Recent content by Ebonrul

When I moved from PC to consoles back in the day, it was because of this. PC games were being released in a barely functional state. This wasn't restricted to a handful of middling to low quality games either, but some of the most highly praised games of their generation. Neverwinter Nights...

If it's old-school grim reaper skullface death, I'm challenging him to a beatbox contest. Without lips, I don't see him keeping up.

I'd just chalk the casting of Depp as Tonto as a case of laziness and wishful thinking. Disney was hoping they'd get another Haloween costume out of it (a la pirates) and instead, it turned into a symbol for what's wrong with this movie. Instead of a decent script, they figured if they let...

Meh... The real sting is that it was beaten by another half-assed SNL reunion special. Even American Otaku describe it as a B minus effort. While it will be vindicated by worldwide box office numbers in the long run, it won't be the darling of the American cinema this summer. And while...

I think that mobile devices are the eventual replacement for game consoles and PCs. Granted, all this really means is that both PCs and consoles will go back to being the niche utilities they originally were (giving nerd angst meaning as their beloved hobbies slide back into relative obscurity)...

Oh, failure is always an option. I'm pretty sure that the numbers produced by certain gaming demographics will always be the brass ring for the publishers that cut the checks. I expect a thorough "dumbing-down" of RPGs to the point where anyone can play them by simply scanning the box and...

I've played a few levels of "Broforce" by Free Lives and I'm looking forward to the finished product. It epitomizes the "mindless" shooter using dated...well, everything. The heroes are legal-friendly (but just barely) copies of American action movies, everything bleeds or explodes in...

The general complaint with XCOM always seems to be this. "Me and my squad of space marines went in to kick some ET ass and my lone survivor was able to bring the rest of them home in his pocket" For those of us who forgot the first 45 minutes of ALIENS, that's what we call "Doing it...

100 percent Steam. The reason is simple. I want to keep the developers who are making the games I like in business. Are you really "wondering" how GMG is able to sell steam codes so cheaply? It's because they've cut the actual developer right out of the equation. It astonishes me that...

Since the we're in the D&D side scrollers, I'll throw in some arcade games. Arcade emulators are a bit of a hassle, since you'll likely have to program your keyboard to accept commands for each one. On the other hand, those controls will likely consist only of "jump" and "attack" so, s'not as...

I like how the actual soldiers in this thread are laid back while the civilians are mouth-frothing angry over it. Especially when you consider that war is the outward manifestation of a lot of the ideas presented here. An idea cannot hurt anyone? I guess Hitler was just a snazzy dresser then...

A childhood where he is trained extensively in the art of "fitting in", told that if he outshines anyone he will be attacked, and generally told that he is already an outcast so his only hope is to never, ever remind those around him of how he is different from them by being as much like them as...

Custer's Revenge or Altered Beast 2: Montana Boogaloo His slain regiment awakened by the destruction of an ancient tribal totem, General George Armstrong Custer and the spirits of the 7th Cavalry are bidden to rise to defend the land. However, their undead taint becomes a plague that...

Robotech (or Macross if you want to be that way)... F-15's in space that turn into robots with assault rifles blowing up aliens. If you cannot do that over and over again without making money, then you are not fit to design games.

As far as a licensed property that would do well as a game, the Law and Order-verse. I know there have been a handfull of point-and-click adventure games (although, that might be CSI I'm thinking of), but if the license were taken a bit further, it could turn into a solid game with a functional...