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I watched it today for that very reason (on top of other more fanboyish reasons, anyway) and aside from a possible reveal of the Clairvoyant's origin (if I am putting the pieces together correctly) nothing in the film is necessary for following the current AoS storyline. As far as Cap 2: TWS...

I don't know about the effect the patches had on AI but I remember that when I played it I turned the environment quality right down as it only left the bushes you could use as cover and left all the window dressing that didn't out. How weird is that, a game that becomes MORE playable the...

Maybe it's just me, but I have always wanted to see a Spider-Man game that tried using the insult sword fighting idea from Monkey Island as that would fit perfectly into Spidey's 'wise-cracking to enrage enemies into mistakes' strategy. Also, if you have to have numerous battles with non powered...

On the subject of tutorials, I've always thought that it would be an interesting experiment to tie key/button mapping to tutorials. The game says crouch and whatever button seems most natural to you is the one you press and subsequently map. Obviously with the option to change bindings later...

I've always seen sex/relationships in games as having two problems; and none of them are objectification. The problem sex has is, unlike conflict, it is born of chemical stimuli rather than psychological and unless you are going to start shipping "specialised peripherals" it will never be...

As Stan would say "I've learned something today": 1) Bob still finds the show funny but from a seemingly, more begrudged perspective. 2) A lot of people see South Park differently than I do. For the record I have always seen it as ideologically optimistic rather than liberally non...

What I loved about KOTOR 2 was the way it shat all over Biowares notion of the universe having a binary moral code; this action is light, this one is dark. Trying to impress Kreia was always confusing while at the same time very darkly amusing. When it comes to creating a story that incorporates...

At one time the Splinter Cell franchise was the apex of stealth gaming. It had Thief's necessity for stealth without the restrictive first person perspective, coupled with inventive use of (at the time) modern dynamic lighting effects and an interesting pseudo-realistic world aesthetic. Add to...

As Tommy Lee Jones said in MIB: A person is smart and rational; people are stupid and irrational. The rise of the internet and it's anonymity do nothing more than give society the opportunity to be the morons they have always been; nerds are just more eloquent about it.

I would counter this argument buy offering up Portal as Exhibit A. A very short game by single player only standards but one that is such a joy to play that I have revisited it three or four times. I could say the same for other games as well; Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Darksiders...

This whole debacle would be kind of sad if it wasn't so insulting. Microsoft, and Mattrick in particular, seem to be repeating this mantra of a perfect online society, more out of denial of the complete fuck-up in judgement they have made rather than belief in the message itself. The problem...

This episode has been my favourite by a mile as I now, finally GET the world it exists in. So many works of fiction create new and exciting worlds that work to the same morality that we live by but Westeros has it's own morality that only two characters completely get (Cersei and Little...

Interesting take on the story and ending that falls down right at the end. I finished the game about half an hour ago and I distinctly remember him being drowned by the Elizabeths; how does that constitute taking responsibility? He was only there because he believed he was going to kill...

A company EXISTS to provide a product/service; a companies GOAL is to make a shit-load of money. A more accurate combination of the titles words would be: A company exists because it makes money. When you look at the most successful publishers business practices, that statement becomes...

1 - Freddie Mercury 2 - Stevie Wonder 3 - Michael Jackson 4 - Jon Bon Jovi 5 - Christina Aguilera Every one of those has/had a good range and are/were powerful regardless of volume or pitch.