Recent content by Cooper42

As an old reader and poster here, I thought I'd put my oar in from my (RPS) side of things. We knew there was a 'special battle' going on. However, whilst a small group of us from the RPS outfit were there at the time, no GM came to 'warp us to a special location.' Moreover, we thought it...

I too rarely come across 'sexy', Bellucci or otherwise, in games. Then again, it's not that often a Hollywood blockbuster hits that spot either. It's a skill I hope game developers will eventually acquire. Which is where the gaming industry may be too immature, like films and television...

It deserves a cursory mention, at least, but Fahrenheit's (Indigo Prophecy, if you will) scene where the ex arrives to pick up her stuff came to mind reading this article. Sure, the 'interactive sex' (depending on the outcome of the night) doesn't quite work, but that scene worked to capture the...

Defcon anyone? Surely global genocide reaching deathcounts of billions beats the old plastic-bag over someone's head?

Deus Ex... At least, given enough time between replays so you forget a lot of the detail. I played it the second time about 4 years after the first time. Was like playing it again, but with the added bonus of hindsight and being able to revel in its legacy. Same goes for SS1 and 2. L-l-look...

Make it. Mod another, similar game, or use something like GameMaker, BlitzBasic, Macromedia Fusion, etc. Don't worry about excessive eye-candy and long, deep scripts. Get the basics working well. Unless you have a history of making, finishing and releasing a game (whether university...

Fahrenheit (or indigo prophecy), despite being Queen of roller-coaster, crappy, pointless plot twists 2/3s through, surely deserves a mention here? Fahrenheit's scenes worked best when you were under pressure, and didn't really get to think about choices. Most conversations were like that...

It's really interesting to see that most people respond in regards to graphics. Nvidia marketeers must be smiling. Why should a game's up-to-dateness be based upon eye candy? Why aren't gameplay innovation and experimentation, stroytelling, input set up etc. as, if not more, important...

Carmageddon (minus the zombies) Wheee... Splaaaaaaaaaaaatttt....

Just maybe. Writers know an 'anti games' article will get picked up very quickly on the 'net. Will get lots of page views. Many comments in comparison to most other articles. This gets noticed by their eds. It's a great way for side-lined or otherwise dwindling hacks to keep their...

Used to. DosBox used to run much better on Linux than windows, and in a weird way, some win95 games were easier to run on Wine then XP... Never re-installed Fedora after I re-formatted bby HD though. Will be back on Linux when I get my new rig.

Perfect? That's really difficult. I would probably have to go right back. Asteroids? It's just pure gameplay, nothing else - and the gameplay is good. Which is kinda why Portal worked - just pure gameplay, and it was novel and fresh and very well presented. The first serious sam...

Chances are I'd get into it. I enjoyed slave hack for a while, but that got pretty reptitive, and didn;t have much freedom in gameplay. Is this much different? Or is it more 'click the right boxes again and again in a format which could be any boring online game, but with hacking face-paint'?

I haven't got Audiosurf yet. The campus blocks steam even for us postgrads. My friend has it, and I've spent a good while playing the 2 player format with her the past few days. I'll be getting it the day I move out in September... I'll pick up Immortal Defense this weekend. I loved the demo...

The PC (as a gaming platform) isn't as popular in Japan, sure - but that's not to say there's not Japanese games out there... Japanese doujin / indie game-makers rate as the best Shmups out there. http://www.tigsource.com/features/doujin-shmups.html ABA games anyone...