That's awesome. All the writers I know go out of their way to sneer at any game that isn't a.) made pre-1990 (there's some good stuff, I know, but nostalgia will only get you so far) or b.) played while stoned. Which is also an option, I know, but they view the experience as a package, and those who seek it out sober, or--heaven forfend!--actually own a gaming console or consoles, rather than run into one at friends' houses, are to be derided mercilessly until driven from the lofty intellect of the writer in question.

So, woot for the WGA. I'm so glad they do this. Whatever their choices, it's a little smear of legitimacy in the eyes of others, and while that can be damaging to content it's true, in this economy, I'll cling to as much coverage as we can get to keep gaming alive through the meltdown.

And by alive I mean, I suppose, still intellectually stimulating. I'm not positing some suicide pact between the heads of all major and minor developers of soft- and hardware.

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The only reason that any dialog in Fallout 3 is good is that there's so much of it some of it is bound to stand out as quality. Outside of one, shining thread of conversation, it's a triumph of the mediocre. It hasn't a third of the wit of a well-written game, and it makes that cardinal sin of thinking "mature themes" mean that people swear a lot, and for no reason.

There are plenty of reasons to commend F3, to call it a great game. The dialog is not one of those reasons.

DHS is, however, a positive diamond, and not well known enough.

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Lost Odessey on the other-hand, now that was good story telling.

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Is that sort of behavior even legal in most countries?

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Command and Conquer was intentional Kitsch.

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble was a 2007 game.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is obviously on there by some sort of horrible mistake.

I guess the only Option is Fallout 3, by Default, just for the first 30 seconds. I mean, the rest of the writing is solid, if not excellent, but the retreaded intro is still Number one.

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