I really don't like this spin.
I understand that you didn't shut down because you're a business. That's fine. Say that. Don't post an article that pussy-foots around the exact issue you posit in the beginning and then say it's because you consider yourselves unbiased on something that you clearly are not (YOU ARE A WEBSITE WITH STREAMING CONTENT AND LINKS TO FOREIGN SITES. Sadly, yes, you would be affected).
I do not enjoy being taken for a walk down morality lane when this is not an issue that warrants it. I just want some straight shit being shot.
Your guys' sense of entitlement has really gone askew as of late.
I totally agree with most of your concerns. ME3's development has just put up red flag after red flag for me. It's like they're treating it like a Michael Bay sequel rather than a video game.
And even for people going with the "but I'm in it for the plot" argument (which somehow means it doesn't have to be a good game? See Deus Ex), as a game writer/ sci-fi enthusiast, I have to admit that Mass Effect is really entry-level storytelling and a fairly cliche-ridden plot. The bright spots that come to mind are the variety of aliens in the universe (I LOVE the Turians' design) and Joker's "romance" in ME2, which was the highlight of the entire series for me. Seeing that relationship blossom or fail depending on Shepard's actions was a beautiful bit of sidestory.
Beyond that, though, it's pretty standard fare. And now the Earth invasion? I can't help but feel skeptical.
Great music choice. UNKLE have really been putting out hot stuff as of late.
Applying laws to something that is inherently lawless and brutal by nature is simply braindead victor's talk to the rest of the world's armies. Doing the same to entertainment seems even more counterproductive.
Art reflects reality and vice versa, yes? Then why adhere to the fiction of ideals?
I second the idea that this result in nothing more than a little reminder that many of the actions in the game are considered war crimes by the Red Cross.
Art reflects reality and vice versa, yes? Then why adhere to the fiction of ideals?
I second the idea that this result in nothing more than a little reminder that many of the actions in the game are considered war crimes by the Red Cross.
'Where do gamers go when they die?'
The ground.
Or a dumpster, depending on context.
The ground.
Or a dumpster, depending on context.
Agreed. The killer games must be built on a sound hardware foundation. While the Wii's graphics processing was less than optimal in today's market, once Nintendo first-party titles started taking advantage of the unique control scheme and possibilities of peripheral attachments the sales skyrocketed and public recognition spiked. Without a hardware concept that people find reassuring, the games aren't going to move units. I think the Wii U is going to be an absolute trainwreck for the Big N on all fronts, casual, hardcore, you name it, because the reasoning underlying its hardware design is so garbled and unclear. Hell, I can only start to decipher it. Add an additional screen to the gaming experience, but only for ONE PLAYER (clearly this is hardware limitations cutting into hardware ideals- I mean, if they could cheaply put four Wii U controllers on one console, they would, right?), because it will increase that person's immersion. Though strip away motion control. Maybe. We're not really sure.
Part of the difficulty in getting under the Wii U's core concepts is that we literally don't know them or the games that are possibly going to be a part of it, but one thing's for sure: what we do know is frankly pretty distorted, which should be unnerving for Nintendo fans the world 'round.
Part of the difficulty in getting under the Wii U's core concepts is that we literally don't know them or the games that are possibly going to be a part of it, but one thing's for sure: what we do know is frankly pretty distorted, which should be unnerving for Nintendo fans the world 'round.
In related news, sex makes babies.
Or, God forbid, a full-on period.
I'm not saying we're better at it. I'm saying it's flawed for anyone to presume that knowledge is common sense, since doing so bypasses scientific inquiry or critical analysis, keys to establishing a sound argument in any debate.
That's the point. The new 'in' thing at my school (Ivy League) is wearing glasses *without* frames.
Fucking hipsters.
Fucking hipsters.
"We all know it... it's common sense."
It's very hard to take an esteemed member of the diocese seriously when the entire axis of his argument lies on 'common sense'.
It's very hard to take an esteemed member of the diocese seriously when the entire axis of his argument lies on 'common sense'.
Not sure if sarcasm or if genuine kindness.
Either way, danke.
Either way, danke.
Any MMO-development team, because they'd show up unprepared and call timeouts all the time to bring in all the things they threatened to bring to the fight in the first place.
The shoe-throwing was a Paragon action, thank you very much.
Buh....buh...buh....
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAKER!
(Seriously, no. BiA made me cry. Give this a new name.)
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAKER!
(Seriously, no. BiA made me cry. Give this a new name.)
Boris. BORIS.
Also, Boris.
Also, Boris.
Including the Game of Life.
The lack of environmental destruction distresses me. If there's no collapsing world surrounding the mechs, a big sense of scale and power is lost. If everything there is static, there's no sense of the immensity of these beings- thus, the feeling of 'models' you're getting, and which I share.
Still, it looks fucking gorgeous.
Still, it looks fucking gorgeous.
Better yet? Lichtenstein.
Fuckers were hiding their real army for YEARS.
Fuckers were hiding their real army for YEARS.
Orson Scott Card was in the process of getting his Empire novels movie-fied, if I remember the rumor correctly. Don't know if that's going through, though.
