Recent content by Wunderhund

Tank controls, fixed-camera perspectives, and static pre-rendered backgrounds, though I suppose all those have received enough criticism to semi-permanently disappear. Unfortunately.

Dead Space 1. I was always so disappointed that so many games before that (and indeed after it) didn't include trophy support. In the long run, I'm not sure exactly how trophies / achievements have changed the gaming experience (for better, worse, or neutral), but I remember distinctly playing...

Archer's direct reference to Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener in the Skorpio episode of season 1. Pam also referenced the Dog in a Manger painting at one point. I'm pretty sure I remember the "this is KDK-1 calling KDK-12" line from The Shining being used on a radio in one of those strange...

Alec Trevelyan from GoldenEye. It's impossible to take seriously, which probably only bothers me so much because I used to praise the shit out of the movie when I was twelve or so.

In that fever dream, is that Billy Zane as Hunter S. Thompson? That should be a film itself.

She's lucky she wasn't charged with attempted murder. Grievous bodily harm seems too lenient, as it seems to be related to malicious wounding (can be intentional or unintentional), at least according to Wikipedia. I don't know how poisoning with chemo drugs can be considered anything less than...

I used to show my mother the demo theater from Metal Gear Solid. I was 11 at the time, and she was pleased to see me interested in something with "depth". Funny enough, she kept asking why it was a game and not a movie, but she did get into it enough to request viewings of the sequels.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, FarCry 2, Silent Hill 4, F.E.A.R. 2, Deadly Premonition, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, Condemned 2 ...oh, and of course: MIRROR'S EDGE!

I keep forgetting about the auto-play, and I end up either opening an ad of some kind or freezing the video when I automatically click on the screen after I select a video. Other than this minor, minor inconvenience, it's fine I suppose.

If you want to try a strange, noir-ish fantasy, check out William Vollmann's The Royal Family . I'm only halfway through myself, so I can't speak to the ending or how the themes ultimately play out, but I've been having a blast reading it. A plot synopsis wouldn't help the book's case much...

While we may not specifically need what "love" provides, I know I'm certainly all the better for it. While I don't need someone's approval to validate my lifestyle and perceptions, it's always awesome to discover people who do so just by virtue of who they themselves are. It gives me a sense...

This too, though I usually get lucky, in that the enemy won't notice a giant baseball bat just hovering a foot and a half above the ground from behind a piece of furniture.

She's fine during firefights and general exploration. Just during stealth, which I try to do as often as possible (my stats have me at 28 firearm kills and 81 choke-outs so far). It'll always be me crouched, trying to round a corner or hop over something, and she'll be taking cover, or moving...

I absolutely love The Last of Us in almost every way possible, but at about 50% of the way through the game, I realize that Ellie was almost directly responsible every time I've been killed. Almost every major encounter I try to stealth through, I can't round a corner fast enough or climb over...

Ah, but you see, you liked them because they made you reflect, not because they entertained you (as you said, lackluster gameplay). This is a result of an insightful, relevant, well-told story with a point. Both of those games are amazing because of that, despite their lack of engaging gameplay.