Chris Suellentrop's saved articles

The reward for flushing the toilet in SOMA is hearing and watching the toilet flush. Read more

I see your point and I think it’s valid, but only so far. Read more

Well I think to an extent it also changes the way games are designed. There has to be a reason why assassins creed has turned into collectible fests? Read more

I used to love replaying games, now the thought of not getting achievements on replays kind of makes me feel like what’s the point. I hate what trophies and achievements have turned me into. Although it was fun playing the HD version of Jak and daxter getting a trophy like every 5 mins. Read more

This so much! It can ruin a perfectly good moment in a game. Imagine having that in a movie. Read more

I turned off notifications on my XBox 360 so that I wouldn’t be spammed by “so and so friend is online” while trying to watch Netflix with the lady-friend. Read more

What bothers me more is story-based achievements that *ping* in the middle of dramatic moments. Read more

As someone who’s a full-fledged trophy-holic I can agree with everything here. While I still play non-PS3/4 games there’s always a small part of me (hopefully very small) thinking that it’s pointless as it’s not adding to my trophy score. Read more

Not to be confused with the identically-titled Lifeline (known in Japan as Operator’s Side), a PS2 game about guiding a trapped cocktail waitress named Rio through a space resort/hotel under attack by aliens, using voice commands alone through a USB headset specifically designed for the PlayStation 2. Read more

FYI, Lifeline isn’t just an iOS game. Read more

I remember pausing a game on my NES and turning the tv off and hiding my NES under a sweater with the hope that the game wouldn’t be corrupted and I had to start over or that my parents will come in and turn it off if I had to leave. Technology is great! Read more

I always thought of it as what it could be used for. There was no store, no way to redeem gold coins, other than being awarded an extra Life for collecting 100 of them.

Each coin was worth 1% of a single resurrection. Those little coins held a not-that-tiny power over death itself. I always wondered if that meant Death… Read more

You’re doing it wrong.
This is an MGS game, the true place of peace for snake while also portable, is in here:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: There is a huge bug in the game. Read more

I also like to get to a restful place, although for slightly different reasons I think. Read more

It’s a good thing, too, what with all the online notifications when you start the game. What kind of idiotic design decision was that?! Read more

I like this game. But the idea that a mutation can occur simultaneously throughout the infected population is misleading. One method of winning this game is to quietly infect the entire world, and then spend “dna” points to suddenly make a disease with nearly no symptoms lethal. This is not how these types of things… Read more

So I’m weird. My wife has it, I’ve played it on her iPad, and it’s fun, but I can’t help but feel a bit...I dunno, weird? Guilty? Sad? about trying to eliminate all life from the planet. Fully understanding that it’s a stupid little video game, why do I care? I have no idea. I’ve never had a second thought about… Read more

I was playing a round of Plague on a flight and the old dude sitting next to me was watching and asked “Are those headlines real?” as governments were collapsing... priceless. Read more

I loved this game on the phone. Bought it without hesitation this weekend on Xbox One. It scratches an itch for me that I need scratched: the complete eradication of life on Earth. Can’t think of any games that have that goal. I really enjoy the humor that’s present in the game too. “Microsoft frees Swedish Miner.… Read more