Recent content by Phifty

Hey everyone, I've recently moved to more regular hours for work, which has left me with a lot more time to play video games. That being said buying a new console game two to four times a month is looking a bit pricey. I've seen a lot of ads for Gamefly and their 1 video game at a time deal...

Huh, I thought the thing he landed on was one of the shit monsters from Castle Crashers, but it does look a lot like Gish now that you mention it.

I don't know about this. We have to keep in mind that no matter how hard a reviewer tries; game ratings are still hugely subjective. It's the reason why book reviews don't really use numerical rating systems (except on Amazon, but we're going to ignore that for now). The reason is because the...

Hey, I know someone with a good counter-argument! You, a few months ago? - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/3794-Defending-the-Villain You said then (among other things): "If piracy is the mechanism that dissolves these institutions that have become openly hostile...

Geoffrey42 does have a point. I buy games, but often have a pirate copy so I can play the things without constant CD switching. That's not to mention the games that won't run unless they are in the same CD drive that I installed them with. Then there's my older games, for which I've long lost...

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World of Warcraft was, without a doubt, the most boring game I've ever played. I have never before watched entire movies while playing a game. When I led a guild I'd just have to hang out in-game to make sure the guild members didn't bicker at each other too much and even the huge 40 man...

Deus Ex Mass Effect Myst <- I remember paying for that one back when the game first came out.

I like lengthy games, but reasonable. 20 to 30 hours of single player is a good length (you can't really put a number on multiplayer), I think you need at least 10 to really establish a decent world and at least another 20 for it to reach potential. However, too long and you chance stretching...

[note: if you have not yet played BioShock and plan to, you may want to wait on reading this, as it contains spoilers] As an Xbox Diablo manual a few times. . . I love the story in that thing). I have a number of friends who are enjoying their replays of the game, why was I having some...

An interesting idea. I recently was thinking about reader response criticism and how the ideas behind the theory show that even reading a book has a measure of interactivity. However, I think that your nostalgia blinds you to a point, especially for IFs and old (or even some current)...

I miss having games that I could use my joystick with. Hell, I'd shell out $50 for a version of Freelancer that let me use a joystick to steer. The space fighter games always did have a steep learning curve, but that was half the fun. When you got good at the game, you actually felt like you...

I know how you feel, it can often be a pain to fit games in with the schedule of everything else, even when they are fun and I really want to play them. I tend to not buy games until much later then everyone else, which means I'm behind on the times and have no idea what people are talking...

I love the 360 Achievements, they add replay value to a game and push you to work a little harder at getting and seeing everything in the game. I know it pushes me into replaying a game that I might otherwise not have replayed, leading me to find all sorts of interesting things. I thought...

Deus Ex 2 was my biggest game disappointment. The first game is, without a doubt, my favorite game of all time. I love that game, replay it all the time. But from the moment I booted up Invisible War, it was one issue after another, from bugs to a bad control scheme. I was incredibly...