Recent content by Incandescence

I should have been clearer; I meant the movie adaptation (which, judging from the Wikipedia article, may or may not be related to the series), released in 2006. Though I cannot pass any judgment on the TV series, having never seen it, I strongly suggest you rent the movie. For me, it is the...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Superman 64 There are plenty of genuinely good games to choose from - why would you intentionally play a bad one? Steven Croop explores the social dynamics of playing bad games for fun. Permalink

The quarter just ended so I won't get my grades until the 15th, but the way my professor talked to me about it after I showed it to the class, I'm sure I'll get an A. She focuses a lot on technical proficiency along with actual content, so even if she thought it was boring she would probably...

I appreciate that you watched it, thought it was boring, and still cared enough to come tell me so. It's always good to hear if someone didn't think it was all that great. Getting game footage was troublesome, indeed. If I had more time I would have taken much more care in doing so, and...

I have already submitted the video, so it's more of a thought exercize on what to do for next time, if I attempt something else with a similar structure. I think that mimicking an expose-style news report more closely would be a good idea, especially with including a quick summation of each...

That first paragraph I quoted is an excellent point. I hadn't really thought of the impact of the title on the message in great depth, and considering what Dr Spaceman said about it failing to capture the whole point of the documentary, maybe I would revise it if I had given it more thought...

I made this 12-minute documentary as the final project for a college course this past academic quarter, and I figured The Escapist's readership would appreciate--or at least be entertained by--an attempt at a somewhat intellectual attempt to explore the culture of tension between gaming and the...

Fascinating that this came up, considering that the authors of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty and Happiness after the Digital Explosion also liken the current state of quasi-lawlessness of the internet to the Wild West. It's a book that anyone even moderately interested in how the advent of...

Hit Them Where They Live What happens when the war against Serious Business becomes Serious Business itself? Steven Croop analyzes Project Chanology, Anonymous' now legendary battle against the Church of Scientology. Read Full Article

Dejawesp, please pay attention to the following out of the graciousness of your heart. I do not want to get back into the debate--having already made all my relevant points--but I do want to help you out a bit. The degree of your conviction is stunning. Countless arguments have been made...

I agree. People in general also have very strict boundaries between what they do for work and what they do for fun; they've also been told that work and play aren't supposed to mix, which is what makes someone like Bill Gerhardts "weird." Somehow, he's managed to make a living out of something...

This article reminds me a bit of the time I kept Dogmeat alive throughout the entirety of Fallout. Many reloads, that took. I suppose he ends ambiugously because it's evident he has only his own masochism to blame, not because he's unsure how to feel about a lackluster game. After all, he...

You've got me there. Though, I'm always open to convincing arguments--I just have firm beliefs.

Before I follow suit, I wanted to throw a final short summation out there in the same vein as Malygris'. Malygris, if anything, you've convinced me fairly soundly that pirating games is not morally justifiable. I agree that when pirates try to stand on their own moral ground, they start to...

Oh, I get it now. I was thrown off for a moment!