Recent content by John Horn

Why do the people who write these articles just read the headlines, look at the pretty screenshots, and start to scribble their sensationalist nonsense? Harold "Sonny" White and NASA are not building a warp drive. They are not even close. Watch the video to see what is going on, and how far...

Nah. If anything. Themistokles should be portrayed as the mastermind behind both the land battle of Thermopylai and the sea battle of Artemision. Themistokles was in effect the Field Marshall, organizing the preparations for both battles, and doing the overall coordination.

I was very disappointed that the movie industry focused on making this obtuse retardation of the story instead of the real deal. Michael Mann's project "Gates of Fire" got frozen in limbo due to hollywood politics. The battle of Thermopylai is vastly more epic and fascinating than what this...

*sigh* more Zombies. I suppose it takes a Zombie to play a Zombie game.

I don't mind silly stories. Bad writing is common in most games (except Bioware). My original post was about the reviewer mentioning the narrative as some presumed strong point in the game. I was merely pointing out the obvious: (Silly narrative in the style of Man from U.N.C.L.E) < (Call of...

You are applying Godwin's Law here - using a comparison of Nazi Germany to whatever it is you are arguing about. Godwin's Law: mention Hitler or the Nazis to bolster the argument. The impoverishment and humiliation of germany after the Versailles Treaty, as well as the hyperinflation caused...

Actually, the fall of the US Empire has been predicted by economists and scholars to be around 2020 (Professor Johan Galtung), to 2050 (Professor Niall Ferguson). My money is on Galtung being right, since he along with many others predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union to be in 10 years...

I don't understand why the reviewer thought that the NARRATIVE was this game's strong suit. It's the kind of narrative that is so ridiculous, it would only ever be taken seriously on Fox News. NEWSFLASH: NORTH KOREA ATTACKS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Yeah... that's very likely to...

Oh yes. Good topic Yahtzee. I've never thought of it as an American phenomenon, as I've not compared the box arts as you did here. Didn't really know the localization differences were this large. I think the cause of this is that American art and popular culture is inherently shallow and...

Peter Molyneux and Will Wright (Sims etc) seem to be falling into the same abyss. They like making games where you have loads of decisions that don't really feel like decisions. Sure the decisions have some limited impact of the world around you, but rarely do they have any impact on the actual...

I agree. Dungeon Keeper is an instant "keeper" ;) Absolutely love that game. On a related note: The new "DUNGEONS" game by Kalypso should NOT be seen as a modern remake of Dungeon Keeper. First of all, you are trying to attract heroes to your dungeons in order to cater to their needs. And...

A lot of the games you listed here are Indie games. Or developed as independent mini-projects in-house like Portal. I think you've misrepresented Yahtzee's views here. He never stated that the world is bereft of creativity. He's highlighted this to be a problem primarily in AAA titles...

I hold the same opinion as Yahtzee. I was once quite competitive, and pretty "deadly", as a 14 year old Half-Life player. Was in clans under various nicknames. We went as high up as the #3rd best HL clan at one point. Then to Unreal Tournament. But then I grew up, I guess. Competitiveness is...

I don't know where to begin. I cannot fathom why so many would have high expectations of Final Fantasy series in the first place. They've been crap from the days of Playstation 1. I've never played them on NES/SNES. But previous achievements need not preclude later failures. Final Fantasy...

The only way I can understand how anyone can enjoy these MMO titles (WoW in particular) is if I reduce people into huge swathes of predictable Pavlovian Dogs. Conditioning: Loot & Comeraderie in exchange for Free Time and Money.