Recent content by shihku7

GTA was made by white dudes in Scotland or Ireland. It ain't a black RPG. It'll be interesting to see how much people hate black RPGs once Africa eventually makes video games. "Those damn BRPGs complain about racism too much! And I can never identify with the characters in the game. They...

The worst RPGs are obviously BRPGs, that is Black RPGs. RPGs made by black people.

For those who hate the Mako levels, I recommend just driving past the enemies instead of killing them all. It's tempting to kill everything you come across since you get XP for it, but just driving on will save you from a lot of headaches :-P

I don't like Final Fantasy games, but I don't mind the metrosexual males of the game (I live in San Francisco, pretty much every young guy has that look, IMO, or a hip-hop fashion sense). FF's metrosexuals just seem like Legolas from Lord of the Rings to me. Pretty boys. Enrique Iglesias types...

Yosharian, to skip dialogue, press the X button. You can't skip cutscenes though. -- I really enjoyed Mass Effect and, like KOTOR, it really left a mark on my mind. Probably my most memorable entertainment experience this year. That being said, none of Bioware's games are good GAMES, in...

Russ Pitts, There are many ugly and hideous male game heroes. Take Street Fighter games. You can choose from all sorts of freakish male characters, but there isn't a single freakish female character I can think of outside of the character I mentioned before. Out of tens of thousands of female...

I would like to see more unattractive female game heroes. In all the thousands of games I've played, I can only recall seeing a single ugly female hero. She was in an arcade game that was similar to SNK's Ikari Warriors. She was the largest character in the game (twice the size of the male...

According to the GANG forums, the GANG Awards will be free for anyone to attend, regardless of whether or not they have a pass for the GDC itself. Awards are on March 8th. I plan on going ^_^

I liked how D&D was mentioned, and how it's legacy has affected the MMORPG genre so much, even though D&D itself was extremely different from what MMORPGs offer. In D&D, you have character levels, but they were never intended for a game in which players would be separated from the core party...

This is cool. Going to try and attend Halter's video event this Saturday here in SF. For a while now, I've felt that there are serious ethical issues in regards to the "military entertainment complex."

semi off topic.. But I've always thought it'd be cool if semi-realistic war games like Battlefield 2 and 2142 had non-fatal ways of dealing with enemies. And that these ways would net you bonus points for NOT killing your enemy. Basically, you could kill your enemy and score 1 point, or you...

I was just thinkin about one handed gaming a couple weeks ago, while on a crowded bus. My DS Lite is a big step backward for mobile gaming on some levels.. as the stylus controls require some stability to use accurately. I can't perform surgery in Trauma Center while bouncing around in a bus...

Certainly you're not saying that Rambo is just as ethical as Schindler's List? Or that Top Gun is just as ethical as Syriana? Munich? Ethical issues in realistic movies is a big deal. And it should be a big deal in video games, too. I find all of the movies I just mentioned to be unethical on...

I enjoy most of the Tom Clancy games, but I sometimes feel that these games are a bit unethical. Like a war movie, these games carry political messages about real world events and factions. They ask you to identify with the heroes (Ding Chavez from Rainbow Six or Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell)...

Completely offtopic.. but Wessmaniac, please make a new X-wing style game set in the Star Wars: Episode 1-3 movies. We beg you!!! And yes, I speak for the human race. :) There's also a huge Penny Arcade forum thread asking for a redux of the TIE Fighter games..