Recent content by Shiro No Uma

Hey Jim. I'm a bit curious, do you think that this fear of dumbing down games is slightly akin to the "Fake Nerd Girl" issue that you brought up a few weeks back? The idea that groups of people are angry because they don't feel they should share a part their culture and don't have the maturity...

I'm thinking of changing my user name to "Hooky Wingsuit," but I don't know what kind of racist he is. Any thoughts?

Oh...got it. I can see that, and I'm very sad I had to have it explained. Almost went the hater route a la "It's just not funny," but your explanation does it justice! Thank you.

Wow, this is the first one of these that I've looked at that doesn't have an essay attached to it explaining why it's so funny/relevant. Which is so ironic because I don't quite get it and think I need it explained.

I feel that your not being quite honest about this being a small and trivial issue Jim. For most everyone using these service it's not an issue and for many not having the ability to add more then 100 friends will never matter. However for people like yourself, someone who has a brand and...

Is the anger towards fake nerds more akin to the feeling people have wards "fair weather fans?" Is it the idea that it lessens your nerd achievements because it's trendy to be nerdy now but you have judged them to be less of a nerd because of your standing in nerdom? This isn't subject just...

When ever you have to block the screen completely to make an in game action happen it's bad design. Even though the tech is over five years old, devs still don't know what to do with it, mostly because it's not intuitive to gaming. If it doesn't enhance game play it should be used. The most...

For the audio pack issue, aren't the localization teams supposed to do the VO, game audio and line producing (story edits) to fix content for regional context? I'm guessing it was subpar for this game?

Nice. Many things I had never thought about, however I feel like there is an even more interesting trend in the current gaming economy. Many of the big companies, Microsoft, Sony, etc., operate in the red mainly because of other divisions of the corporation (device manufacturing typically). The...

I just posted on this issue your post was above mine. I don't know why, but I can't stop laughing. That was truly great! Just curious, have you ever had a beverage that made you feel like making false statements about a game?

I don't consider anything this or any other website dedicated to gaming "Journalism." Here there are so many sensationalism opinion videos, that are highly entertaining, and everyone openly proclaims a bias towards a genre of gaming. I don't see why everyone is surprised on both sides of this...

Great costume man! I don't know if anyone is in the same camp as me, but I used to not do horror very well because I would take it too seriously. Other forms of violence were easer for me to handle, maybe because of my understanding of social standards that I learned form movies and TV, but I...

I remember when Adam Sessler did the show "Extended Play" at Metreon in San Francisco before it became X-play. I want to say that he did everything himself for the show as well, i.e. camera, editing, writing etc. I'm not at all surprised they are canceling the shows. I get almost all of my...

Exactly. Booth babes hired for the trade shows get costumes from the developers and publishers, who every they are promoting, and they are supposed to be there. Cosplayers really aren't welcome at the big trades, and never have been, by the show runners themselves. Honestly, developers and...

The big trade shows, E3, TGS, etc., are not really open to the public. You have to be part of the industry to attend, and if you don't have prof that you are you have to pay hundreds of dollars to get in. The show runners, sometimes part of the industry, set the clothing standards. Just lIke...