Recent content by Interference

Much as I love Bethesda, I love Bioware far more. They helped build Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment, a dual feat meaning that were their next game to be Barbie's Magical Horse Stable I'd *still* place them above Bethesda.

Baldur's Gate in the west, Final Fantasy in the east. Of the two, Baldur's Gate is far superior by miles. Character customisation, fascinating characters, myriad plot threads, a branching dialogue system.. Awesome stuff.

I love how in that picture the two guys on the right have completely failed to notice a truly awful spelling mistake in their little placards: "End Anti-Italiansim"?! Ism, people. ISM. The italians don't have a leg to stand on: set within a historical context, asking the publisher to remove...

He was a terrible leader: his machinations sparked a world war... Which he then lost. I think that pretty much qualifies as a bad management decision, don't you? Even putting the persecution of ethnic and sexual minorities aside.

This made me chuckle: I disagree with your take on the logistics of game sale and, rather than a reasoned argument as to why I'm wrong, you just decided to insult me instead. My issue is that your example is too over-simplified -- to the point where it's either completely useless, misleading...

Boy is that some hokey maths. That hasn't taken into account: 1. That there are only 1000 copies floating around for 10,000 people. What if half the first 1k don't part with their copy? Or some of the other 9k get tired of waiting for someone to relinquish theirs? Or there's a price drop on...

Project Ten Dollar was the better way to go if a games studio wanted you to buy new: it rewarded you for doing so. THQ's strategy of taking OUT features if you don't, thereby punishing pre-owners and offering absolutely sod all to new purchases is a disgusting little shambles. Anyone who's...

Yup, Deus Ex all the way. It's one of the most intelligently written videogames ever made. And the guys saying Bioshock are dead on too: moral dilemma, objectivism, socio-political dynamics.. it's all in there. The only down side is it's an 18 certificate and therefore probably completely...

Jesus, that interview is FULL of solid gold bullshit. My favourite? The "if you can legally steal it's still stealing" bit. Last time I checked, the concept of stealing was to "acquire something illegally." I mean, that's a hilariously nonsensical thing to say. This fixation some publishers...

No, and yeah, you ARE doing it wrong. This is well-trodden ground, normally by complete idiots, and you WILL be tarred with the same brush for dragging out such a tired cliché.

Vaguely logically sound but a bit clunky from a narrative point of view. And my main issue with the folk moaning about a third game STILL applies to Final Fantasy: Bioshock Infinite is in a whole new place but with some familiar mechanics. Just like FF. Sure Bioshock 2 was set in the same...

And all these folk thinking Irrational hasn't been working on this for ages? That this is a speedily developed cash-in? They DO know they were working on this while someone ELSE made Bioshock 2, right? And that they'll be working on it for another TWO YEARS?

I'm amused by some of the ideas floating around: 1. Rapture is Columbia sunk into the sea! -- Lord no. It's explicitly stated how Rapture is founded in Bioshock 2. Don't be daft. 2. Oh no! The franchise has changed hands again! -- Also no. Were a single neuron firing in your creaky brain...

Whew, the most opinionated, misleading and disdainful version of this story I've read all day.

YES, that should have happened. The guy offered you a refund: what else do you want? I've worked in a videogames store and they receive hundreds of pre-owned titles every month. To check all of those thoroughly would take a truly epic effort. Instead, they're checked for major scratches upon...