Recent content by sleepykid

Were it not for the efforts of the class clowns of gaming, many games would never have blipped on my radar. Project Reality is a good example; an FPS with, you guessed it, a heavy emphasis on realism, all undone when a griefer takes full advantage of the many, many ways to inflict friendly fire...

Shamus, you're snowflaking. Whether or not you personally are to blame for a lack of variety in protagonists, the fact of the matter is that people are more comfortable with their own group. Biggest group of consumers games are catering to is white males, and you can figure out the rest from...

It's hard to describe what they do as "joking". There's humor in the reviews, sure, but there's legitimate criticism if you're willing to look beneath the surface. In the case of their Minecraft review, I recall them saying that it was about as heartless an indie game as one could find...

I can no longer hide this light under a bushel (Warning: review contains spoilers):[youtube=zVgwvj8N8ew

Trying to remember and old computer game that was meant for grades K-6; played it in third grade. Was a detective game for kids that had furry characters. You clicked around the environment for clues, which would match things that one of the suspects liked, like mint gum or something. There...

Why are people assigning me motives I've never claimed? It's ridiculous to think I expect to say things "without consequence". Everything you do, particularly in the social realm, has a consequence. How can people think I'm mean enough to dish out flak, yet naive enough to not expect anything in...

Warmer. I know what the intention of the policy is, but I'm asking what you, specifically, think about it. Good, bad? Why or why not? People are getting the wrong impression here. This isn't a nerd version of a rap battle, it's just the kind of fun-making guys are known for, of which I...

Almost as lovely as your reading comprehension, no doubt. I didn't "go from" anything, just answering your question. But this is going far afield. I'm not gathering opinions on whether or not people find my internet antics acceptable; I'm asking what people think of that particular policy in...

Somehow I doubt my creativity is what's bothersome. I suppose I could've amped that up a notch by using a fake medical condition, but telling someone they have a severe case of the yintoblahs just doesn't have the same oomph. I'm aware of the number of players in WoW, though quality and...

The dictionary's. Failing that, the farthest I go is either calling someone autistic, aspie, etc., or lightly engaging in one of our McCarthyish "ism"s. For example, if someone was genuinely hurt by me making fun of their class, I'd refer to them as a "weeping vagina". Oh, and hardly a week...

As a WoW nerd who's dinged 85 in the last month, I've been looking for some guilds. The last one I was in found my social autism not as hilarious as I did (I made fun of druids, which wringed some hands), so now I've been on the prowl for a guild where they're not as sensitive to some...

Adorable.

This guy has the right idea. I like the double-standard here with the diversity posts that are always brought up. If you were to, for example, say that women aren't in videogames because most women don't really do the whole combat thing, a likely response would be "Hey now, no sexism here...

Objective opinion. I'd like to see the qualification for that. Speaking of qualifying, I've noticed a lot of people being proclamations of opinion with "IMO" or "I feel/think...." This is wrong. I understand the desire to appear humble and aware of your own subjectivity, but it isn't a help...

Some further clarification to those who don't understand. Consider the archtype of the tank, i.e. the one that attracts monsters' attention and engages in heavy defense. A step-forward kind of guy would refuse it on the grounds that it involves the highest amount of trauma among all the...