Ask Gauss

Sunday! Not to mention Walking Dead Finale Day. So while you are distracting yourself from that and waiting to see what Neegan and crew are going to be up to you came here. I feel special that my questions and answers mean that much to you. So here goes

So with April Fools come and gone, what was your gaming favourite?

I always enjoy the WoW patch notes there is always something in there for everyone. Being poking fun at broken abilities, laughing at pop culture references, or just at design mistakes they have made in the past. I always read them and can think of friends that would enjoy each and every aspect of it. Not to mention the jabs that always are given to Pallys.

So we have a Final Fantasy XV release date. Good timing?

I actually like the September 30th release date. It is the type of game I will want to spend some time on so having it come out when the weather is getting colder and there is less and less reason to be outside makes for good planning. Also it isn't conflicting with any other releases that I will be playing so everything in my mind is on the up and up. I just wished they would have given it to us sooner then I wouldn't have been thinking again that it wasn't coming out this year.

Is Daryl Dead?

Well not as of writing this.

There they are the questions for the week. Hope you all got something out of it in one way or another. Now sit back and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Ask Gauss

Happy Easter everyone! Or just happy Sunday to everyone just sitting around enjoying their weekend. Not matter what you are doing you are here for a reason. That being to see the questions I am answering this week, or maybe even seeing if your question was one of the ones I decided to pick. If you are unsure how to send those questions in there is a bunch of ways on the right side of the page to get a hold of myself or you can just email me at gaussafication@gmail.com with that taken care of let's get to the questions.

What was your favourite April Fools joke this year?

There were quite a few good ones this year in games and out, but I always tend to get the biggest laugh out of random patch notes from games. This year didn't disappoint with this epic line from the Hearthstone patch notes

The spell Blizzard now causes enemy minions to attack Soon™

I know it is funny but I probably laughed way too much at it.

Do you think difficult games like Bloodborne will ever catch on?

I am not completely sure what you mean by this. If you mean everyone will want to play them then I think it is where people expect it to be. I think some of the changed they made from the souls games to Bloodborne made it less punishing in terms of the death, but the game itself is not easier. Games out now always have a specific audience that really is great about gaming now there is something for everyone. Also games that tend to be part of a too large of an audience normally always fail at making specific audiences happy. I think Destiny is the perfect example of this. If you like a game should be happy with that making others wanting to play it can have a bad effect of the quality you like.

I was sad to see no April Fools joke form yourself

Maybe that was the joke?

There you have it questions for the week all answered. Hope the answers were good for the ones asking and for those of you reading. If I did not get to your question I will eventually if I answer it on here or not.

Warhound Online

So yesterday was April Fools and with it came jokes from games all around the world. I know some people hate it and it "ruins" gaming for the day, but I for one think it is amazing. From the fake patch notes to some games actually implementing things into the game. One particular year was by far and away the best.

Who remembers logging into Starcraft oon April Fools day 2013 to find that your SCVs, Drones, and Probes had all been replaced. And what were they replaced with? Well Warhounds, of course. You see there was much talk about the warhound being a unit during beta that really had no place. It was OP or somewhat situational and there was no real place for it. It was then scrapped and we never saw it again until they became all races workers for the day.

I have never laughed so hard every single game in my life. It really was the greatest thing. If you were playing against someone and it was their first game they were beyond confused and thought their game was glitching and you would just play along and say everything was fine on your end. They would come to your base and say the exact same thing. Never have I ever played with people that were confused by such a simple thing, and didn't realize what day it was.

Really though April Fools is about things being fun and not very serious so to all the people freaking out about things yesterday learn to have a sense of humor and not be overly serious about everything. It is a game and should be fun afterall.