Recent content by Mythmaker

Nothing new from Bob. Really hoping it doesn't become a regular beat here on Big Picture too.

As usual, Bob manages to offer intelligent, entertaining insight into things that are not video games. When he's not talking about something directly associated with the current state of the video game industry and/or Nintendo, he not only sounds perfectly sane, but also legitimately passionate...

I'm not sure that's fair. For one, while Ebert (R.I.P.) obviously was not a supporter of the medium, his comments sparked a lot of interesting, and possibly important conversation about the nature of games. For another, while Ebert didn't believe games were art, he wasn't petulant...

Bob, please stop talking about games. I get nothing out of listening to you talk about games but a headache. Forget your lumping every critic of this decision into the same disdained category. Ignore your refusal to comment on the actual merit of the argument presented in the petition. Don't...

I suppose it could be that I just burnt myself out with his Game Overthinker show. At first it was awkward and unfocused, but I thought it would smooth out overtime. After a while, though, the spite and venom he was piling towards certain segments of the gaming population, coupled with his...

Does anyone here actually take Bob seriously when it comes to video games? Maybe he says some few things that you agree with, but does anyone actually respect his opinion on this subject? I don't. Frankly, he should stick to what he's good at, at least with this show.

I hate to bring this up, but given Bob's position in the video I feel obligated to point this out. The sort of thing Bob is so aggravated about here is EXACTLY the sort of thing that bugs me about Anita Sarkeesian and others regarding the DiD. Which is pretty ironic, all things considered...

Well, let me break out my Escapist Review Scale. "THREE STARS. An average game experience. You'll play it and probably enjoy it. A month from now, you'll likely have forgotten all about it. FOUR STARS. An outstanding gaming experience marred by just a few flaws." Okay, so three stars is...

Amen. Anything that smacks of trying to "deepen" the story or "improve" the presentation almost invariably results in either mediocrity or disaster That's one reason why I'm not that interested in The Force Unleashed, but absolutely love KOTOR.

I'm loving this. It's funny, but it's true. :P

The choice isn't manipulative, though. Drops are random, and the story is always the same, so you never miss anything playing through one character instead of another. However, the game gives you the option to tackle the game in any way you want. You're not being denied content if the only...

The key, at least in Diablo, is that content is never withheld. Experiences are, since you can't play as all 7 classes simultaneously, but the story is never sectioned off. The only thing you can "miss" is optional character dialogue, and most of it is pretty useless anyway. But because every...

Agreed. There isn't anything wrong with promoting replay of your game, but not by withholding content. A game that that did it right is Diablo 2. The story wasn't that great, and once you've played it through, there's not much reason to keep playing again, except for the gameplay. There are...

I don't know why people assume sales of the console will increase when E3 rolls around. Announcements at E3 have never caused a significant increase in sales. Just look at the 3DS, which was in exactly the same position, had roughly the same games announced as what we're expecting for the Wii...

I think a lot of people tend to forget that the most important aspect of a game is engagement. Immersion through realism is one way to achieve that, but it isn't the only way, and thank goodness.