JAY HENNINGSEN
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A Bitmob editor experiences a range of emotions while playing through Yakuza: Dead Souls.
Friday, March 23, 2012 | Comments (4)
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Other MMOs could learn a few things from Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Batman: Arkham City's official map app gives you your own real-life bat-gadget to help thwart the Riddler.
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What if Alex from A Clockwork Orange played Dark Souls?
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Dark Souls is difficult, but it makes a lot more sense than most RPGs.
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet manages to convey its entire story without using any words at all.
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Can you match the space marines to their correct alien foes in this Bitmob Puzzler?
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What do you do when you find a critical bug in Fable 3 for PC and nobody will help you? Fix it yourself.
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Check out Bitmob's first Featured Community Artist: Jan Neves.
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Can you guess which video games these questionable modes of transportation appear in?
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Can you ID these video-game characters and solve the crossword based on only visual clues?
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Can you find the hidden video-game characters in this puzzle?
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Can you match the vanity license plates to the video-game characters that might own them?
COMMENTS BY THIS AUTHOR (828)
"Why does it matter? Is sports really some hallowed word that needs protection? Are self-described sports fanatics going to subvert the word for their own usage? Are we eventually going to take every word in the English language, ignore hundreds of years of etymology, and apply only one narrow definition to it that fits only a select group of people? The root of the word "sport" is from the Old French "desporter," meaning "pleasure or diversion." It meant "pasttime, recreation, and pleasure" in the 1400s. The first recorded usage that indicated physical activity didn't appear until 1520.

I also fail to see how calling games a sport is an insult to athletes. We're not calling video games athletics; we're calling them sports. Ironically enough, the definition of athlete is: "a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina." Note the word "games" there. Funny, huh?

What if the competition was centered solely around Kinect games that required full-body motion? Don't those require agility, skill, and stamina to play for extended periods of time? Wouldn't that, by the definitions above, beecome a sport? Wouldn't a person who excelled at such an activity requiring those traits be termed an athlete? "

Friday, May 18, 2012
"Jason - The number one definition of "sport" according to Merriam-Webster is "A source of diversion: Recreation." Although I agree about "athletes", I have to disagree on "sport.""
Friday, May 18, 2012
"The irony here is that you keep insulting Shoe, but he's not the one who keeps banning you. I am. He was honestly trying to explain the situation nicely to you, and you just kept insulting him in return.

We're offering you a way to resolve this: check the email account that you used when you created your first account.

If you keep creating new accounts, we'll just have to assume that you're more interested in causing trouble than resolving this issue."

Thursday, May 10, 2012
"I'll add this too: Checking your email on the address that you used to register your first account might prove more fruitful than setting up more accounts at this point"
Thursday, May 10, 2012
"I was thinking the same thing. Unforunately, there is a large percentage of the population that has trouble spending $300 at one time but doesn't think twice about paying $15 or $20 a month on something even if it means paying more (in total) than the usual sticker price.

While I'm not a person who frequents those types of establishments, there's a reason that places like Rent-A-Center and its numerous competitors exist."

Friday, May 04, 2012
"Those Angry Birds gummy snacks: You don't want to try them...trust me."
Thursday, April 26, 2012
"n, Did you actually, you know, read the article before posting that rant? I guess you missed the part where he primarily plays on PS3 despite that all of his coworkers prefer the 360 and the part where he said fond memories of the PS1 and PS2 played a large part in him buying a PS3. If all of you militant PS3 defenders would actually pay attention to what Alex is actually saying before jumping into attack mode, you'd realize he doesn't have a problem with the PS3 as a system, he just thinks Sony needs a new brand name to represent the next iteration. The real irony here is everyone is attacking him as an Xbox fanboy and he's actually a fan of th"
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
"So your complaints about someone else's complaints are somehow more valid and worthy of reading?

The bottom line is, for all of the things you say are missing from games journalism, you could be a bit more civil. You know, like actually debating the points rather than touting the value that you personally place on the writing of the original author."

Monday, March 26, 2012
"I think that not following and placing value in certain reviewers is a better way to affect positive change here than to suggest that everyone needs to complete games. Again, I think the more basic problem is bad writers, not whether or not they're completing games."
Monday, March 26, 2012
"Feel free to disagree with me or him, but please stop the personal attacks on the author. We don't allow that here.

Is that clear enough for you?"

Monday, March 26, 2012
"Rich,

Perhaps you could point out where Ed identified himself as a member of the gaming press.

Also, feel free to disagree, but please avoid calling people offensive names simply because you don't like reading other people's complaints."

Monday, March 26, 2012
"Rich,

He was using a personal experience to relate to a problem he sees with the PlayStation brand. Many writers (even many good writers) glean inspiration from personal experience.

Asking him if this is his first job is immaterial and amounts to you doing some bullying of your own. How about staying civil and actually giving us a logical explanation as to why you disagree?"

Monday, March 26, 2012