@selfprofessedgeek: The appeal was the story for me. It starts out as shallow 'save-the-princess' kind of stuff, but later on once they start playing with typical video game conventions it slowly reveals much more complex themes and ends with a Bioshock-esque mindfuck that's very similar, but tailored more toward… Read more
@selfprofessedgeek: Ikaruga, The Club, MineCraft, GTA: Vice City, Hitman: Blood Money, Deus Ex, No More Heroes, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Viewtiful Joe, Morrowind, Geometry Wars, Every Extend Extra Extreme, Rez. Read more
@Taggart451: Cod 7. Read more
@Faux Bravo: One thing you're overlooking is that the CoD series is a major competitive series. The kind that some players actually make a living off of. Those types of games are praised for their consistency and balance; you can't be tweaking them all the time like that. New maps; fine, but that still doesn't justify… Read more
I had one. It was a shitty system; there's no easy way to put it, but for all the limitations it had they really put out some great games. I dunno if the general crapiness of the system just pushed the developers to work harder or what, but pretty much everything I played on it (and I never played Waterworld or… Read more
@Cyber Rat: That's more or less how I've always felt about it; I especially like the bit about "technology has democratized consumption". If you think about how works of art were appreciated before we introduced mass produced media, it was much more cost effective. Visiting a gallery or listening to a concert was… Read more
@AlphaJarmel: BO... That acronym probably works in this context no matter which way you look at it. Read more
@OutlawDominus: Like Arion said; there are always more quests. If you find one that you can't do, skip it and do it with another character. (Or just put on the right hat to get the extra 50 points you need to pick that lock :-P) Read more
@RedCarmine: I got an invite to that beta too. No idea where it came from, they were just like "Hey, you showed interest in our products!" I thought it was some kind of new wave Evony spam game. So I haven't tried it yet, but now that it seems it's legit I might give it a shot. Read more
@shouryuuken: 0 negative reviews? Read more
@OutlawDominus: Don't overextend yourself trying to do quests that your character isn't suited to. If they're actually significant you'll likely still see the impact of your ignorance later on in the game. Fallout games were never about completing everything; every situation is going to adapt to your character and… Read more
@rickster999: I had something like 100 hours logged into CoD 4 before I got my first achievement; and that was only because the internet was down. You're not alone. Read more