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Roger Ebert doesn't believe video games can be high art, and neither does Alex hope games ever achieve such recognition. Are games better off this way?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
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"My little brother has this game and he gives his pokewalker to his friends on the track team. This thing is awesome."
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
"Slap some papyrus font on there and I'd buy it."
Monday, March 08, 2010
"ust read an interesting story about adverbs on io9. I'll share it here for those interested.
[url]
http://io9.com/5437610/seriously-whats-so-bad-about-adverbs?skyline=true&s=x"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"at stuff Omar.
When people demean something for being escapism they fail to realize that so many hobbies and interests are about escaping from some part of their life (Brian mentioned reality TV, shameless escapism in my opinion). Like you said Omar, if something enriches your life beyond providing respite from school or work than it's more than just escap"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
"ust finished Neuromancer last week! A great read with some interesting ideas. I'll have to watch"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
"p up the great work. I've enjoyed pieces written by all of"
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
"nks everybody for your comments!
@ Travis
Dammit! "condescension" was the word I was groping for while writing this. Well, you grasped what I was trying to say and said it more clearly, tha"
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
"guys both make great points.
@Travis I guess my scope was limited and I made a judgment that most people are playing the same generally well received games. I probably would have a reaction to someone seriously enjoying Ubisoft "z" games.
I just hate how splintered and exclusive the music world is right now and I hope that the video games community maintains a bit more dignity and we never get some incarnation of video game hip"
Monday, November 30, 2009
"ote]I’ll need two humidifiers mounted in my cockpit and a better autopilot[/quote]
So awesome. I know the internet has trivialized this expression but I use it seriously: LOL
Great"
Monday, November 30, 2009
"at article! I've always admired games that can create tension without violence.
On the topic of Knights of the Old Republic: I remember a very tense dialog sequence when you stand trial after poisoning that water planet (spoiler?). I also really liked the scene with the Junktown casino owner in the original Fallout for the same r"
Monday, November 30, 2009
"awesome. You managed to nail the peculiar relationship serious RPG gamers have to Kingdom H"
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I'm playing through Etrian Odyssey right now, a game that brings very few new ideas to the RPG table, but it does a marvellous job engrossing the player by combing dungeon exploration with familiar RPG elements. Why ignore how supposed "cliches" are combined in RPGs when they are praised in shooters? Co-op, cover and an open world? A+! "