Recent content by Pinguin

For all the windows-haters, I have one word: Linux! ;) More than half of my steam library is available on Linux now, and with valve working on the steambox thing, that ratio will likely increase. For the rest, there's wine.

Nice work Valve! As a Linux gamer, I've been appreciating the growing Steam library in recent months*, and this can only further the cause. *To the 'hardly-any-games-run-on-Linux' sayers: of my modest library of 123 games, 60 now run under Linux. And these were purchased mostly before...

Brilliant, Yahtzee. And not only because that particular misuse of the word 'random' really gets on my tits, too.

Surely the question is: when will studios stop re-making the same tired IPs, and take a chance on something new?

Uh-oh. I really don't like where this trend is going...

Ehh.. It'll take much more than a small price drop to convince me to give EA anything but contempt for the new SimCity.

I wasn't really getting at anything, just being flippant. :) But you make good points!

Group effort? Every player a vital part? This scientist clearly hasn't played any FPSes online...

Heheh.. Nice, funny review Bob! Oh and I liked your saying "the big draw" while she's drawing the bow. I wasn't planning on seeing it anyway. The trailer completely underwhelmed me. I normally like trainers themselves as a mini-art-form, so when one leaves me so completely cold; I avoid...

Bah! Say I. (And, no doubt, say you: A Holmes fanboy! You'd be right.) Sherlock Holmes works best as a period piece. Personally, I thought the new BBC version was pretty bad. It was well-made enough to be watchable, but the writing team (known, in part, for that epitome of child-friendly...

Incidentally, has anyone else noticed that the standard of writing in this thread is unusually high? I take this to mean that X-com fans are a well-read lot. :-)

Well said, that man! X-com truly was a masterpiece of game design. And I can think of few games whose mere mention always prompts outpourings of nostalgic geek joy. I personally try and avoid superlatives, and it seems unfair to call x-com the "best game ever" but I'd definitely call it the best...

Hmmm, I'd have gone with the car. Driving is so much fun. It's a bit like a game, but: real! (And yes I realise that makes me sound like a terrible driver.) Though generally I think: car = better job options, more cash, better gaming PC anyway. Also, do you really need a top spec gaming PC...

Bah, I had the original game on the Amiga (floppy disk version, of course.) Though I must admit to a little envy at the time of my friend's playstation version with its quick loading and flashy cutscenes. But then I wouldn't call myself 'hardcore' either. I am intrigued by the prospect of a...

Diablo 2. And hopefully Diablo 3 when it comes out! And of course: Minecraft!