Recent content by Nelsormensch

So I'm the lead designer of the game (really, this is me: http://www.twitter.com/nelsormensch) and if Willie Watt is a plant who was hired, well, that would be news to me. Maybe he's just stoked about the game? If so, thanks Willie. But I'd be quite shocked if myself or one of my colleagues was...

If you're an IGDA member, there's an [url="http://corvus.zakelro.com/2009/07/its-fun-to-stay-at-the-igda/"]active petition to force the IGDA executive board to hold a vote on whether or not to remove Tim Langdell. See the link for details, but there is a section of the IGDA's by-laws that...

When I think of latinos/latinas in games, the first thing that comes to mind is Grim Fandango. I was a little puzzled that the author didn't mention it at all, but maybe that was deliberate given Grim Fandango takes place in a very fantastic setting. Even so, no mention at all seems like a...

Loading, Ready, Run did an interview with Uwe [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/330/an_interview_with_uwe_boll] that actually made me rethink my opinion of the guy a bit. It's remarkably cogent and he actually sounds like a calm, respectful person. Sure, most of his movie are still...

>An unbelievably sadistic torture session This link (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_147/torture%20session) doesn't go anywhere. Granted, for something on YouTube to be described as torturous, we're probably better off not seeing it.

The Curse of Monkey Island is actually my favourite game in the series, largely because Dominic Armato nailed exactly what I thought Guybrush sounded like. Murray (the malevolent talking skull) is one of the best characters in all the games, again largely because his voice acting is so...

I was also confused by the seeming schizophrenia in this article. It begins sounding like a condemnation of slimlining, but then seems to hail the rather marked improvements that manifested in the SP and the DS Lite. I suppose then that a reasonable, but rather obvious, conclusion that is...

Earthbound for sure. While most of the other RPGs mentioned above are fantastic, the vast majority of them skew towards swords and sorcery. Earthbound really did something different and that puts it just a touch above all the other SNES classics in my mind. Super Mario RPG does this as well...

Are PDFs of Escapist still going to be available? I've been downloading the PDFs of each issue when it comes out, and reading it on my Nokia 770 while on the bus. I've been doing this for at least the past 50 issues, so I'd hate it if that went away. Otherwise, the revamp looks great!

I've found both of these articles to be quite resonant and enjoyed them both greatly. I generally agree with the sentiments whole-heartedly, finding the tension and drama in a game is reduced when you have as many "do overs" as you want. Sure, some might say that the player can always opt not...

Indeed it is: http://www.hoteldusk.com/ It's vertically oriented like Brain Age and its derivatives. I'm really anticipating many a bus commute being made pleasurable by way of Hotel Dusk. It looks pretty firmly "hardboiled detective noir," which I admit to have a big soft spot for. Lots...

While I don't think anyone can dispute games being derivative works, it seems like Kieron painted with some pretty broad strokes claiming that almost all games are Hollywood gone interactive. We all know that fantasy games are inspired by D&D/Tolkien and sports games are based on, well, sports...