Recent content by scnj

I feel like the problem with the 10% of your brain myth isn't that it's patently false, it's that it has been so overused by now. The examples of the dinosaur DNA from amber and the Stargate ring false because they were fresh and inventive. Falling back on the widely disproved 10% myth at this...

Eh. Regardless of the quality of his recent film output (which has been spotty) I still genuinely enjoy his podcasts, and I do like that he has reached a point where he's happy making stuff for himself. Tusk sounds like the exact sort of dumb thing I hope to see. He makes films for himself...

I've seen Gravity now, but I forgot to keep an eye out for the 'magical realism' bit. Anyone have any idea what that referred to?

That's... not even close to true.

Like most games, it's a power fantasy. The plot isn't all that great, and the character arc is dumb, but I love getting my bow and sniper rifle and wiping out an enemy camp from a nearby hilltop.

Doesn't come out in the UK until February. Such bullshit.

I wasn't big on DA2, but I know I'll end up pre-ordering this, albeit with more trepidation than before. I still like Bioware, but it becomes harder and harder to justify as time goes on.

I don't want to exclude people. I do want companies to stop going after the CoD audience. It's happened with franchises from Mass Effect to Resident Evil, and it needs to stop. The majority of CoD players buy one game a year and it's CoD. They aren't interested in Mass Effect 3 and Resident Evil...

Not sure if it counts, but I love the Giant Bomb guys. Specifically the Jeff and Vinny Deadly Premonition endurance run.

That's a complete misrepresentation. Gamespot weren't paid off, their advertising division had just changed. When a game is heavily advertised on a website and it gets a middling to poor review, it is very common for the PR division at the publisher to threaten to pull adverts. It's happened at...

They can set up an invisible wall at the edge that only NPCs are programmed to collide with. You then set the player collision to false with regards to that barrier. It's really simple to be honest.

I don't see any reason not to. I'm glad it's tonally different. As much as I enjoyed the two previous excursions to Rapture (three, counting the masterful Minerva's Den), I think having a third game set there would only serve to take away from the previous games' stories. Columbia looks like...

Try doing some research into copyright law. If Bethesda hadn't sued Mojang, their hold on the "Elder Scrolls" name would have been weakened. Then if someone had decided to create a game called The Eldest Scrolls, their chances of winning that court case would have been reduced. I'm willing...

I'll not be buying this. The previous novels have had very dry prose and the author shows no signs of improving.

I'm enjoying it, but I wish the gameplay was as interesting as the story.