Recent content by blackaesir

Haha! Oh man, I totally hear you. Especially after X-Wing Alliance this game definately felt dumbed down. Still, for what it is - not a space sim but an arcade flying game - I liked it. But it DID take me a while to get there. Also, I hate canyon walls. Especially ones near AT-ATs.

Well, fair enough, except one, you are saying its a shape issue as well as a mass issue and two, you are talking about a very specific subset of techniquest specific to unarmored two-handed sword fighting that, by your own admission, men with large pecs and anybody wearing armor also can't...

Without silicone or other breast "augmentation" going on, I am pretty sure most women would be just fine. The breastplate is just going to press them down (silicone would frustrate this). Its armor, not a pushup bra. Hell, for running and fighting, compression would be what any woman would...

Oh Shamus, I love your game analysis articles. I don't always agree with your final analysis, but I do love the post gameplay discussions about mechanics and complexity and difficulty. It always makes for a fun read. Having not played Shadow of Mordor yet, I can't comment on it directly...

You are thinking of an episode of Robot Chicken which spoofs this, which is itself pretty funny. I watched this for the first time in like two decades just a year or two ago. Its kind of amazing how much more depressing the whole special feels now that I am older. But that is Charlie Brown...

Yes, yes I did, and I am not the least bit ashamed of it, because its not like I don't know Sean Bean's name. That wasn't actually the joke. If it makes you feel better, I looked on IMDB for a solid two minutes at Taye Diggs profile before determining that there was nothing as cool for him...

The fan base for this movie is small, but fierce.

Seconded! To elaborate, there is plenty in it that is kinda generic. It also borrows heavily from some other distopian literature, pulling in random elements from 1984 and Farenheit 451, but it does so mainly as a setup for an awesome action movie. Bob is not wrong, the Gun Kata stuff...

Since we're all piling on... No entry for Dark Forces/Jedi Knight? Also, I too loved Full Throttle, including another brilliant round of bad-guy voice acting from Mark Hammil

Or we liked somethings better in the gameplay and story departments and some things worse, because everyone has different personal preferences. And also the extent to which Mass Effect 3 did allow us to resolve various ongoing issues (Geth vs. Quarian in particular), those resolutions could...

Jedi Knight II: Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy are both better than Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight. The first Jedi Knight was a good game, but Force powers were better implemented, and it was simply more fun to be a Jedi in the second two Jedi Knight games. This is especially true for...

I never really played any of the X games except X3: the Reunion, but it was amazing! Needed a better tutorial though. I have never understood why X-Wing Alliance never makes it onto lists like this. It refined almost every element in Tie-Fighter and X-Wing, plus better graphics and a greater...

I basically agree with this article. Its a good breakdown of who wears what vs. what would make sense. I agree that Lara, even in early games, is good about switching wardrobe when necessary. On the other hand, I still remember her grabbing a bomber jacket in Tomb Raider II when going into...

I have wanted to see a seriously portrayed Catman for a while. Superheroes already wear form fitting outfits a lot of the time. Male "Tom Cats" are thought of as stealthy, aggressive fighters and a menance to other more pampered house cats in the real world. James Bond flirts with anything...

I love this series, so it doesn't take much to get me pumped for "The Wild Hunt", but I really enjoyed the song and the lyrics. The lines about Geralt's past loves and memory were well integrated. It can't be February 2015 fast enough. Awesome job!