Recent content by 5parrowhawk

Actually, I haven't taken a close look, but I believe the rifle is the type with a universal rail attachment on the handguard - so you don't have to modify the weapon itself at all; just build the chainsaw in such a way that it can make use of the attachment. It's the same thing used to mount...

There are, broadly, three kinds of online text-based virtual environments. The MUD is the most widely-cited, since it appeals best to the conventional gamer with its wish-fulfillment narrative of power and phat lewtz. MUDs were, if memory serves me, the most prevalent type of text-based...

Fascinating. Here in Singapore, I see at least one person on the train with a PSP everyday. Which gives me a vaguely-uncomfortable sense of moral superiority as I open up my DS... ;) There was one time when I was on a bus, and there's a young couple in the seats in front of me playing EBA...

Really interesting thread here... I think that Jesus would have been a gamer if games weren't so closely tied to organized [Roman] religion. Certainly He knew how to have fun (turning water into wine isn't exactly a joyless sort of thing to do). More importantly, if you look at "Homo...

Bumping for the benefit of new readers... I haven't found Nintendo's first-party stuff particularly enticing, to be honest. I can second Phoenix Wright, Advance Wars and Trauma Center; they're good, although Trauma Center is kind of difficult. If you like 2D scrollers, Mega Man ZX might be...