Recent content by Aw-kward

Quite simply, it's considered one of the best games of all time because a lot of people disagree with you as to the quality of... pretty much everything in it. No single thing.

I voted for both, but here's what I think: I can play games with excellent gameplay but lame or no story (e.g. Prototype), but not games with a great story and terrible gameplay. This is for the same reason that I can't read a badly written book regardless of the quality of its story...

And then there are those people who prefer it and advocate it solely because their friends say it's the shizzle and IE is crap. Not unlike those people who vehemently claim Vista is a piece of turd without ever having actually used it. I use Firefox because I have a history of volatile...

I read the first few posts to get a better feel for the poll, then vote, then skim the whole topic for interesting posts before I post myself. It all depends on the subject, though. If it's highly discussable I'm likely to read everything before posting to avoid reiterating opinions.

I found Portal to be hilarious. Dark humor is usually either a variation on something seen before, or a quip clever enough to make you appreciate it, but rarely is it funny (from my experience at least). That game had moments that really made me laugh out loud, although I'm not entirely clear on...

I dream of games, but I don't game a lot so it's mostly a mesh of the game world and the events in my life (or the events I'd wish were in my life). I once played Luxor for a whole day and ended up not being able to close my eyes without seeing the damnable balls. Couldn't fall asleep either...

Really, what's the point of immortality without the Required Secondary Powers? If I'm going to be purely human, I want to die at some point; if I'm going to be immortal, I need something equally superhuman to keep me amused for millennia. In short, invincibility.

Pretty much every time I go to McDonald's. The food there is orgasmically good to me. I'm a small town guy, though, and the nearest McDonald's is 40 miles away, so I don't get to go very often.

The film Cruel Intentions had an absolutely divine ending, largely thanks to The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony and its synchronization with the events. Never fails to bring tears to my eyes. The Sands of Time, too. I'm clearly a sucker for the bittersweet. I dislike mentioning Kingdom...

Every protect-the-NPC mission in every game ever. I really, really loved Red Faction way back when, but on every replay, when I came to the protecting mission, a part of me would die and decide to quit. I don't think it was even that difficult, I just couldn't. Also, protecting Farah in...

Assassin's Creed was much, much fun, but the story was not engaging and I could see the obligatory plot twist miles away, I just didn't have the patience for it. When you've seen the view from that awesome tallest cathedral and jumped off it, you've seen the game's pinnacle of fun. Civ4 too...

If I felt that the original game was incomplete and the world would be better for it, then yes. Of course, any game that I made would not be incomplete in any way. This is also why I will never actually make a game...

I'd have a room compressed in hammerspace in the wall separating my room and the bathroom. It'd be a grand hall with a McDonald's corner, a treadmill with a video screen showing constant reruns of Will & Grace, an elite team of hairdressers, and a dark pit of recycling where I would throw...

I act really theatrical because of a subconscious need to make real life more interesting. Mumbling asides, subtly soliloquising in public, that sort of thing. I sometimes fear that people find it obnoxious, but on inquiry they all say it's quirky and charming, so I go with it. This craving...

I'm a level 3 guy. When I find cool enough earrings, I'm piercing my ears, and tattoos will definitely have their day when I gather the patience for the healing period. I generally appreciate any basic piercing or tattoo that aesthetically enhances a person, but there are certain lines which...