Recent content by esliang

I lose enough sleep when I forget to recycle. Killing people would not bode well for me.

My issue with this is twofold: 1) I'm Taiwanese, and I've been spoken to in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, and I Vietnamese at one point. I appreciate that the person speaking to me is trying to be respectful to some degree, but at least ask if you're not sure what my ethnic heritage...

Well, smoking is generally viewed as socially unacceptable: it's kind of like a rebellious statement, whether the smoker means it to be or not. A fat person just eats a lot, or (theoretically) could have a health issue. One of my coworkers commented on another person once, saying "of course she...

Ugh. Final Fantasy X was one of the first games I ever got truly into and the wait was worth it for XII. I've always loved the stories and the way the gameplay gets mixed up slightly or a lot. There's no way Square can stuff as much depth, complexity, and emotion into the series if they start...

I'm finishing my BS in Communication Disorders and going to grad school for speech therapy after that. I've mostly applied to masters programs but I'm thinking about a PhD eventually, since I did research in undergrad and enjoyed it.

As it so happens, I made a top ten while bored in class the other day: 1. Darker Than Black 2. Clannad 3. Death Note 4. Full Metal Panic! 5. Black Lagoon 6. Soul Eater 7. Fullmetal Alchemist 8. Love Hina 9. The Familiar of Zero 10. The World God Only Knows (Season One)

Is your teacher ethnic? It's a serious question, I'm Asian and although I don't really get offended at skin color issues I know some people who do. It really varies, though, I know some black people who could care less and others who get really upset. But I'm curious about your teacher.

I guess the reason one shouldn't hit "yes" is because of people like the late bin Laden. I'm sure not a lot of people thought his death was a tragedy. For individuals like Amy Winehouse, however, a bit of sympathy probably doesn't hurt. I mean, you can laugh and make "Rehab" jokes later, but...

I really think this is one of his funniest reviews. That aside, I haven't played a FEAR game since the first one, so it sounds like I'll have a lot of story to catch up on before giving number 3 a go.

Surprisingly tame, considering the subject matter. I'm personally just bummed that this game wasn't at least decent: realistic shooters are only fun for so long.

Back in middle and high school, I had a gamecube, ps2, and xbox. At the time, I had the most games for and the most fun with the gamecube. These days I like to dig out the ps2 more, but I still think the gamecube was a fine system.

It's been said before in other posts, but Microsoft is just too big of a company. It's a recognizable brand, the XBOX has become a pop culture staple, and there's a very established core fanbase. Plus, Nintendo and Sony have a lot of fun new products, but they are gimmicky (3DS) or problematic...

I'm really not sure how seriously to take this review...Yahtzee's pretty insightful but can this game really be that tedious? I've always kind of wanted to try it.

I don't remember Brothers in Arms being based on Inglorious Basterds... Very upsetting, as BIA was one of my favorite games in my high school days

I'm honestly kind of excited for this game, but maybe that's because I love police-stuff. Either way, I think the investigative aspect is going to be fun to play, and it seems that, Yahtzee, in his own way, might have begrudgingly thought the same.