Recent content by Tabascofish

Yeah I understand that, I was referring to the two posters above me who used the "well someone else bought it already, so devs already got money from it" argument. I don't consider buying used games or cars stealing per se, but it does prevent money from a new purchase from getting to the...

When you buy a game used, the developer doesn't see a dime from YOUR purchase. Sure, they get money from the first person who bought it, but if people didn't buy it used, then devs would see even more money from those purchases. This isn't rocket science. It's pretty simple addition, people.

I agree with many here who say that "Heavy Rain" is not gaming's equivalent to "Citizen Kane". My reasoning is that for a game to emulate the art of film successfully, which "Heavy Rain" was clearly trying to do, the game needs to be as well written and well "filmed" as the high quality art...

Well at least it's not "Rock Band: Nickelback," right? ...right?

That's my point, though. It's perfectly fine and sometimes necessary to use jump scares in order to release the tension in the audience, but they shouldn't be abused in films or video games like they are now. Stings accompanying jump scares are used more in games, I think, where the player may...

Basically everything that people have mentioned in this thread that has to do with "psychological" horror is all about suspense. That's what makes most classic horror films so good. Timing, creepiness, isolation, etc. are all products of suspense done well. Take the original Halloween film...

My vote would have gone to Final Fantasy 12... until I saw that vid for Chaos Wars. Good Christ, that's bad. @_@ In FF12, the characters (except for Balthier and most of the NPCs ironically enough) sound like they were recorded in a tiny bathroom. I hate Vaan's voice most. Also, they can't...