Recent content by BrokenStylus

Did anyone else find that embedded Halloween Teaser video unintentionally hilarious? The way it kept alternating between proto-Claire lazily poking around desks and items while Leon gets his arse handed to him by zombie gorillas made me giggle. Leon got the raw end of that deal. Would be very...

It seems to me that the word 'drop' is irritatingly ubiquitous in gaming culture these days, especially in online magazines. For example: "We'll find out when the game drops on July 7th", or "I want to try a demo before I drop any money on it". It's like people are having a lot of trouble...

A man walks into a pub and orders a pint. The guy serving behind the bar says "That'll be one penny, mate". The man, who is a little taken aback, says "One penny? That's incredible!" He pays and enjoys his drink. When he's finished, he orders another. Bartender says again "One penny, mate"...

For anyone still trying to hunt down the CE I've just managed to place an order for the PC version with Blockbuster. As it stands right now all three versions are listed as available to pre-order. Perhaps they've received/been made aware of more stock? Dearly hope they're not just getting my...

What makes me feel old? When I was young it was always inferred to me that at some point you would pass through some kind of chronological/sociological gateway and suddenly find yourself largely in the company of reasonable, mature, sophisticated adults. Now I'm in my late twenties it's...

Can't help you with a new fancy manual, but I believe high resolution tweaks and UI mods similar to what you desire can be found at: http://www.gibberlings3.net/ In particular there's a mod that allows BG1 to run under the BG2 engine. But yes, a new retail package with all that done...

A game where the act of pointing a gun at another human being and pulling the trigger has a real emotional gravity behind it. I've yet to play an FPS or any type of shooting game where I've given more than a cursory thought as to what I'm actually doing, or what the virtual act of shooting...

My PS3, Wii and 360 are hooked up to my main TV in the living room, a 40" HD LED affair, but I still have a trusty 15" tube sat in the spare bedroom with my PS2 hooked up to it. Primarily because I find older games look like unholy arse when stretched across a huge modern widescreen. Come to...

A simple question: what's the most weird, foolish or downright hilarious thing you've ever caught a background NPC doing? To clarify, I'm not talking about 'active' NPCs like AI teammates here. We all know that in a lot of games these guys are typically found dropping grenades at your feet...

My most amusing and consistently stupid moments (note the plurality) in gaming occured- obscurely enough- while playing an emulation of Golden Axe III with my girlfriend. She was playing as the 80s era fantasy film reject warrior with the big sword and posing pouch, while I'd opted for the...

My problem with the term 'Interactive Entertainment' is that it doesn't neccesarily just relate to video games. You could argue that any recreational activity with tangible or tactile feedback is interactive in some capacity- making an automated toy model for example. The term seems imprecise...

The Legacy of Kain time-travelling, destiny-changing, super-retconning clusterfuck of a story arc. As much as I loved the series, it was mind-meltingly hard to keep track of what exactly was going on, not helped by splitting the games into the Soul Reaver and Blood Omen titles. Example thoughts...

Interesting variety of responses, pretty much running the spectrum from 'it's just one part of my life' to 'shouting it from the rooftops'. @theking: You make some very interesting points, though I should point out that I was using the term 'gamer' as a convenient lexeme, rather than...

I've been thinking a lot recently about the importance of people identifying and portraying themselves as gamers. I'd love to get some of your thoughts on this, but first a short story. I called by my local games shop after work a few days ago. I wasn't looking for anything in particular...