Recent content by Jamie Thomas Durbin

Not really, Gordon. But the question then arises: Why? For some people, it's for the lulz. For many, it's a genuine protest by taking the mickey.

Heh, the number of times that name has been invoked among LPers as a boogeyman, whether among friends or to describe videos we dislike... Thing is, it's Slowbeef and Diabeetus, and they know their shiz.

I got interested in the LP scene some time ago, first with Boatmurdered (A phenomenon many DF players try to reproduce... but there is only one Boatmurdered so far!), then other LPers, like ProtonJonSA, DeceasedCrab, Slowbeef and Diabeetus, most of the old LPers, along with newer peeps like...

Actually, it is in there. I mentioned it before, but let's deal with it in a bit more detail. To get the "true" completion of the game, you have to do some silly things, like waiting for a cloud platform for something like 30 minutes. This adds up to a huge amount of time that you will never get...

Well done, Sir John, excellently summed up. Of course, you can put Braid down to a much more basic message: For all we want to go back and correct our mistakes... We can't, and we shouldn't. The beauty of Braid is that there are, in fact, multiple layers of meaning. For example, to get 100%...

Not to mention the fact that the setting also had a more realistic view of peoples than other RPGs. How many RPGs apart from the Elder Scrolls series have racist literature? Why is this a good thing? Because it reflects the human condition, as art should.

Okay, if we're going to be starting a discussion about this (not sure if Sir John is going to join in, but what the hey), there are several games that are, in their way, art. You've mentioned some of the best, but to continue... Bioshock - While I do agree that the game should have ended a...

Yeah, also wondering if he'll review Blur. Then hopefully there'll be more than two of us going "Yep, didn't like it one bit" while people yell "GRRR! UG! DAY-ONE ISSUES... MAMMOTH TASTE GOOD!" ... still, great review, Yahtzee, lovin' it.