Recent content by inkheart_artist

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    Zero Punctuation: Salt and Sanctuary

    I've never heard of this one. Maybe I'll take a look if it comes out on PC. The art style looks serviceable but shaky like another of those hand drawn games made by someone who isn't quite good enough at drawing to be doing it like that.
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    Get Out of Your Comfort Zone for 2016

    I've always appreciated this from Yahtzee, that pursuit of new and electrifying experiences. I value his opinion even when I don't share it. How boring would he have become if he had never evolved his opinion beyond enjoying sandbox games for the simple fact that they were unscripted in a sea of...
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    Zero Punctuation: Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

    Have a good holiday, Yahtzee. It's important to get away from work for a good complete recharge from time to time. Five years is a pretty long time to go without it. Especially in Australia, don't their labor laws allot for a very generous amount of vacation time? Oh, and more in line with...
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    Upon The Mary Sue Character in Video Games

    Oh man, I felt like you were about to go on an revelatory tangent near the end there, Yahtzee. I wish it hadn't ended at a quick little end-of-article gag. I hope you delve into the concept of why Sonic's fanbase tends to gravitate towards Sonic and not something else next time it's pertinent...
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    Smaller Devs Abused By Steam's "No Questions Asked" Refund Policy

    Oh my God! Refunds went up from less than 1% to 17% when Steam went from being virtually impossible to get a refund from to being refundable?! MADNESS! This is obviously a failure. Now, lets get real here. With the amount of unplayable garbage that gets on Steam, this is a necessity. The fact...
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    These Games Were Ruined By Trying to Be Movies

    You know, I actually really liked GTA IV. The story and protagonist were the best in the series for me. I understand why people didn't like it, most people want a sandbox game like that for crazy action and they did really dial it back there. I wasn't bothered by it cause what appeals to me in...
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    The Plight of the Masters

    I don't think I've ever played a PC game at the highest settings (except for games that were, like, 10 years old) I love mid ranging it and never having my computer break a sweat.
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    Zero Punctuation: Talos Principle

    I think that random documents and audio logs should be a thing. That was a pleasant surprise at the end.
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    Beyond Good & Evil - Not Picture Perfect

    I played the PC port too. It's a shame that it was such a bad port. I actually had to check off one thing in the advanced settings and I was lucky enough to set the screen resolution correctly on the first go (just did my native, usually I go lower so the game runs better) because it wouldn't...
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    The Big Picture: Dinosaur Exodus

    I think they could make feathered dinosaurs look just as cool, if not cooler than the reptile version we've gotten used to. I mean, look at the secretary bird and how majestic it looks or how terrifying a cassowary can be when it attacks and blow that up to the size of an elephant and add teeth...
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    The Big Picture: Don't Censor Me!

    "The other side doesn't owe you a boom mic or soap box" omg, yes. I think the problem here is that people (in the US at least) seem to think that freedom of speech is supposed to mean you can put whatever you want out there and its somehow wrong if that message, whatever it may be, is tarnished...
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    Should Any Aspect of Gaming Be Off-Limits to Discussion?

    As I said last time, I do agree that you can write whatever you want, especially as a games journalist. My problem with the last article on how Shadow of Mordor failed to be a proper Arkam ripoff undermined your opinion of the game. It wreaked of reactionary nitpicking because people didn't...
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    How Shadow of Mordor is a Poor Man's Batman: Arkham Game

    Iunno Shamus, these last two articles seem to serve the fact that you didn't like Shadow of Mordor rather than highlighting any real, glaring technical or storytelling terms (when taken in tandem. The first article would have been more legitimate if not for this one). I get that you hated the...
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    How Society Defanged The Vampire

    Reading this article got my mind firing on how to "re-fang" the vampire, so to speak, as a horror figure for the modern world. It's taking off from the corporate greed bleeding the world dry aspect of Daybreakers, going around towards the more classic singular monster terrorizing a town with...
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    How to Make The Sims Double As A Corporate Workplace Simulator

    I always thought they should introduce drugs and drug addiction to the game. Any time I've wanted to try the game, I'd ask someone who plays it if I could make a rockstar who bangs everyone in town with a raging alcohol or heroine addiction and I always get the response, "You can be a rockstar...