Recent content by Ancient Mariner

I absolutely adored Prometheus when it came out and certainly experienced quite a bit of dissonance when I heard about the outpouring of negativity towards it. When it comes to science fiction films I am able to willingly suspend my disbelief (you must if you want to become absorbed into the...

Bioshock 2's multiplayer was unexpectedly well executed. It certainly did not reinvent the wheel; overall it's structure was pretty derivative of other popular FPS multiplayer games. However, the Bioshock mechanics work nicely in an online environment. It's a shame that it's essentially...

Metro 2033 is a thoroughly well made game. After trying it out about a year ago it quickly became one of my favourite games. The atmosphere and immersive gameplay mechanics really elevate the game from being another stock shooter. Do you plan on playing Metro: Last Light? The stealth in the game...

Hello all, I've recently been playing Hitman: Blood Money as well as some older games such as Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and while doing so the enormity of some of the changes gaming has gone through really struck me. Obviously the graphics and overall visual fidelity have improved, although...

The events of Dead Space would be truly horrific. In the game your a badass engineer with an awesome plated work suit (I love the RIG designs in Dead Space) on a ship in decaying orbit around a planet that was mysteriously cordoned off by the government back on earth. In the context of the...

A few summers ago my friend and I attempted those signature Max Payne dives (we were pretty bored). We wore thick jackets and had a few cushions to fall on if I remember correctly. Needless to say, hitting a target with an air soft gun whilst in the middle of a dive to the ground is ridiculously...

On the Black Ops II zombie map tranzit, my friends and I spent around 2 and a half hours building the jet gun, which turned out to be pretty useless, and I died with it about 5 minutes after we built it. We were very upset about that.

I understand the original poster's agitation when it comes to popular articles on science being posted online. I am a biochemistry major and it really can get frustrating when people get very basic biological concepts wrong. With the HIV thing I would be too apathetic to post anything, such as...

All this mention of Fallout New Vegas is really making me want to play it again. There's some intangible quality of the game that keeps drawing me back to it. My summer of 2012 was basically defined by that game. Also the DLCs for New Vegas are superb, each one is distinct and brings something...

I've never legitimately defeated him, even without the rigged chip. Here's a strategy that is extremely cheap and also immensely humorous: Also, on the second boss you can perpetually stun lock her with the taser and finish her off with a rocket, an equally cheap strategy in its own right...

In my 1999 play through where I couldn't use vending machines (for the achievement) the planting of devil's kiss traps on the siren was essential for me. I felt pretty cheap doing it, but there was a small sense of satisfaction when the siren was completely annihilated the instant she spawned. I...

The Feral Ghoul Reavers in Fallout 3 that came with the Broken Steel Expansion were seriously overpowered. It's been a while since I played the game so maybe they made them easier to combat. But seriously, they could absorb a ridiculous amount of damage and they threw radioactive segments of...

The DLC was marvellous in my opinion, doing a great job at resolving the loose ends that existed in the story up until now. Nearly every aspect of the content oozed polish and care, in many cases the little touches were what impressed me the most. The stuff involving Daisy seemed to exist only...

In elementary school my performance was fairly poor in math. Back then it was mostly arithmetic. Once I got into algebra in middle school, things started to get better as I found the content intriguing. By the time I was in high school I was fortunate enough to be taught by some excellent...

The Curtains Down mission in Blood Money (the opera house level) is brilliant. There are so many unique ways in which to navigate the level and plan out your moves, that you simply must do multiple play throughs. In addition, the Battleship Bay level in Bioshock Infinite where you eventually...