Recent content by Psaakyrn [deprecated]

Replacing a flashlight with the camera flash... Wouldn't that basically be Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon then?

There's only two feasable ways to do that though: (a) ensure each playthrough is 100% unique (e.g. traditional human-DM D&D games), or (b) ensure the game world is 100% persistent (e.g. most MMORPGs)

And then, there's the game design where there's no concrete version of "bad", except that "bad" goes against your values (especially the believe that your existance is important). Chrono Trigger has some exercise in storytelling where all the villians are given a purpose, and the purpose is...

Something I have been considering, is how an MMO based on Paranoia would shape out. Immediately, several core MMO values would be tossed out of the window. a) You will die. A lot. And when you die, you practically restart from point 0.(There is of cause score keeping, but your items and...

Just a link which helps explain my point here: http://thewiikly.zogdog.com/article.php?article=51&ed=5 (aka: How the current competition is actually against each other directly and to further their objectives, as opposed to giving what the consumers want, and how Nintendo is exiting the...

It's not the option of choice that's harmful, it's the competition, which may drive down the value of choices, as opposed to improve them. There's two ways to win a competition, either by being better, or by making the competition worse. In addition, "being better" does not necessarily make the...

Rebuttal: During the first browser war, innovation was fast, yes, but at the expense of there being a complete segregation of two standards. IE still hasn't recovered from the first browser war; As far as I know, there still isn't a standards-compliant manner in which to implement Flash in IE...

Because I just like making discussion posts, here's an overly elaborate post I made in Joystiq. Actually, in my opinion, consumers are losing because of this competition, instead of gaining. Here are my reasons. a) Seperation of standards Remember the Netscape/Internet Explorer problem...

Ref point a) Global sales strategy may be negatively affected. (See example: Sony's case regarding importing PSP to Europe before Europe launch) Sometimes companies anticipate a larger demand in certain regions and mark up their prices respectively. Importing thus reduces potential profit...

I don't think anyone gets it. Video games has the potential to be art, just as a scribble on a piece of canvas does, but only if it is created as such. Take an example. Some TV programs are artistic. News programs generally aren't. Literature can be art. That exam paper isn't. Both are the exact...

I guess this would be the current seasonal topic after the double whammy of Sony's lawsuit and Lik Sang closure. Do you think importing benifits or harms companies as a whole? (note: this is about companies, not consumers. There're a few "benifits" to consumers which negatively harms the...

I think someone really wants to see a Rez-like game for the Wii.. (not his fault that the nunchuck seems a most suitible successor to the Rez device though) But I'm trying to figure out the significance of the Bommerang controller.. what is it supposed to represent?

In my opinion, the best game for getting into people's head is still poker. But granted, RPS has less of a base startup cost. Even so, I prefer using a stopwatch and checking the last digit when I stop it for decision-making (inherently equivilant to rolling a 1D10).

According to http://wii.nintendo.com/software_excite.html ( information first found from http://joystiq.com/ ) Excite Truck is only for 1-2 players. For a first-party multiplayer game (I assume all racing games to be multiplayer-based) this is almost inconceivable. Just looking into your...

You mean, like the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition?