Recent content by c.lavranos

Here is the note I just submitted to Steam asking for a refund: ============================================== Hello, Having experienced the DRM issues with Max Payne 3 - "rockstar social club failed to initialize;" I am sufficiently irked that I'd like a refund on the game. I contacted...

I appreciate this video a lot - however I want to point out that this points to a deeper problem that I pray Jimquisition addresses. Social components to games or DRM should not pose a hinderance of any kind to a single player experience.

My original complaint wasn't so much a defense of FPS' or COD clones, as it was a critique of a company which spent a generation (wii) seeking a different consumer's dollars than mine. Mario and Zelda are (almost) always great games, but I did not enjoy them with the wii controller. There is...

As an avid game enthusiast for 20 years or so, I remember being an ardent supporter of all things Nintendo; if the Wii didn't change my mind, the last month has cemented my opinion that Nintendo deserves non of our money. I bought a Wii for my parents to use exclusively for Wii sports, and...

Reducing the number of characters isnt a bad thing, but we should all expect it to mean that the ones that are left are *significantly* more fleshed out. Having seen Dragon Age 2, and having gone through all these articles on Mass Effect 3 - I find myself in the awkward position of not being in...

I got into Mass Effect because I enjoy RPG's and the prospect of a grand space opera was one I could jump into with both feet. A core element of rpgs is the experience and cusomization that goes into combat, beyond the selection of a weapon or turning on a shield - if I wanted to play a shooter...