This just in (sort of) – there’s a new StackOverflow site for gaming:

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/

You can import your profile from StackOverflow, and you get one-hundo S.O. points for joining the site! There aren’t too many questions yet (~900), but it appears to be getting some decent traffic and if StackOverflow is any indication the community that will form around the site will be pretty useful for all kinds of gaming inqueries.

So far I’ve seen a lot of gaming hardware, older game ports, open ended (RPG, MMORPG), and strategy game questions – it’s been a good distraction from my usual obsessive Reddit and S.O. checking.

On another gaming note, I finished Fallout 3 last night and to say I was disappointed by the ending doesn’t even begin to capture my true feelings, which are must closer to rage. RAGE! First of all, the game ended so abruptly it was kind of shocking. I was walking around, thinking about how awesome my Plasma Rifle is and plotting my next adventure, and BAMN! Game over. Then, in an oft documented game design failure, it doesn’t let you continue exploring once you’ve ended (without installing a patch anyway).

My wife got my Batman: Arkham Asylum for my birthday, so I think I’m going to visit each unexplored location on the map and then call it a day. I have several suits of Enclave Tesla Power Armor, every weapon in the game, and a tonne of ammo, so I’m pretty much indestructible anyway. Pfff…

No, but seriously, it was a great game up until the ending. I recommend it to anyone interesting in open ended gunplay.

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