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Isn't working for me with firefox. Was the old player really so disasterously bad that this is considered an improvement? Because the old one never gave me any trouble.

I had the opposite response to saving all the Little Sisters. I mean, yes, I saved them, but it was never about them for me. I fell in love with Rapture. I fought Fontaine for Rapture. I got turned into a frickin' Big Daddy for Rapture. And for all that work, saving all the Little Sisters...

The more I think of this, the more I think the problem is mechanic versus reward. In most games violence is the mechanic, and if you're good enough at it sex (implied, generally) is the reward. There are variations -- sometimes the mechanic is conversation, or puzzle solving, or whatever...

I think what's most disappointing about video game sexuality is that it's an exception. The range of experience and emotion in games is generally very good. If you name an emotional experience or a sentiment, there's probably a game that's done it -- and done it well! From serene detachment...

As far as First Person, Thief 2 and Deus Ex stand out. I also replayed Marathon and Marathon 2 a couple of years ago, just for nostalgia's sake. For RPGs, Fallout and Fallout 2 were excellent replays. As far as strategy goes, I've played through Myth at least three times, and the various...

... and now page 2 is there. It's like magic or something. Magical internets.

Anyone else here having trouble seeing the second page? I click on the link for page 2 and just get page 1 all over again.

I have a 15-month-old daughter. I only game when she's asleep, but if she wakes up it has to interrupt anything. This is why I hate hate hate any game which limits pausing or saving. She woke up when I was three quarters of the way through the battle up the citadel in Mass Effect (which...

I'm in agreement that this would make a terrible FPS, but I think there's real promise for a TBS/RTS or FP-RPG type of game. For the former I imagine a game of setting up a proper trench line and holding it against assaults -- but also with a big does of intelligence and politics thrown in...

Anyone here remember Battletoads? That's all I have to say about vehicle sections.

Gordon Freeman is always behind cover: the HEV suit, which makes him practically a walking tank. Gordon Freeman doesn't take cover, people take cover behind Gordon Freeman.

What I want: The ambiance and attitude of Thief 1, the gameplay and balance of Thief 2, and the graphics of Thief 3. What I expect: The balance and graphics of Thief 1, the ambiance of Thief 2, and the attitude and gameplay of Thief 3. What I will do: Buy it anyway, because I am...

As such a ban is sure to generate litigation, the big question is: How eager is our Attorney General to repeat his bid for the Governorship? It's all about the headlines.

On the one hand, good for the company for patching in response to reviews. On the other hand, their plan to ask reviewers for a second bite of the apple seems a bit sketchy to me, and I hope reviewers decline. The time for playtesting is _before_ release, not after the reviews are in. But I...

Mass Effect's space opera homages show up all over the place -- I just ran across a reference to Forbidden Planet (for my money the first great space opera) in a planet description. "Monsters from the Id!" And of course it isn't limited to space opera -- the Mass Effect folks pulled from all...