Recent content by Owyn_Merrilin

It's more like what Sharon Apple from Macross Plus looks like in the real world. Kind of amazing that out of all the crazy sci-fi stuff in Macross, the one thing that became reality was the holographic pop star.

Yeah, the Ngage was a great example of what not to do when designing a gaming phone. It was also just a few years ahead of its time -- if it had come out after 2008, I'd imagine it would have been a very different machine. It's actually been bugging me for the better part of a decade that the...

The reason smartphone batteries drain so quickly is because the manufacturers prioritize thinness over battery life. I'd imagine a dedicated gaming phone from a company like Nintendo would be a little chunkier to accommodate things like face buttons, which would also leave room for a bigger...

I think Bravely Default did an FFVII re-release. They've been doing this with their PC ports since they re-released FFVII a few years back.

I've always felt that the "Citizen Kane of videogames" would have to be something like Super Mario Bros., and this little bit of what you wrote is getting at why. The big thing Citizen Kane and Watchmen really have in common is the fact that both took full advantage of the possibilities offered...

If you can afford one, a mechanical keyboard is worth it if you spend a lot of time at a computer even if you don't game at all. It's just so much nicer to type on than even a really good membrane board. Gaming mice can be nice, too, but there's less of an advantage compared to a mechanical...

Considering that the reason Oblivion was re-rated to M after being initially released with a T rating was a mod that used the male nipple texture to give the female characters anatomically correct breasts (the ESRB considered it part of the game instead of user generated content because it was...

No, Dragonball was just one long running story. It is full of plot holes, but it's because Toriyama never had an outline, and kept forgetting things he had done in past chapters. He actually created the Super Saiyan 3 form as Super Saiyan 2 because he forgot he'd already done 2, his editor had...

Seriously. This is the man who brought us Boktai, Zone of the Enders, and Snatcher. As sad as I am to see Metal Gear go (or at least, Kojima helmed Metal Gear), I'm excited to see what the man can do now that he's allowed to make other stuff again.

It's Ecchi, not hentai, but I really appreciate the protagonist of Maken-Ki. He's every bit as much of a perv as the average audience member is, proactive about it, and yet also basically a decent guy with some heroic traits. He'd be a cliche if it had come out in the 90's, but these days it's...

Glad someone else mentioned Clarence. In addition to Jeff's moms, I believe there's a gay male couple that shows up as background characters in some episodes.

I actually thought X was Nomura. I *hated* X, for everything except the battle system and Blitzball. If they want to update the battle system, they could do worse with lifting the one in X. Right down to swapping out characters on the fly. Edit: And VI is worth the playthrough. There's a...

Wait wait wait... you mean Kitase could have been the director instead of Nomura? I love Nomura's character designs, but I do not love his directorial abilities. I've loved Kitase's abilities in that arena since I was a kid. Dammit, Squeenix, ya done goofed. Again.

So a space trading and combat game. Some examples from the right era would be Freelancer, the X series, and Privateer 2, but it's a pretty big genre. Top down suggests maybe Escape Velocity Nova or Star Control II? SCII has an open source version called The Ur Quan Masters, which is free but I'm...

The "teenTechnically early 20's for the most part, there's probably more major characters who are 100+ years old than actual teens" part is a huge problem, logistically speaking. Game of Thrones is going to be, what, five books total when it's done? WoT is 14 plus a prequel, each of which could...