<![CDATA[Comments from tk.]]> <![CDATA[Comments from tk.]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Sins Of A Solar Empire Sells Half A Million]]> Congrats! Never underestimate the influence of Tycho.

I do plan on picking this up someday, it sounds very reminiscent of Pax Imperia. Ah, my wasted youth...

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on New Skate 2 Trailer]]> A preorder from the official site goes to GameStop, which lists a March 3rd release date, FWIW.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Saints Row 2 Shakes Its GTA Roots]]> Hooray! This is good news, I've been looking forward to this.

I don't mind if games take from other good games. How many Pac-Man clones have there been? And some of them-- like Ladybug-- were pretty damn fun. Remember, good artists copy, but great ones steal.

Now if they could cram in some Force powers from TFU, some flick-it controls from skate., and some Bushido-Blade style sword duels, it could become the greatest open world game evar.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Incredible Hulk Multiplayer Comes To 360]]> So, more like The Average Hulk, then?

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on PSP-3000 To Support Dualshock 3, 480i Video?]]> All of this just reminds me, whatever happened to all the awesome supposed interactions between our handhelds and our consoles? One of the reasons I got a PSP back when they came out was because of the possibilities of cool interactions with PS2 games. (Fast forward and now I own neither, several years later, due to a lack of anything to do but play old NES ROMs on the PSP at the time.)

And then there's the DS, which everyone has, has Wi-Fi, as does the Wii, which everyone also has. Sounds like a lot of potential awesomeness. Where is the awesome?

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on New Full Albums Announced For Rock Band 2]]> Tres awesome. Nothing's Shocking is a no brainer (although Ritual would be just as good, probably too many longer songs, though)-- drums on stuff like "Ted, Just Admit It" are going to be way fun-- and I'll definitely be picking up at least half of the tracks on Blood Sugar Sex Magic.

Plus some Texas Flood action? Wow.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Miley Cyrus Teaches The World Sciencey Stuff]]> stem cell research...
one more felled tree birch?
gene pools we besmirch?

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on The Art Of DJ Max Fever]]> First pic there looks like Range Murata's handiwork.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Veronica Mars Joins Astro Boy's Stellar Cast]]> ...and she did voice work for the game Assassin's Creed, which really does have something to do with sci-fi. Sorta.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on GTA IV DLC Out In November, Will Be 15 Hours Worth Of Murder Simulation]]> @Spedfrom: There are a lot of movies that cost a lot more than $50mil to make. None of them come very close to 15 hours.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Final Venture Bros T-Shirt Online]]> Pffft, how did I not find out about these shirts until now?!? I would have loved that Guild of Calamitous Intent shirt.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Director Of Babylon AD Calls Movie "Terrible Experience"]]> @Metropolis: And here I thought a movie's content depended more on the plot than on the lead actor(s)...

And a great director (Scorsese, for instance) can get quality acting performances out of just about anyone.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Director Of Babylon AD Calls Movie "Terrible Experience"]]> Dammit, Fox, did you learn nothing from Alien 3?

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on GTA IV DLC Out In November, Will Be 15 Hours Worth Of Murder Simulation]]> @fireb0x: Agreed and agreed. I look back and really don't understand how this game received so many perfect scores when it is deeply, deeply flawed.

"Deeply, deeply flawed" because you don't happen to think that driving around at insane speeds, shooting at people, with a side of roleplaying-lite is fun? What game were you expecting?

"Deeply, deeply flawed" because it's repetitive? If all you do is grind the missions, it's going to be a bit repetitive, yes, but the difference is your approach to the game. In most other games, you don't have that choice. Here, you can say "fuck the next mission, I'm going to go crash a helicopter in to Central Park and harass the guy at the hot dog stand instead," but instead you're just taking a cab everywhere in the name of "beating the game".

The problem is that you're playing a different game than the people who are taking the time to marvel at the architecture, who tried everything resembling a motorcycle jump that they could find, went behind every door that looked like it might open, or just wandered around listening to the chatter of people in Times Square, throwing the occasional coffee cups at people's heads.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on A Look At The Marvel Fighting Game That Never Was]]> @SonOfAsgard: Ah, man, that Nomad was such a good series, as brief as it was. The closest thing to a Captain America comic that I ever picked up, I had all but forgotten it. Looks like they gave him a cheap death.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Craziest Bat-Rumor Ever!]]> So, "The Dark Knight Returns" story, right? Because that would be bad ass.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Pwn the Vote: Register to Vote on Your Xbox 360]]> This is great for Oregon voters, with our mail-in ballots. In your face, rainy voting season!

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Web Of Shadows Hands On - Spider-Man Reborn]]> @JakeDunn: Not seeing Godfather III is a totally forgivable offense. Not seeing I or II, however, isn't.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Web Of Shadows Hands On - Spider-Man Reborn]]> @PapaBear434: "Personally, I'm still waiting for a decent Superman and Batman game."

World's Finest! That could be a rad co-op game.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Wrath Of The Lich King Opening Cinematic]]> The gnomes are there, you just can't see 'em because they're in the belly of the wyrm.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Katamari Baby Beanie Rolls]]> It's all fun and games until that thing starts crying.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on RB2: Drum Trainer, Battle of the Bands detailed]]> @Themindtaker: RB1 and RB2 make no distinction in DLC, it will all work in both.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on RB2: Drum Trainer, Battle of the Bands detailed]]> It would be kind of cool to be able to transfer only selected songs. I don't care how fun it is to play, I could go without hearing any more Fallout Boy ever.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Midway to Announce New Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Characters, Drop Some Surprises]]> Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow seems likely. Hawkman and Aquaman, not so much.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on New Mortal Kombat vs DC Screens]]> Anyone else besides Shazam confirmed for this? Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter seem like likely picks.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on All Xbox Live iPhone Apps To Be Free]]> Oh, yeah, Live Anywhere. I'm actually old enough to remember hearing about that.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on The Most Difficult Games Of All Time?]]> @: Oh man, stupid Bayou Billy. According to Wikipedia, the Japanese version-- which came out first-- was easier. So maybe someone in Japan has beaten it.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on The Most Difficult Games Of All Time?]]> Spider-Man and The X-Men vs. Arcade (SNES).

'Nuff said.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on The First US Arcade With Street Fighter IV]]> I remember that arcade from my Cal Poly days, they always had all kinds of strange imports, too, but I spent most of my quarters playing San Francisco Rush in the Rec building.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Should Talent Get Their Names On Boxes?]]> I think that, in most cases, just knowing the development studio is enough (Blizzard, Harmonix, Treyarch, Rockstar North, etc.) to have a good feel for whether or not it's going to be a quality product. Would I want to know if a game was penned by Neil Gaiman? Hell yeah, but it doesn't have to be a "Neil Gaiman's" type affair.

They manage to let us know all of the "big" names involved in any given movie without having to call it "Bay and Lebouf Present: 'Transformers: The Movie'". Perhaps, like movies, they could call these things out in game trailers, or in the opening cutscenes of the game (GTAiv did this nicely).

Whatever they do, as long as they don't take the "DJ Clue Remix" approach and just shout their names all over the shit, it's always good to see people getting credit for their hard work.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Pain Trophies Detailed, The Dude Abides]]> @Sarra: Well, there isn't a literal connection...

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on That's Right, Warren Ellis Worked On Dead Space]]> Jim Lee is credited as co-writer on the X-Men series he started with Claremont, and I'm sure he's written other stuff but I have always liked the guy's art. Very solid work.

Apparently he drew an issue of Stormwatch during Ellis' run on the title, to bring that back around.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. commented on Damnation Trailer Urges You To Stay Calm]]> Fahey, you had me at "vertical acrobatic steampunk shooter". I'll definitely give that a look.

]]> <![CDATA[tk. wrote Blockbuster Now Renting DS]]> <![CDATA[tk. wrote I hadn't seen this on Kotaku,]]>