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The Most Common Video Game Glitches and Bugs, and How to Avoid Them

iXie gaming

However, even the best games can be marred by glitches, bugs, and other technical issues that can frustrate and even ruin the gaming experience. These issues, which range from frozen screens to bugs that crash games, can be a real headache for gamers. This can help the game to restart and fix the bug.

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Happy Birthday Monkey Island

Grumpy Gamer

There was no Internet for players to jump onto and talk about the game. Lucasfilm's process for finalizing and shipping a game consisted of madly testing for several months while we fixed bugs, then 2 weeks before we were to send off the gold masters, the game would go into "lockdown testing".

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Happy Birthday Monkey Island

Grumpy Gamer

There was no Internet for players to jump onto and talk about the game. “Worth Fixing” consisted of a lot of factors, including how difficult it was to fix and if the fix would likely introduce more bugs. During the 2nd week of “lockdown testing”, if a bug was found we had to bump the release date.

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Friday the 13th Database Login Failure: How To Fix

Game Errors

Some players are receiving the following error “Database Login Failure, Verify Internet Connectivity” Apparently, this is another server issue and because of that, you are unable to log in to the game. Network issues: Make sure that your device is connected to the internet and that your network connection is stable.

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Dark Souls 3 Keep Crashing on PC: How to Fix It For Good

Game Errors

A lot of players complained about Dark Souls 3 issues and bugs. The most encountered errors in the game are c rashes , mainly at the first bonfire and random crashes, technical issues with the controller support, and other graphics-related bugs. The launch of the game is not as good as everyone expected.

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Tree of Savior Errors, Server Issues, Crashes: Fix Them With Ease

Game Errors

Client crashes : Another common issue is client crashes, which can occur when the game encounters an error or bug. Bugs and glitches : Like any complex game, Tree of Savior has had its fair share of bugs Why did Tree of Savior fail? Plus, many players reported they couldn’t connect to the Tree of Savior server.

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Ten Years Running!

Grumpy Gamer

The gaming and internet institution known as the Grumpy Gamer Blog has been around for just over ten years. The old Grumpy Gamer website was feeling “long in the tooth” and it was starting to bug me that Grumpy Gamer was still using a CRT monitor. Time flies. My first story was posted in May of 2004.