Recent content by Saltiness

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    Voice vs. Choice

    KOTOR games avoided this by using alot of aliens that don't speak english, requiring subtitles while the same 3-4 voices were used regardless of what they were asking.
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    Voice vs. Choice

    Biggest problem I usually see is that immersion and good story telling aren't related to voice acting, nor are they restricted to RPG's. Since we're using Bethsoft "story telling" (and I'll use the term loosely for what they refer to as their writing ability) as an example, you have a bajillion...
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    15 year old kills 9 year old neighbor, charged as adult

    And thus is why there is the advent of the ability to raise the level of judicial inquiry to a higher level when the case dictates. Yes, its an emotive response, no it's not outside the boundary of the law when previsions have been written into it to account for "extreme" cases. Do you qualify...
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    15 year old kills 9 year old neighbor, charged as adult

    People are confusing this ethically and from a lawful perspective. Lawfully, she is a minor. However, laws are in place to allow such things to be circumvented in extreme cases when such justice is insufficient. Ethics on the other hand are wonderfully subjective to the society that breeds...
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    Poll: Will gaming live forever?

    I'm hoping it gets hit with another video game industry crash. It's in dire need of trimming the fat that stifles it so badly (you know the industry is totally awesome when GDC give Fo3 a writing award).
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    Death Techno - Best Idea Ever?

    Celldweller comes to mind as an example, although it improves a million times over when the guy doesn't open his mouth at all. But I feel that way about most cross-genre types of music. I do remember a Russian artist called Planum that wasn't too bad either - link...
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    Fallout 3 Producer Responds to Fan Criticisms

    He didn't stand up and be a man, he market spinned the criticism about face to "but that's what we meant to do! and thus it's awesome". They didn't admit anything, they didn't say "gee, that was a shitty design decision" or "yeah, we're going to fix that in a (free) patch". Maybe people...
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    Fallout 3 Producer Responds to Fan Criticisms

    Oh god, Pete Hines missing a point completely? Say it 'aint so. 1. The game is an action RPG. ACTION. A-C-T-I-O-N. You also have a game with a shitty combat engine. Guess which part is epic fail. Don't want the game critiqued for being a shitty FPS quality? Gee, I thought thats what Bethsoft...
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    Fallout Boy

    No complaint from me on that one. Intelligent (let alone creative) game design for mainstream is very few and far between. To be fair though, Fallout 3 does hold some positive things. But it's like most big titles that come out. It's basically akin to consumer electronics, designed more to...
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    Fallout Boy

    Perhaps, but officially, their view point is that Fallout 3 couldn't be any better unless Bethsoft came to their house and blew a load on their face. Whilst it's quite refreshing that one of their staffers (a freelance writer) thinks differently about the game, this article seems to be far more...
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    Fallout Boy

    You mean this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/5419-Review-Fallout-3] review?
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    Fallout Boy

    Ah, the good ole "omg why do you want a carbon copy of a game from 1998" statement. Banded about as often as the good ole "Bethsoft dumbed down the game for consoles". One of these statements is true, and the other one is pure retardation. Guess which one is which. But to give you a basic...
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    Fallout 3, will it be changed?

    If they did they'd just be throwing them away. The search/siezure would probably go under something or other of "prohibited goods". They don't need to expand on it more then that.
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    Fallout 3, will it be changed?

    I believe that it was the images of the drugs (ie: syringes, realism etc) that were more of a major issue. Change the pictures, rename Heroin. Win. Pity the game looks dull.
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    131: A Day in the Life of the Social Loner

    I very rarely discuss games out in the real world, mainly because I work with people in the 50's, who really can't discuss games. That in turn really extends to people my own age. I really can't get excited about video games at all, but can play them all day if I didn't have things to do...