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Section 8: Predjudice - Multiplayer FPS with potential that was cut short
Section 8: Prejudice had a lot of potential to be a fun multiplayer game- the problem is that nobody plays it anymore! Why is that? This question is explored.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011 | Comments (0)
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On Rus McLaughlin's  Every game needs a "Girlfriend Mode"
"I agree, the flak gotten for the term is well deserved because the term itself is somewhat rather demeaning regardless of the reality of the feature."
Friday, August 17, 2012
On Rus McLaughlin's  Every game needs a "Girlfriend Mode"
"I played the game very similarly with less talented family members.  If I was feeling particularly risky I'd just carry them, even."
Friday, August 17, 2012
On Rus McLaughlin's  Every game needs a "Girlfriend Mode"
"I'd heard of the 'girlfriend mode' but I didn't know it was tied to the mechromancer class.  I'm actually a little sad- I was intrigued by the design of the class and was looking forward to playing it.  Now it looks like I'd be playing a diluted experiene if I do.  I agree, it should just be a toggle on each class or player, an individual difficulty mode or some such rather than attached to a single class."
Thursday, August 16, 2012
On Dan "Shoe" Hsu's  Bitmob Giveaway: We just want to say...thanks!
"I was a lucky winner of a previous giveaway so I'll abstain, but I want to thank you for the giveaway nonetheless!"
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
On Mark T. Whitney's  Blizzard should learn from its own games
"You could but I feel it's less accurate, because you don't have single player games, only private games.  By default your friends can join in on them at any time unless you make it invite only."
Thursday, May 24, 2012
On Mark T. Whitney's  Blizzard should learn from its own games
"It might help if you don't think about it as a single-player game.

Because it doesn't have a single player mode.  Only multiplayer which you can play solo."

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
On Graham Zerebeski's  Jita's Ashes: EVE Online teaches us something about player freedom
"To be fair, it was a gigantic undertaking by a great number or people - not just one person who sounds to be reasonably banned, and not spontaneous either- it was known in advance and people had plenty of warning. 

I find stories like this so much more interesting than playing it, though."

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
On Graham Zerebeski's  Jita's Ashes: EVE Online teaches us something about player freedom
"A spy has reported that they "killed ~518.5 billion isk in ships and cargo. To do this, we spent ~182.2 billion isk on thrashers, tornadoes and smartbombing battleships."

That's $20,771.44 USD in damages for a cost of $7,299.05 USD, using an online converter I found for ISK to USD."

Wednesday, May 09, 2012
On Carlos Alexandre's  Archaic lives systems are pointless
"People seem really attached to lives and death penalties.  I recall the lack of either was a gigantic criticism of Prince of Persia 2008.

Personally, I agree, though I always take a high life counter to be a sign of pride."

Monday, May 07, 2012
On Rus McLaughlin's  The Wii U will fail
"Yeah, there are still some gamecube games that I still enjoy playing from time to time- though this is helped a great deal by the Wii's backwards compatibility.  I know I'd be playing some of my PS2 games still if the PS3 had it anymore (and that it worked right in the first place?).  

A failed console is the Saturn and similar in my mind (Jaguar, etc), with the Dreamcast being the weird buffer area- it definitely failed financially, but even though I bought the system brand new for cheaper than a video game costs these days, I still go back to it from time to time.

I guess I tend to judge consoles on the quality of their games more than sales or computing power."

Saturday, April 07, 2012
On Rus McLaughlin's  The Wii U will fail
"Going by those numbers and the statements in the article, every single console except the PS1 and PS2 were failures.

I dunno, maybe it's because I don't have high expectations for consoles in general - I only recently picked up a PS3 a few months ago because there were finally enough games that I would like to play on it, combined with my 360 having to be sent back for warranty replacement a second time since I bought it a few years back.

As it will be HD or near-HD, it's already going to be more expensive than the Wii, I'd imagine, and the price point is the main reason the Wii did as well as it did.  If it had been more expensive there would've been a price barrier keeping 'casual' gamers from picking it up,"

Friday, April 06, 2012
On Rus McLaughlin's  The Wii U will fail
"Has any other console reached the Wii's numbers?  I don't have the numbers, I don't know, but going by the article it would mean that anything that didn't match or surpass the Wii in sales is a failure.

That goes beyond 'not fair' as far as statements go, I think.  Wii U is already more specialized than the Wii, and I don't think the Wii's demographic is the Wii U's demographic.

I'll get one when I know I can play Nintendo games in high def.  That's pretty much the reason I buy any Nintendo console."

Thursday, April 05, 2012
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