Recent content by Auroch

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    The Most Sexist Thing That's Happened To You

    Same thing. Fortunately, I did not let my perversion blind to what ended up being a great thread. Men can experience sexism for not being manly enough, since the archetype of Patriarchy we're compared to are not only white, anglo-saxon protestant, and heteronormative, but also middle class...
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    Sex sells.

    Only if it's reflective of the content. If the game deals with sexuality in an interesting way (i.e. CATHERINE), you should absolutely use sex to sell it. If you're selling a puzzle game, putting falling blocks between a woman's breasts is both deceptive and inane.
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    The best weapon ever created?

    The CHAINSWORD How do you make a knight in shining armor even more Heavy Metal? Chainsword+Bolter. As for ranged/real life weaponry, I have to say the AK-47. It's creepy as hell, but for reliably laying down kilograms of lead in the general direction of the enemy, I've had no better...
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    The Game Has Changed: Diablo III's Auction House uses REAL money

    The original Escapist article with quotes from Rob Pardo http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/interviews/9046-Diablo-IIIs-Auction-House The insightful FAQ http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/misc/9047-Auction-House-FAQ Commentary: Having...
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    Why I think eating Meat is A-ok

    As a vegetarian, I could not give the most minute of f-k's whether anyone on this board is vegetarian. But - here comes the 'but' - using bad arguments to make yourself feel better is something I cannot abide. If you have never had the slightest bit of compassion for an animal and would deep...
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    Zero Punctuation: XBLA Double Bill

    Have you ever tried to watch a silent movie? Technology hasn't affected 2d art nearly as much as it has music and movies, yet you still see fanboys preferring scratched-up records to lossless digital recordings and claiming black and white films were better. I think comparing those schmucks to...
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    Zero Punctuation: XBLA Double Bill

    Holy shit. Best episode ever by a magnitude of ten. He desecrates the entire concept of retro gaming and dares any fanboy to rip on him worse than he just ripped on himself. Bravissimo!
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    Zero Punctuation: Spore

    Exactly. F-U-N-N-Y, in the "randomly generated by a family of manitees," sort of way, I grant you, but you can't expect everyone to do nonsequiter humor as well as Monty Python. Not even Monty Python did that.
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    Zero Punctuation: Braid

    Great little double-entendre snuck in there: "and then it's back to text boxes which leave me confused and unsatisfied, which incidentally is how my girlfriend feels most nights and I refuse to accept that it's just because I'm THICK." I lol'd.
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    Zero Punctuation: Prince of Persia Retrospective

    Thank you Yahtzee, I'd say that was the best ever, but that may be because I WAS EATING PUDDING WHEN I WATCHED IT. bastard.