Recent content by Phanixis

I purchased the new players handbook but I have yet to have the opportunity to try it, but I definitely want to. It looks very streamlined and elegant, but classes and spells still strike me as unique an interesting, as opposed to the rather bland powers everybody had in 4e.

I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as "Geek Privilege" or that Geeks as a group ever demanded special treatment, especially as I would be hard pressed to consider Geeks some sort of homogeneous group with common needs and demands. They are just people that are considered somewhat...

Nice catch Caiphus. I was wondering what the precise verbatim of the title was, and this confirms my suspicions. This is known as a "misleading title" and is a direct violation of eBay's rules. Ebay was right to grant this man a refund, and hopefully they followed up by also closing the...

Edit: This was a long post, I moved it to the more recent topics.

I read this thread and some of the comments and I am just utterly shocked at the amount of hostility being directed towards the victim of this eBay scam. Sure, the man needed to be more careful, but the fact of the matter is a crime was committed against him. The eBay seller is a criminal...

Edit: This was a long post, I moved it to the more recent topic on the same story.

I am with the the Spirit Tracks/Phantom hourglass camp. These games aren't just bad Zelda games, they are bad games period. The touchscreen controls are beyond awful, as is the train mechanic in spirit tracks. Give me d-pad controls and a proper overworld map, not these garbage game mechanics.

Calvin and Hobbes all the way, if for one simple reason: the writer knew when to retire. I was really disappointed when I first found out that the writer was retiring, but seeing what has happened to Peanuts, it was definitely the right move in retrospect. I used to like Peanuts, but it got...

Good call on the part of the German authorities here. Valve is a good company and all, but that doesn't give them the right to take away all the games someone legally purchased whether it be for disagreements over TOS or other reasons. Games belong to the consumer once purchased, retailers...

This is utterly ridiculous. People resell everything from cars to homes to books to jewelry and everything in between. This is their right as property owners. Why should game publishers enjoy some special privilege where consumers are prevented from reselling games, while every other industry...

Condensed Document Notes: As per poster request from my previous thread, I have created a condensed version of the review by the same name because the previous version was simply far too long. The new document will have a core that should be less than 20% of the length of the original document...

Well, the condensed version of this review is still in the works. But despite the wall of text I have created, this topic has been quite active, so I suppose I should respond to all the criticism leveled at this thread. You just wanted Starcraft to be another RTS, or an amalgamation of all...

I guess it was a mistake to create a review that long. Too many people don't even want to read it, and a lot of other people getting some very strange ideas about what I was trying to claim. It is good to see that at least some posters enjoyed the review, but it looks like I am going to need...

Starcraft 2: The Wrath of Disappointment by Phanixis So 12 years after the release of the original Starcraft, Blizzard has released Starcraft 2. This game is such a disappointment that I feel the need to specify precisely why is was disappointing and how it could have been done better...

This is a horrible over reaction. What ever happened to giving the kid a week of detention? Expulsion and arrest, over a list! Are these people insane? I know the kid needs to be punished for his actions but you don't destroy his educational future and send him to court over this. And some...