Recent content by DanteVX

I think this is an argument that is being won in different areas. I know that at DiGRA conferences and the like, we already accept video games are a form of art work. So the academic world at least, is accepting them as an artistic medium. It is true people may be more accepting of games if they...

Glad to hear they are putting the Shep' I use in the marketing. Always bugged me that she was never on the adverts especially when Bioware are always pushing for more inclusion in their games. Can only see this as a positive for the gaming world.

I am rather confused as I pressed the red button, I had that cretinous child as my avatar...but I just re-uploaded my avatar image and its set everything back to normal...Not that I am complaining mind. *EDIT* My friend has informed me he can still see the Bieber as my avatar. Oh well as...

Back online in England...despite the EU Sony blog saying it is still offline. Bizarre, but not problematic, though you would think they would want this popular as quickly as possible. Any way to Portal, However, I am assuming we still can't activate our Steam copy until the store is back...

To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if it was a rogue Anon, but AnonOp's? No. They wouldn't bother lying, and to be honest, I don't think they would steal the information, they may break in and make in known that they had, but not bother stealing the CC information of the customers...even if...

I am not really too bothered about the warning of 'personal information' being stolen. I know that I should be, but I have this feeling that if the hacker(s) were going to do anything with it, they would of done so by now. At the time of writing this, I have heard of no one reporting fraud or...

Lol yeah. Depends what time line you follow, I used SCC because it worked...although a fair argument can be made for 'Not Cannon'.

Hmmm PSN goes down the day after Skynet is supposed to take control? Seems a little too much of a coincidence to me. Clearly its gathering funds... On a more serious note though, this is unfortunate, but no system is 100% secure, if someone wants to get in it they will. Its a fact of the...

Buy it on PS3 and play on PC. Probably will dabble on the PS3 version, interested in the cross platform play and whether it is actually done well, see if it bodes well for the future of steam/PS3 collaboration.

Yeah, see the problem with this 'scientific' study is that they forgot to include the science part, but then hey its The Sun, they aren't actually a newspaper as they fail to produce anything that is actually news. As the OP points out, all of it is bad science. The reason the 'Doctor'...

The fact I have to pay for the Live service was the reason I stopped playing on Xbox really. It's very rare that I actually want to play online, but when I did for a few games with friends a couple of years back it meant we had to go out and spend £60 on a subscription. Which I stopped using...

After reading this article I feel like I have been blamed for supporting the industry for over 15 years. Just because I am a 'hardcore' gamer or whatever you want to call us, I really cannot see the logic that we are not open to change. We have seen and supported the industry through years of...

Yeah, I too am intrigued to what they are classing as inactive. I play on the Xbox, but only signed into a silver account, so I know the already despise my kind. I just haven't had the money or the inclination to play online with Xboxers (no offence intended, I know there are normals amongst...

I never really understood the hate that has rose against 7, I will say that I didn't enjoy it that much and I don't really know why. In my personal experience most of my friends really like the game and the reason they give is because of nostalgia, they played it when it was released, we were...

I think games as art has taken of so much because its a defence. Games are constantly under attack by idiots like Fox 'News', and the only defence that holds any weight in a cultural and legal sense is artistic merit. If we are being pushed to claim that games have artistic merit just to allow...