Recent content by Brendan Main

So it's the number three that does it. That makes sense, as the number is clearly haunted. But if that's the case, then tell me: Does Toy Story 3 suffer from this type of decline? Could someone make a valid case towards it being the best of the bunch? What about Harry Potter and the...

Why argue with some dude who didn't even read the article? I set out to write a thoughtful response, but stopped writing somewhere in the second

Play It Again Videogame sequels don't play by the same rules as other forms of entertainment. There is a greater difference between Grand Theft Auto 2 and 3 than there is over the span of twenty Bond films, or thirty Godzillas. Read Full Article

I know it's nothing to get worked up about, but I'm a little sad that the original poster ended up on probation for this thread. I didn't see anything trollish or even malicious about it. It kind of made my day. I feel like we were given a beautiful Fabergé egg, all enamel and gilt, studded...

Typical Sony fanboy fail. I hear this all the time from you guys in the forums, and it makes me sick. Of course Sartre is working from nihilism, just as Nietzsche before him, but it doesn't presuppose that all nihilism is identical: Like it is simply swapped from one place to another like one of...

The Mysteries of the Bin Treasure awaits those who dare explore the depths of the bargain bin, where games go to die. Read Full Article

"There was this kid I grew up with. He was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition, we ran molasses into Canada. Made a fortune, your father, too. As much as...

The first time I saw The Godfather I was dumbstruck. And I say "saw," but I didn't really "see" anything. The t.v. at my place only had a handful of channels. The rest were scrambled - the color palette flipped into its negative, and the screen distorted by crackles of snow. But late, late at...

This is the first topic I've started on The Escapist, despite rattling around for a while. Let me know if I've done it wrong / didn't use search bar / ruined Christmas. Roger Ebert gave a TED talk recently, where he discussed his personal experience with technology, in light of his recent...

It's cogent and articulate posts like this that warm my heart to the Escapist. This thread has been a pleasure to read, even if 90% of it is people telling me to go fly a kite. If this is what's produced when people disagree with me, then I'll happily enveavor to be more objectionable in the...

Absolutely. For those interested in giving Phantasmagoria a try, it's actually easier than its ever been to get ahold of a copy. Good Old Games recently began setting it as a digital copy, which is worlds nicer that having to manage to juggle compatibility issues and a handful of CDs. The...

House of Horrors It was supposed to be the scariest game ever made, but Phantasmagoria's realism wasn't terrifying - just awkward and gross. Read Full Article

Or when some supposed kung-fu master is bragging about their unbeatable style, and says that they know 23 ways to kill somebody with their left pinky. First off, that's way too many. There's six, okay? Only six. Seven if you count the Wushu Inverted Lotus Strike, but any idiot knows that...

The Case of Dad vs. Phoenix Wright Brendan Main takes an unlikely route to convince his father that videogames aren't a waste of time. Read Full Article

Oh, certainly. I agree on all three points. I just meant that I always feel a little silly recommending The Overcoat to anyone expressing an interest in Russian realism, since they've probably had it recommended to them a thousand times before me. I'm just content to be the 1001st. (In fact...