Recent content by Necrohydra

Ah, all that seems to change when you land a job. Watching a product you help design land on the shelves for sale tends to give you a sense of accomplishment. I tend to game less now than I did back in college (I think, maybe I just slept less in college), but I view it more as a reward of...

Huh, a dirty little secret? I've got something to get off my chest. I'm afraid of what other people think of me. Quite a bit. It's something I seem to portray otherwise in reality, but I do. I don't tell people much about me. I act the quiet type and listen, but that seems to have...

Actually, Super Mario RPG didn't have random encounters, in the true sense of the word. You ran into enemies on the map. Sorta like Chrono Trigger. And yes, I'd also suggest getting Super Mario RPG. And I also played it multiple times on the SNES.

Hell no. What about the people that can't stand fantasy settings? Or the people who can't stand RPGs? Or the people who can't stand Blizzard? Or *insert personal preference difference here*? Different strokes for different folks, and WoW is not going to be able to hit all of them...

My life is what I make of it. I don't believe I'm going to get anything handed to me. Though, the occasional breaks tossed my way are nice. ..but if I had to go with something, I'd have to agree with my soul-mate. Not really holding my breath on that, though.

Well, I think I'm going to add to that broken record. I don't smoke, and I never intend to. I have quite the passionate dislike of smoking. I haven't done drugs, and I probably never will. I don't have a desire to. I'll drink once in a great while, and it's only one or two drinks...

Frequently while growing up, my father would always tell me "someday, you'll have to grow up and stop playing those video games!" Thing is, he never really mentioned what exactly it is I should do instead. Get wrapped up in a career? Start and raise a family? Get bogged down by other...

I've been a fervent opponent of joining ANY MMO ever since I quit the first one I played. Not too long ago, a few friends approached me and said they are going to be getting WAR when it came out. Naturally, I've been a "little" skeptical. However, after reading this review, maybe I'll give...

My grandmother used to make a great home-made pumpkin pie. Had it at least every thanksgiving..and at random points during the year. That and lemon meringue pie. Ahh, the memories. ...now I'm sad AND I want pie...

Seriously hurt? I've been lucky..but marginally injured, that's happened all the time. I walked into a light pole once. Face first, right in front of me. ...no, I wasn't drunk, high, or tired at the time either.

This. Along with splitscreen co-op. I know it still exists in gaming today, but it seems to have taken a massive backseat to online play (thank you M$). If online play was the ultimate form of playing against people, the LAN party would have died long ago. There's just something better, to...

Don't get me wrong, I don't believe patents and licensing are the work of money-hungry capitalists and lawyers all the time. Credit (and a share of the profits) should be given where it's due. Heck, instead of spending the time reasearching it yourself, it's often cheaper to just buy a method...

How do you judge which person is "stealing" and who's being "stolen" from? What if both companys designed this separately? What if Nintendo filed patents in America, but Anascape's came out first? What if Anascape filed an extermely primitive design for patent, then brushed it up and updated...

It's not so much the components that get patented, but the processes and techniques. And that's where the grey areas come in. The more vaguely you can describe a process and get a patent for it, the easier it is to sue other people for infringement/demand royalties. Got a patent for infra-red...

So...why wasn't this case filed when the gamecube was originally released? Yanno..back in 2001? Or, hell, how about when the controller was originally unveiled, prior to that? You mean it took this company 5 years to realize "Oh, hey..that controller design looks similiar to ours! We'd...