Filters I would like on N4G

This probably is best to be a forum post or even a PM, but it's a blog because really it's just my personal opinion and will likely never be intergrated and also I would like to hear if anyone encounters similar (or different) issues.

Firstly, get rid of all translated web sources. This is an English site, all articles are in English, EXCEPT for Google translated ones. Most likely it's not new information, or just a really small snippet (remember Gran Turismo 5? Every little video being posted by a translated site with no link to Youtube -- even though they were being stolen from there).

Secondly, an option for news soruces to be classified a bit more accurately, "article" for me means it's an article about a game. Like a preview, rumour or even a quick "top 10" list. There is something I don't really classify at ALL as GAMING news and that's these "40 year old woman has sex with 14 year old boy via Xbox Live", I come to N4G for really light-hearted and POSITIVE news about games. This is the kind of stuff I'd much rather be oblivious to. I never actually read the comments or even click these articles so I AM doing my best to ignore this type of "news" but I do tend to read every headline.

Another, an entire section devoted to "deals", these often end up on the front page and I encourage that but it'd be even better to filter these by clicking one of the tabs at the top ("All, PS3, XB360, WII etc") a new one named "deals" or "offers".

The last one is to block an entire site, similar to an ignore feature. I migrated to N4G from Kotaku, and I REALLY don't want to see their articles anymore.

Now I'm totally aware that I'm being a bit of a cry baby here, but it's a blog for a reason! I honestly do enjoy being here (unlike others who say stuff like "typical N4G" or "this site sucks").

Do you agree with any of these? Which ones would you like yourself?

Voice-commands & Zork-inspired conversations

.    Blog games, games free, free games, games online, playing games online, games news, aetion games, top gamesThe title itself is both vague and clear. There are two features that I would like to see in games in the future.

Imagine sitting there and playing an RPG of some sort. What if you could "shout" out, or simply say the name of the spell to make your character cast it? Why haven't this been done? What is it that makes it so complicated?

The only thing I could see that is a problem is that they would have to create a very dynamic system that recognizes dialects and different languages. But why not create a system that when you start the game you get to record the basic commands based on what class you choose, like the spells or abilities that you start out with? And then when you gain a new spell you record a command for that one. I would love this. Although I probably wouldn't want to use it in the presence of others or maybe that would be even better :D

The second thing is actually talking to characters. I do realize that this cannot, at least for a long time, be done. However, I would love to see the ability much like that in the old text-based Zork-games. If I want to ask an npc about something, I approach him or her and type my question and the npc responds to that. Why isn't that done? Or at least available as an option?

I do realize that you would have to phrase your questions in a certain way like "What do you know about..." , "Where can I find..." , "Where can I buy..." and so on. It would feel a lot more personal that way. Why are there no games that does that?

If you have examples of games that does this, please tell me about them below :) And please add your own thoughts about how all of this could work, and why you would like it/dislike it!

Anonymous - Let's Just Ignore Them

I am sick of these guys - so why don't we just ignore them?

If they have a problem with Sony then why don't they take it up with Sony, instead of the millions of innocent PSN users that have been dragged into this feud? There are millions of kids right now who can't play games and they are off school for Easter. They are simply a bunch of criminals if they are responsible for the PSN outage and I have had enough. I am sick of the propaganda and BS that we are having to listen to everyday on this site.

To all of you that are posting stories, rumours, videos, press releases please just stop.

Anonymous are getting all the attention they want whoever they are and whatever they want; if we just ignore them they might just go away!

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Game of the Day: Sudoku X

sudoku x game of the daySudoku X is a challenging rendition of the classic puzzle game. It's everything you're used to in Sudoku, but with one mine-bending twist. The object of Sudoku is to completely fill the grid with numbers. You aren't allowed to repeat the same number in any row, column, or 3 by 3 box. In Sudoku X you also aren't allowed to repeat a number in either of the purple diagonals running from corner to corner.

If you manage to finish today's puzzle, try attempting some of the other ones by clicking through the archive at the top!

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