Recent content by mmiki

I need this for real life - an option to turn off pink/blue hair. On a slightly more serious note, I don't think most companies would willingly shoot themselves in the foot like that. Even if the percentage of people who get them for the 'ooh look what I got everyone' factor is small (and I...

The scientist that was interviewed disputes this heavily editorialized title. From her twitter feed: https://twitter.com/ExpeditionLive/status/709759132899917824 https://twitter.com/ExpeditionLive/status/709764141146349568 From what little I know about these things: our chances of...

You don't really need a lot of math. I've been told many times in the course of my education that you do, but these days I'm certain it's a lie perpetuated by math teachers. ;) As for the rest, you can become a competent programmer by working at it long and hard enough. It helps if you're...

I have over 1500 hours in Tales of Maj'Eyal (a roguelike). I could play that game for months without being bored (and I did)...But it's very time-intensive, especially on higher difficulties, and I just don't have the time right now.

Try GameWatcher.com (they used to be Strategy Informer). They do news and reviews without politics and drama - there isn't a single article about GG on the site. The reviews are mostly short and to the point.

I was laughing so hard by the end of this...Good one.

In my opinion, no. I wouldn't advocate anything like that. Well, yes, but the whole "gamers are dead" thing was published by 11 or 12 different sites. If they all agree on a certain point of view, then it becomes more than a presumptive argument. And it's not like it stops at Metacritic...

It's all about the bottom line and control. Big publishers like consoles because the hardware only changes each generation, they have more control over content, they can sell you season passes, there's less piracy. It's also a smaller market so they don't have to compete with indies.

I would have absolutely no problem with people inserting whatever politics they want into a review if there wasn't for Metacritic. For instance, if you give the game a low score because the main character does not have enough clothes, that affects the Metacritic score, and that then affects how...

I really liked the ones with Ezio but I gave up on the franchise after that. Why do I like it? Because you get to be a damn ninja, or a Western variation of it anyway. No, the combat isn't particularly hard, but it looks really cool. There's also free-running around stunningly well-done...

Much like a lot of the people that published the 'Gamers are over' articles, he's imagining a fantasy future where "progressive people" (read: people that think like he does) have moved onto a brave new world of gaming and left the vast majority of people who currently identify as gamers in the...

Fair enough. I don't have a problem with incidental inclusion of minorities either, but what poked me in the eye was the way they have drawn attention to it. If you want to show that it isn't a problem then either don't have the character react differently than he would to a heterosexual or...

I misunderstood what you were trying to say, sorry. My understanding of his words "bisexual thing that only serves purpose to establish progressive cred" was "token bisex". Your argument with Kameburger aside, I'm interested in whether you think it's the case here or not? It was certainly...

So if he made it a third comment, then you wouldn't have reached the same conclusion? If that's the case then it sounds to me like the problem is on your end. The point where they specifically brought attention to it ('Do you have a problem with it because she's a woman?'), is when I reached...

Most of it comes from a belief that consoles are holding back PC gaming. If what those guys said is true, then it legitimizes that sentiment. I kinda doubt it though. It's an easy way to shift blame to console manufacturers, when it's been clear for a long time that AAA companies prefer...