Recent content by richtaur

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    Review: Puzzle Quest 2

    Meh, it's weak sauce compared to the original. There are tons of baffling design decisions, some crappy art and an awkward interface. I'd give it 3/5 at best.
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    Google Invests Over $100 Million Into Zynga

    This is awful news for the games industry, HTML5 and corporate ethics in general :( ugh
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    Steampunk "Gear Knights" Join Asheron's Call

    Phew that knight looks awful, like the inspiration was, "quick, throw some gears on him so we'll appeal to steampunk fans!" Sheesh.
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    Farmville Loses 4 Million Players in April

    Hey The Escapist, please stop reporting on Zynga. When they are successful you guys post articles about it, and when they are unsuccessful they get the same treatment. Somebody in the industry needs to step up and say "fuck these guys" because they are game design thieves and have shady business...
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    Zero Punctuation: Final Fantasy XIII

    I feel exactly the same way about Final Fantasy games. I was in love with 1, 2/4 and 3/6 ... 7 was OK ... and fuck the rest. End of story!
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    247: The Infected

    What a welcome change of pace and quality for The Escapist. Cheers to you, John. Thanks for sharing.
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    One Left 4 Dead Survivor Won't Survive The Passing

    Yeah, what the fuck, thanks a lot Escapist.
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    Plants Vs. Zombies Available For iPhone

    Easily my favorite casual game, maybe ever? Totally sold for $3!
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    Why I'm Not Playing Mass Effect 2

    Wow, that's crazy. I too have Mass Effect and Dragon Age collecting dust on my shelf, with L4D2 and WoW occupying 100% of my gaming time lately.
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    Pre-Owned Games Market Goes Digital

    Worst company name and logo I've seen in a while, woof ... There's a lot to this. The used games market takes many sales away from publishers and is part of the reason games are as expensive as they are today. And unless this company strikes some kind of deal with the digital distributors, it...
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    Can Videogames Make You Cry?

    Of course games can make a person cry. It's not all that rare, but it seems to me it's usually during cutscenes. Usually when people get weepy it's because of something happening with the story after the controls have been taken away. I'd be interested to see a common tearjerker where you're...
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    Netflix Coming To The Wii

    Oh yeah, I completely forgot my Wii had online features! I'd go dust it off and try this out, but my 360 is already streaming Netflix HD quite nicely :D
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    Meet the Game Dogs - Gary and Bethany

    Well, that explains a lot. I was 10 when Darkwing Duck came out and I liked it well enough. So your intended audience is 10 year olds? No wonder it turns me off so much (as I'm almost 30 now).
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    Meet the Game Dogs - Chet and Roger

    Seconded'd'ed'd. I'm all for sexual understanding and openness, but keep it in the species, folks! Gotta say guys, the quality of this is below what I expect from The Escapist. To me, the art is generic, animation is minimal, voice acting is weak and recorded badly. I'm not your audience...
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    OC Remix Turns 10

    Very cool, The Escapist! Always great to see some OCR love.