Recent content by imagremlin

Nostalgia is the primary force at play here. The 2600 was my first console and I have plenty of fond memories from it. I never got into the nintendo/genesis era, I had moved to PC and never owned any of those consoles. Years later I have tried to get to grips with the allure of the old mario...

Ah, gotta love corporate speak. When the speaker knows he's talking crap, the reporter knows he's hearing crap, the editor knows is publishing crap and we all know what we're reading. Nothing to see here, move on.

I'm trying to remain positive, but the bottom line is * we may never see the second half of the game * They need to convince more people -people who did not back in the first place- to buy the unfinished game, I don't think there are too many of those. That would horrible for two...

If that was a typo, its the best typo ever.

That's it. I could go for pages explaining why, and I don't even care for multiplayer, which is a whole different experience that other appreciate for their own reasons. Halo CE is the tightest, although I like each iteration for its own reasons. Most people can't put their finger on why...

Here's a bet: There will be a price drop within 6 months of launch. I'm still not getting one at launch. If they drop the price, and depending on the games line up I might later on. Which is a step up from my previous "I will never buy it" position.

A good thing no doubt. But as CloroxBB says, the $100 difference is still a problem. The PS4 remains the first option, the removal of the eye from the box, critical to lower the price, was a master stroke. What is the point of putting a peripheral on the box? To make it part of the core...

There's a few folks I know that I wouldn't be surprised if I heard they had done something like this. Microsoft used to be a fantastic place to work 10 years ago, when I got in. You'd be surprised how smart the people in there are, the entry bar used to be pretty high, if I say so myself. I left...

Not a big deal. I used to work at MS, there's plenty of people in there passionate enough about the company to do this on their own accord. And they get plenty of corporate branded stuff.

I'm curious, when you say you don't care... is it about foreign literature? about the fact that the Great Gatsby isn't so big outside the US? Or the fact that there may be people out there who genuinely never heard of it and would like to see the movie? Just asking clarification, not trying to...

Sorry mate, I was originally going to post that remark as a general reply, aimed at Bob actually, then saw your post and went for it. My bad, should have read the whole thread before posting.

Its funny how Americans assume that if it was required reading for them, it was for everybody. I was only vaguely aware of the existence of the book and only recently learned it was required reading through a joke on Failblog. If a movie was made about a Latin-American novel, say, 100 Years...

Stop it with the gimmicks. We had the Wii, we thought it was going to be great, it wasn't, we're over that stuff. Backwards compatibility, all the way back. But no backwards compat plus new gimmicky controls means I have to keep the old ones hooked and there's already plenty of ridiculous...

Think for a moment of an artist/performer whose work you thoroughly enjoy. Then imagine learning that he/she is a strong advocate of something that really goes counter to your principles. I've been a bit conflicted about certain artists. One example is KISS ex-guitar man Ace Frehley, whose...

Well, I'll say this. I moved to Australia from third world (and the qualifier is generous these days) Venezuela eight years ago. It did feel like another planet.