Jokes aside (Seriously, that picture is ridiculous), best of luck to him!
All of a sudden some genuinely great iOS games :D
Ha! That's great.
I've had very few kind words for the Metal Gear series, mostly because I hate the writing, but I love those zany gameplay ideas. I'll give this a download.
I liked that video though. I hope that's how jeb always writes code.
I don't think pushing a button in an office is the same thing mentally as standing in the room with a target and pulling the trigger.
Presumably, 3 will follow another new protagonist in a new setting.
Make no mistake, even when you buy a physical disc, you're still "licensing" the game in their eyes.
Whether it's a dump or not, I'm really not sure.
*evil grin*
It's tedious, and it was one of the most common complaints with the game, but it's definitely your best bet as far as gathering that stuff. (There have also been some patches that made it a bit less annoying, making it faster/making the reticle bigger, etc)
**Easter Egg: Fly to the Sol system and try to launch a probe at Uranus. EDI chimes in :P
Objectively, it doesn't do a whole lot that usually impresses me in games. It's not a masterpiece of storytelling, it doesn't scare me at all (Games like Amnesia and Penumbra have numbed me to pop-out scares like Doom 3), the combat is solid but it's repetitive and predictable for most of the game.
So why do I keep going back to it? I'd say every once every year or two I find myself going into Steam and firing it up again, playing through the whole thing, and loving it. I love shooting imps with the shotgun, I love listening to the audio logs, I love exploring with the flashlight, I love that scene where the Pinky tries to break down the door...I guess I'm answering my own question.
I just don't quite understand why it stands out so much for me, while similar games often don't appeal to me.