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Too true. Other quotes that almost made the cut: ?Do you want to know why I use a knife? You see, guns are too quick. You can?t savor all of the little?emotions. In their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way?I knew your friends better than you ever did. Would you...

See my reply to Fisk. In retrospect I should've at least name-dropped Duke Nukem 3D... but I think the reasons I give above aren't all bad for leaving it unmentioned. True. There's also some wackiness is how Doom times the impact of your punches relative to the animation that further...

Fun fact: that tidbit was actually included in the very first draft of this article, which was a much more comprehensive, detailed investigation of how melee grew bit by bit. In the end, though, there was not enough room to give every game its due, and cuts were made. I'll first admit that I...

Oh man - you're going to be disappointed if you think I'm talking about THIS [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchblade] witchblade. (note: originally did a Google image search, but discovered it might be a little too NSFW for The Escapist. Search at your own peril~) The Witchblade is basically...

Nice article! As another Japan 3+ year resident, I've always thought the legal system was pretty screwed up. Like others have said here no system is perfect, but a lot can be said for a system being less imperfect when lives end up getting ruined in the process.

That's a fair point, but I still think progamers should get their due. Not being able to beat a computer is becoming less and less a mark of shame at the rate tech is improving. Sports in general (not the e-variety), aside from creative endeavors, are probably farthest away from seeing the...

Glad you liked it! Any gamer worth his/her salt knows about SC, but not enough people know about BoxeR. Problem solved!...? I personally would love to see a stronger PC-room scene in the US. It would make the whole experience more personal, and I wouldn't have to keep updating my computer so...

Nah, net cafes are few and far between state-side. If I had to guess, I would say it's because American kids are more often provided with their own personal computers, and generally bigger houses provide the space to set them up. There's also more stress on studying in a lot of Asian countries...

You must not have a lot of respect for chess :-/ And I doubt that the "perfect AI" could ever be made for an RTS. In FPS, maybe, since it wouldn't be hard to make the computer instantly snipe you in the head from across the map at any given time... but more often than not a player will still...

Agreed. BoxeR even wrote in his biography about being invited to a talk show several years back thinking it would be a chance to talk seriously about the dangers of game addiction. Instead he found a sensationalist exposé-style episode targeting his profession. I'm not sure if views like that...

I'm almost positive this is how it actually works. The idea is that ANYBODY can make their own custom maps for anybody to play for free. BUT~ if you think your mapmaking is a cut above, then you try and get it on the marketplace. I seem to remember saying that monetizing your maps was something...

Ugh, I picked "Protoss," but I'm one of those people who hits "Random" 80% of the time. I think this poll might bear re-asking after SC2 comes out. Speaking of which, anybody have a SC2 beta key? Will totally maim somebody for you in exchange!

Wow - has anybody here read Anathema? First off, GREAT book. Second, Rods of God found a place in those pages, undoubtedly inspired by the real thing. Had a lot of fun with this article, though I'll wait for my portal and gravity guns.

Blizzard, hands down. A lot of people will see this as a cop out, but I've been engrossed in Blizz games before I even knew about Blizzard. Blackthorne, Lost Vikings, and Rock and Roll Racing - ESPECIALLY Rock and Roll Racing - were some of the best games I played on the SNES. I joined back...

If you have a PS3, BloodyThoughts, just go to the Playstation Store and dig around until you find it. You'll need an internet connection, too, of course, but I'm assuming your presence on the forums means that's not a problem. Unless you're typing this from work, a library, or some other...