

N0tAnErr0r_

What life have you

had for any of that to

be a ‘realistic’

experience?

Monster Hunter

World. It’s changed

enough from the old

games to make it feel

fresh. Smacking the

crap out of dinosaur

faces has never felt

so perfect.

Bird Religion

If anyone ever

questions the

validity of gaming as

an artform, just ask

them which other

medium has

perfected smacking

the crap out of

dinosaur faces.

Positive inf luence

I read last month’s letter

about how the gaming world has

become overly critical, even entitled,

and would like to add that I believe

gaming journalism needs to take

some big responsibility for this. PC

Gamer is the number one PC games

magazine, and has raised several

generations of gamers. It is common

for a game you don’t like to receive

an overly negative, insulting review

about a game. The Crew and The

Crew 2 come to mind – your reviews

were so nasty it beggars belief.

Maybe it is time to step up and start

being more responsible 100% of the

time, rather than 95% of the time.

James

Phil: This is something we think

about a lot. We do write far fewer

negative reviews, largely because

there are so many games being

released that it’s often not worth our

time focusing on the bad ones. One

key difference is that, to my mind, we

are never ‘nasty’ about specific

developers – even when joking about

The Crew 2’s strange storefronts.

Not renewing
I’m not renewing my subscription
because, a) you showed a horrible
looking snippet from a Windows XP
VM defrag.exe (it’s 2019), and b) in
the last three issues not one of the
Buyer’s Guide desktop rigs show an
RTX graphics card.
Jeff

Phil:What can I say? XP’s defrag tool
is just more aesthetically interesting
thanWin10’sstaticmenu.Asforthe
Buyer’s Guide, you’d notice – were you
stillasubscriber–thatnowwe’vehad
a bit more time with Nvidia’s new cards
we’veaddedthemtothemid-range

and advanced builds. Nevertheless, I

apologise for failing you in these two

incredibly specific instances.

May appeal

The Arizona Department of

Corrections has determined that your

publication described below contains

Unauthorized Content as defined in

Department Order 914.07 and, as a

result, may be released in part or

excluded for the reason(s) below:

Publication Title:PC Gamer

Reason:DO 914.07-1.2.16 –

Promote Acts of Violence, DO

914.07-1.2.17 – Encourage Sexual or

Hostile Behaviors.

It’s like a forum, but with fewer My Chemical Romance lyrics

James felt we were too harsh

on The Crew and The Crew 2.

You and/or the inmate subscriber

may appeal the decision by notifying

us via email or US Mail within 30

days after you receive this notice.

Arizona Department of Corrections

Phil: I don’t even know what this one

refers to. Are we being trolled by the

Arizona Department of Corrections?

Old junk

Clearing out some old junk and found

these old CDs that came with your

magazines back in 2004! These

demos got me into PC gaming.

Happy new year folks!

Ian

H O T

MAIL

Phil: Happy new year, Ian!

Weekender event

I’ve attended every PC Gamer

Weekender event in London since

2016 and have enjoyed my time at all

of them. I have been eagerly awaiting

news of a 2019 event, but have been

unable to find any reference to such

an event online. Will there be a PC

Gamer Weekender event this year?

Adam

Phil: Not this year, I’m afraid Adam.

While I can’t say for sure what the

Weekender’s future will be, I can

confirm that we won’t be running it in

2019. That’s no reflection on the
      support we’ve received from you and
      the rest of our brilliant readers, who
      have made each show a pleasure.

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