Recent content by usernamed

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    158: Piracy and the Underground Economy

    I posted on this very subject on the Sean Sands 'Sink the Pirates' article that Flionk has helpfully linked in his post. I buy my games legitimately, but feel that you've hit the nail on the head when you speak of the media companies having no concept of what a realistic price is on a 'per...
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    Sink The Pirates

    Oh Sean, you are full of venom. (I nearly said something else) Firstly, I buy my games, so feel free to listen. As I said above I buy my video games, as does everybody I know who plays games in the tech environment that I work in. We are fortunate to have jobs that pay us enough to have a...
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    Classic consoles

    I remember playing the Sega Master System and the NES, but the one that I consider the classic console is the PC Engine. Parodius, Parasol Stars and Galaga 90 were all done best right there.
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    What are we Listening to?

    The Vowels Pt. 2 - Why? That's 'Why?' as in the band, not 'why are you asking?'
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    Videogame Theater: Donkey Kong vs Mario: A Barrel of Hope

    The first one of these was painfully predictable, but I said I'd give the second one a watch. The humour is not to my taste, it seems aimed at the eleven to thirteen age group and I'm not certain that's home territory for the Escapist. Pac-Man requires a knowledge of videogame history that...
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    Poll: Do you believe in a higher power?

    There's no conclusive evidence in the existence of god, there's no conclusive evidence that a god does not or has never existed. Agnostic for me. Oddly, I've always considered that those who are strongly atheist must have at least equal levels of faith to those with strong religious...
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    Videogame Theater: Pac-Man: The Insatiable Hunger

    I watched it all the way through, I quite liked it visually, but the writing made me bite my knuckles. If there are new episodes currently being planned or written, then I beg the writers to get hold of a DVD of the British series 'The Day Today' (news), its sequel - Brass Eye (documentaries)...
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    151: How To Bite The Head Off a Chicken

    I think this is the crux of the problem for a majority of people, supply and demand in the labour market and fear of trying to strike your own path and failing. People have their obsessions and can't find a way to make their knowledge and passion for a subject pay. There are people out there...
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    Editor's Note: Geek Culture

    For the record, if I am now 'The Mysterious M' then Colin is going to have to do better with his 'superhero sidekick' name. Yours (fighting crime and pushing his luck with the brackety sig thing) TMM
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    Editor's Note: Geek Culture

    I think somewhere between Julianne's comments and Colin's comments there's the fundamental truth I was trying to get at, that for those not interested in technology, there's just a mass of people all considered geeks (with a faintly negative connotation) However, if you get closer, this group...
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    151: This is The End

    Good post. It's strange because most people seem to have gone from 'I'll complete this no matter what' to 'If I'm not having fun I'll drop you straight away', I seem to be travelling the other way. Back in the Spectrum/C64 days I played games because I found the mechanics, physics and rules...
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    Editor's Note: Geek Culture

    Hi Julianne, Good article, but I'm not sure I agree with the central premise. Specifically, are gamers geeks? Is there a 'gamers' tribe? I can believe that somebody who isn't computer literate would describe a gamer as a geek, but if you delve under the surface it seems more complex...
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    Naming Your Character

    When I play that type of game (RPG's) I call my character Ceestuff Engrabbit. But I've never admitted that publicly before...
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    Tell Us What We Need To Play!

    That was a great game. It remains my favourite PC RPG of all time.
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    Anyone else resent having storylines in games?

    It very much depends on the game. There are games where plot and story are integral to progress such as the Elder Scrolls games (Morrowind and Oblivion). I consider them 'Hollywood' games, they are pretty, immersive and once completed I will never ever go back to them. There are also games...