Tim Rogers's discussions

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Tim Rogers
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I make videos for Kotaku. I make video games for myself and my friends. I like writing fiction. Someday I will publish a novel. Who knows!

i don't know, man, i feel like i was being pretty constructive! Read more

they sure are one of my favorite bands! Read more

probably going to write about colons later, btw :-3 Read more

actually, if you are brows-ING kotaku, it's a pastime, not a past-time! a past-time would be (in addition to a word that doesn't exist) something that has completely finished happening! Read more

i am SO not kidding — i really, really, really meant to include it. Read more

it's a real shame he had to step down before ever once having a decent haircut. Read more

a lot of My Professional Life is about that point, as well. continuous reflection on getting old keeps one young! Read more

that is interesting! though why derive something from a czech word for werewolf? why not just make something up entirely? Read more

i am not aware that i said that! i like arkham city just fine. Read more

except pauline kael was a Professional Doing A Job and i am just some guy with an obtuse hobby! so~~~ Read more

thanks! i don't get paid by the word — though if i did, i'd be sure to write a whole lot more! Read more

definitely not even clicking "play" on a youtube video which clearly includes characters from futurama! if not being funny were an olympic event, that show would have a whole room full of bronze medals. Read more

also i will concede that some of them (king of fighters, etc) seem to go through less than a hundred hours of testing. (some, like the rumble fish 2, go through probably a hundred thousand — and then they're so perfect that everyone hates them :-/) Read more

personally, i think that "the best part" of fighting games is how they are competitive one-on-one contests of sharp game mechanics which the developers tighten through tens of thousands of hours of testing. Read more