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11/20/09
I might in my far future consider game journalism as a hobby and who knows I might make it to Kotaku someday if I'm good lols
Stephen out of all the Kotaku writers, your my favourite, why? Other than being a hard worker, Because your so dang cool, thats why^^ I love your personality you truly seem like a very nice guy.
#speakup
11/20/09
Being only 16, I haven't really looked much into my future, but to me, it would seem like reporting on games would be easier.
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11/21/09
I guess that's why good reviewers are good though, they can get the job done and go on to the next one all the same
11/20/09
From what I can tell you, stephen, usually actually report on stuff. You go places and talk to people.
But some others often do very little more than simply literally resposting stuff other sites and other people reported on.
Am I imagining that?
11/20/09
Or at least, thats how I see it.
11/20/09
That's why I like stephen's articles, because they are usually(if not always) actually his.
11/20/09
That reason would be why I love E3; over time (if you stick to a website) you kinda know what the writer likes / dislikes and what games he or she likes / dislikes. So when they do hans on stuff (at E3 amongst other things) it can give you a much better feeling as to if you are going to like the game or not.
#speakup
11/20/09
That's why you see a lot of the same stuff from site to site. It's being broadcast out to several outlets. Maybe there are a few websites who take straight from other sources, but most everyone is on the mailing list for the press releases that detail release dates, contests, new screen shots, etc.
That being said, Kotaku does a lot of original reporting that you can see wrapped up at the end of every week by Owen.
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11/13/09
It's like blowing into an NES cartridge; it takes time I could be spending actually playing the game. #notebookdump
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I'm gonna agree with the 360 fans on this one... It's better than a 3 minute install ever hour or two like MGS4 had... I wish MGS4 allowed a SINGLE INSTALL. Then I'd love it even more. #notebookdump
11/13/09
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At least in MGS4 he like tells you to change disc but then says he's only joking cause the blu ray is dual layer. #notebookdump
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11/14/09
I hate switching discs, but I hate multiple installs more. #notebookdump
11/14/09
I appreciate old school as much as the next guy - the hours I sank into the likes of Etrian Odyssey, Dragon Warrior and the like are enough proof for me, anyway - but let's not start with the "my old school is better than yours". That's just ridiculous.
Oh, and it is possible to be nostalgic about disc changes - nostalgic doesn't mean anything about 'the original' way something was done. Merely something that isn't generally done anymore. 'The pain of wishing to return' doesn't require the place of return to be the first evarrrr. Just some time/place/etc you remember fondly.
11/14/09
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Nostalgia has nothing to do with the most common, the most 'original' or any other such quantifier - you can be nostalgic about anything that's in the past. #notebookdump
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Anyone else would welcome a single disc because they don't want the technology getting in the way of the experience. Honestly that is something we've been trying to get away from since the SNES days which is why CD's were first used in the first place.
Now when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter which version of the damn game you play. However proclaiming nostalgia over something like disc swapping... come on man... really? It's flat out idiotic to even proclaim in the context of a series that for 75+% of the releases of the series have all been single storage medium technologies with the largest capacity they could grant. Basically it's far more Nostalgic to see Square push a final fantasy to require a BD disc then to see them squander time and effort on a multi disc DVD package and have them take you for a wild ride through their incredibly crafted worlds. #notebookdump
11/14/09
What's worse is all these X360 fanboys trying to justify an inconvenience with things like "nostalgia". It's sad really, border line buyers remorse. #notebookdump
11/14/09
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I may remember and appreciate different things about the series to you, but that doesn't make me 'less of a fan' of it or whatnot. Just one with different preferences to you. These are called opinions, and not everyone shares the same ones. #notebookdump
11/14/09
11/14/09
As far as X360 owners crying or not. I don't care I'll be playing my copy of FFXIII on my PS3 and not on my X360, mostly because I'd like to finish the game without having to worry about RRoD. Which btw my system did this past week playing Gears of War 2 with a friend of mine. If I want them to cry over anything it would be that, not disc swapping.
However I also hate it when people come up with stupid reasons to justify their dissatisfying situation. Maybe it stems from some sort of frustration when I was a child or maybe I just encounter allot of really stupid people in my life. When it comes down to it, pretending like Disc Swapping is a non-issue is a bit retarded.
By saying you're ok with it, you're opening the doors for future systems to do the same. You're opening the door by saying "hey it's ok to give me something that would train wreck my experience". Ya it's not a mortal wound to the game itself, but it certainly effects how the designers make their games and how the programmers approach development of the engine and how the scenario plans outline progression. The game changes because of the Hardware. #notebookdump
11/14/09
Not cool!!!
No peace-making in the console warz!!! #notebookdump
11/14/09
I can't speak for any of your "fanboys" but I just can't see how disc-swapping is a big deal.
It's even less relevant now that the game can be installed in its entirety onto the HDD! #notebookdump
11/14/09
Point!!!
When did having fun become a zero-sum game??? #notebookdump
11/14/09
Out of limitation can be born excellence. #notebookdump
11/15/09
And I wasn't being elitist... I just think it's funny that you could have nostalgia for something so far along in the series that only lasted 3 games (out of the FF series, anyhow), though I suppose there's some nostalgia for me with those games (if not for disc switching), too. When I finally got the PS1, it was a turning point in my gaming. It also introduced many new annoyances. Loading times and disc changing the biggest of them.
I also think that there are so many people who started in the PS1 era, it's a bit strange for those of us who started with the 2600. Of course, with a very small number of exceptions, I wouldn't mind forgetting the 2600 existed.
On an entirely different topic, I remember someone asking me "If you're (26 at the time, 27 now) how can you have started with the 2600? It was out before you were born!"
Just like I've never seen Star Wars or I Love Lucy because they were out before I was born.
Entirely off topic, I know... Talking about the 2600 reminded me of how someone had "gotten" me with their impenetrable logic of catching me in a lie. #notebookdump
11/15/09
And similarly, I've played all the main series FFs despite them being before my time. I'll admit, I'm one of those terrible worthless human beings whose first FF was 7. But that was an age thing, and not exactly a deliberate choice. So yeah, there're lots of things I get nostalgic about from that age - disc-swapping is among the most minor. It's just, apparently disc-swapping was the one I wasn't allowed. #notebookdump
11/13/09
I'd really like to see the interview on FOXnews as well. #notebookdump
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It's nice to know that this stuff can be explained by people who don't come off as pretentious industry figureheads. Nobody would listen to their explanations. #notebookdump
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I don't know how it works and it angers me that it promotes people just because I replied to them :[ #notebookdump
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And yeah it is funny! But you look like your enjoying yourself too much. ITS TOO MUCH.
11/13/09
I'd like to add my super-cool-dude double thumbs-up to that. And also formally select Totilo for the 'best video games guy talking about video games somewhere else where they don't know much about video games' award. #notebookdump
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Thats also awesome the way you always reply in comments and when you review a game too answering questions. #notebookdump
11/13/09
If gaming were a ship, I'd strap you naked to the prow as our glorious figure-head, parting the waves of ignorance with eloquence and intriguing debate. And sexiness. #notebookdump
11/13/09
Can I take this moment to say something?
Stephen- I was very skeptical of Kotaku hiring you before you came on board. See, I'm an old school Kotaku fan- reading for years, only recently posting- and didn't want any "new blood" coming along and changing things.
I can honestly say, that you have become my favorite of the journalists [sorry Bashcroft :( ] It's nothing against anyone else, but it's all about how well you write, the thoughtful and interesting stories you come up with, and the willingness to do things that haven't been done before around here. The "Nintendo asks Sony asks MS" things was brilliant.
Enough ass kissing, I'm just very happy to see you a part of this family and I hope you stay around for a long time
Ps- Brians: I still love you #notebookdump
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...Although I did get promoted once by Crecente (squealed like a little girl, I did!). #notebookdump
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11/06/09
I like Bioware games as much as the next guy but "high quality" really isn't a word I'd use to describe them. #notebookdump
11/06/09
Yes, they may address the bugs in their future games, but not to the degree where lower scores of the current games would pressure them to achieve. #notebookdump
11/06/09
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It must have been patched well enough by then however. I don't remember the game having any bugs really.
Since I don't have any first hand experience with their bugs, I assumed the complaints above, as well as the reviews, were reliable.
Either way, I'm still definitely purchasing Dragon Age over winter break, and ME2 the day it comes out. #notebookdump
11/06/09
11/06/09
There are numerical reviews on Metacritic that score the game from 90-100. Perhaps the bugs aren't that distracting then, but one of the reviewers did give the game a slightly brutal review and a score of 60.
I have yet to experience the game myself. It was actually Kotaku's review of the PS3 version vs the PC version that convinced me to hold off on the game until I have more free time. #notebookdump