Recent content by mawk

Thanks for writing up like three paragraphs of quotes and fanboy-gush trying to disprove my opinion, A1. I kind of hoped you wouldn't, especially since me saying "I know mentioning FF7 will etc etc" was aimed to signify that I already knew what kind of arguments were gonna be made and didn't...

"Wonder Vag?" Really, now. When they were designing this game, they should have taken into account the sheer amount of raucous classroom laughter it would inspire.

I really don't care. I've never been the kind of guy who projects himself onto the character he's playing. Even in games with a silent protagonist, I pick up whatever details about their personality I can from their basic reactions, and go with that instead. I can see the problem for people who...

I think FFVII lasts not by any particular qualities of its own (because let's face it, it does turn-based RPG combat well, but it's nothing we hadn't seen before -- in fact, the major points are aping its immediate predecessor), but by the circumstances. it popularized the angsty loser hero type...

Molyneux still doesn't seem to get it: waxing excited about your own product is all well and good, but people aren't going to buy into the hype unless it starts getting that kind of respect from sources who don't have huge personal investments in its success. with his reputation as it is, I find...

I'm not sure if it's entirely what you have in mind when you think of the old space flight games (having missed that period of gaming entirely myself,) but there's an in-development indie piece called Star Ruler [http://starruler.blind-mind.com/] which looks like it could turn out pretty well...

it was just an aside, you guys. I don't think he has some excruciating scientific process for ranking his reviewed games best to worst.

of course, the target audience being what it is, that's the opposite of how it always plays out. pardon me while I thinly slice all these stone columns and airplane parts.

I would propose that it's probably not a disgrace to so much as watch anime, considering that people continue to make it and widespread cultural stigma might impact sales, but I imagine growing so obsessed that you lose your relative worth to society is. and in retrospect, this is kind of a...

nah, they'd probably have gotten all elitist on you and made a point of showcasing their inevitably superior Japanese. I think with that kind of person, you're better off avoiding legitimate contact. mess with them, avoid them like the Noid, whatever, but I will tell you this nine times: it's...

what, actually? I didn't know that kind of person existed. better you than me, man. I'd probably mess with their heads for fun.

OP seems like personal taste. haven't seen any arguments on your case that lead me to believe otherwise. "humans are assholes" is a ridiculously trite statement, and generally impossible to prove or disprove. there's a reason there are multiple schools of thought on the subject of human...

my problem isn't that GRRR NO ONE SHOULD DO WATCHMEN EXCEPT MOORE; it's just that the people who in this case would be "doing Watchmen" have already proven that their vision is quite far-removed from Moore's, and can generally be called a significant downgrade.

problem being that it would all just be conjecture on the parts of the screenwriters. they don't know the Comedian or Rorschach any better than you or I do, and without Moore's input the work would have no more depth or insight than your typical fanfiction (and may I remind you that Moore is...

"different." doh ho ho ho. nice try, chief.