Recent content by Michael O'Hair

Kickstarter was defined as "a crowd funding website for creative projects." Currently, the projects with the highest funds raised are games, and some kind of wristwatch. Now Kickstarter seems to be a method of pre-ordering games that haven't been completely built yet. Asking for money to fund...

Probably in DLC... like Borderlands.

I have the Quad.

Much of those games were classic arcade games. Mostly explosions or other animations representing sprite death. But not a single sprite death-blink. At least none that had any emotional investment in them. Being arcade games, the only emotions that I could recall was the need for more...

An interesting concept, but can it create an artificial persona of a women who criticizes me on my Facebook wall? Specifically my being an emotionally dead man-child who plays too many video games and lives inside of my own head most of the time, and who threatens to cut off the relationship...

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Sequels too often dilute the formula that made previous games great. There is no franchise or series that eventually jumps the shark after a period of time. Imagine if Christopher Tolkien kept creating books set in Middle Earth after his father's demise; would they be any good? The Expanded...

Game Fundamentals - Whether you're trying to break into the industry or you're an up and coming superstar, this track will cover the fundamental rules of engagement for those interested in getting into game development. Highlighted speakers include: Tony Gaddis, Author and Educator at Haywood...

In addition to a possible relationship with Ulysses, there is a dialogue script that indicates that the Courier has been out west in NCR territory before, specifically New Reno. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Isaac This is a combination of both personal projection on the part of the...

Therein lies the solution, and the problem, to the future of the video game market and the crash back in the beginning of the 80's. Price isn't the core issue, it's the game not being worth the price. Consumers are getting used to the games being currently released; they're very much recycled...

The video illuminates only one possible avenue in the future of PC gaming in Microsoft's view. Hopefully it's not the only avenue that will exist 10 or 15 years from now. Also, this avenue focuses on the emerging market of new game players (bored middle-aged mothers and their tech-savvy...

Someone who has been shot in the leg, foot, or arm would most likely be able to continue but with considerable difficulty, such as decreased agility or loss of the ability to aim properly. Games that come close to simulating the actual effects of bodily damage in combat are few and far between...

This game was released today, as in within the last 24 hours. It is a bit too soon to judge the game based on review scores alone, if at all. At the end of the day the game's development staff, publisher, and stockholders don't care what X wrote in the review of the game in publication Y. A...

Sleeplessness? Morrowind and Oblivion frequently put me to sleep while playing them. Several other games caused me to exhibit similar behavior if I wasn't able to play something else before losing consciousness on the nearest couch. Number of kids hopping fences using RPG explosions...

Oh, good. Movies with bugs in them, and movies about the last space marine on Mars/Earth/Stroggos/some brown technocastle.