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STEPHEN BARRY
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Cork, Ireland
A gamer since the age of three, and an opinionated gamer much later on. Stephen once aspired to be a solicitor, but has now set his sights on games journalism. Yes, he does know that's a strange transition.
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While going through a turbulent period, one gamer looks back on how his ill dad made him who he is today.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
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Media coverage led me to not playing this for months...I was misguided.
Sunday, September 19, 2010 |
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Mainstream Media has pained us for years, and now...its doing it again.
Monday, August 23, 2010 |
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What do non-hardcore gamers think about the "games as art" debate? Stephen Barry interviews two friends to find out some answers.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
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And with the touch of a finger, God created Review Scores, and unleashed chaos unto the world.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
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Sony's in trouble for removing a feature, and its not looking good.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 |
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Court Cases a plenty, and one of the best-selling games of all time is in the crossfire.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 |
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My Opinions on the California Law, and the Crusade Against Violence in Video Games.
Friday, July 23, 2010 |
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COMMENTS BY THIS AUTHOR (23)
"Congrats to everyone who hit the top 10. Now I need to get back into writing frequently..."
Friday, March 18, 2011
"Thank you all for the kind words and well wishes. I really wasn't expecting this kind of response."
Saturday, February 12, 2011
"Grammar would be a big thing that could be covered. Things like paragraph flow would be excellent to learn about in my opinion. Nothing's worse than reading something that feels jumpy. Comma placement, where to use colons/semi-colons. Anything that would make articles look professional.
Also, as many have said, teach us how to use Adsense please."
Sunday, January 09, 2011
"I'd be happy to write about Gaia Seed. I've been playing a good few PSX games lately, and I'd like to cover a game that I haven't had the opportunity to experience before."
Thursday, September 30, 2010
"I question whether it would be impossible for them to publish Mass Effect on the PS3. EA published the PC version of the original, which would suggest that they have the publishing rights to that game. Though I can't confirm this, it would be strange if EA couldn't publish the first on the PS3, but they were able to on the PS3. I assume people remember Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Sigma. A name change brought that to the PS3.
You are forgetting the development process here. You say that a long time has passed since the days of long elevator rides and driving the Mako on planet surfaces, but that's where tweaking comes in. It would be unlikely that if Bioware was to make a PS3 Version of the first, that they would leave it as it is. They would work out bugs and tweak features as they port it, or at least, we would hope so. The same will most likely happen for the PS3. They have time to work out any problems with the 360 version, and make the PS3 version slightly less buggy."
Friday, August 20, 2010
"Another one? Good lord! Thanks so much for the Spotlight (Despite the slight misspelling. Only joking.)!"
Friday, August 13, 2010
"Congrats to everyone who made the list! Reading through all of them has made me see that you're all very deserving."
Friday, August 13, 2010
"Nothing left to say, but word."
Sunday, August 08, 2010
"I believe I am now suffering from a brain hemorrhage. How can any gamer, no, anyone be able to do that? It should be impossible to do! Its ridiculous! Gah! I have no idea how he can just know exactly where to put what second by second. Its mind boggling."
Friday, August 06, 2010
"Thank you very much for the kind words and the spotlight on my article. Never thought that it would get attention from the Bitmobbers. Thanks again for the gracious spotlight."
Thursday, August 05, 2010
"Thanks for that, copied and pasted the wrong link. I agree, it is a shame that they have to do it, but I would presume that it was because of piracy, and because of the fact that the feature wasn't being used enough to be a viable asset to the console."
Thursday, August 05, 2010
"I agree with you on that, Randy. People are synical about review scores nowadays, and since there's so much on the market that they have the opportunity to choose what they want and don't want, unlike eras like the NES and Playstation which didn't have such a massive collection to choose from as we do in the current generation.
I played Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, and that only got so-so reviews, and I enjoyed it. Having played it, I saw the flaws, but I saw things that maybe weren't as bad as reviews had said. Those gamers that say that a game under a 9.0 is crap, are often dissuaded from buying a game that they might enjoy."
Thursday, August 05, 2010
