Recent content by Special Kiz

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    MovieBob Talks Mario Movies, Game Journos, and the State of the Industry

    I was going to post a long winded wall of text, but instead I shall just quote this for accuracy. I am glad that his opinion is getting broadcast to me weekly and I enjoy most of his work, but I could not disagree with him more on matters concerning games. He has such a heavy Nintendo bias, but...
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    Poll: What do you think of depression?

    Depression has never been so popular it seems. I worry about that fact in general.
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    Scott Pilgrim epiphony

    MovieBob said it best, but I'll just paraphrase him since I cannot be be bothered to dig up the actual quote, but I believe the video game references are meant to be seen in the way Scott would place his emotional struggle into context. So the fights we just metaphors with the emotional turmoil...
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    Poll: English/ British?

    English accent, not that it makes much more sense considering the broad range of accents within England. The best way to generalise is to say Southern/Northern English accent, but even that isn't perfect.
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    Poll: Should Call of Duty Stop?

    This I can agree with. but the problem is that it is hard to be objective about what a 'quality product' is, since any review of a game I make is based on my subjective opinion about it, and I can complain 'til the cows come home that the mass market are buying CoD and Halo at the expense of...
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    What's the hardest emotion to express in a video game?

    Empathy with characters in games is hard to achieve, and that is what you need to generate both believeable emotion in-game and a emotional response within the player (beside the joy of completing a level or frustration and anger at dying for the 100th time). Unless a game is really immersive...
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    Game characters you wish were real

    Shadow from Dead to Rights.
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    Is the fun really gone?

    But other people get fun out of competing so they are also having fun. When you first create a profile for the 360 it asks basically whether you play casually or play to win. I like this idea a lot because it means that you should end up playing with people of a similar mindset to yourself in...
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    Poll: Should Call of Duty Stop?

    Businesses respond to and rely on their consumers. As long as people want to buy a CoD game every year, a game will be released every year. If the developers release games with no quality or redeeming value, they will get hurt in the one place they really feel it, their wallets. I doubt this...
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    Escape to the Movies: Jennifer's Body

    Really good review. I'm glad I am not the only person who feels this way about Megan Fox but after my appeals to my friends that she is a talentless above average looking but poor actress fell on deaf ears I'm concerned that many more people will follow in Megan's footsteps.