Recent content by fabiosooner

Word. I don't share the same optimism about the game as you, but I agree with all the rest Escapist - "By poking fun at a scene many of us hold ****to be sacred****" Now, I don't remember Escapist being this nerdy one or two years ago. If that's 'video game culture' now (or back again?)...

I'm pretty sure once the novelty and the hype dies in, more people will feel this way about Skyrim. I know I do. In theory this should've been the game that finally got me into the Elder Scrolls series, which I've never liked that much. It improves on Oblivion in just about every way. It's...

Interesting article. This doesn't seem very different from the grey market for imported games and consoles that sprung up in Brazil some years ago. Of course, the reason is very different as it doesn't involve blatant government dictatorship - taxes are just too high, both for importing and...

Case in point: someone has already beaten Demon's Souls in less than 1 hour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWi6t8Psv9w And I doubt anyone in their right mind would say that game is short or, *gasp*, easy (saying that word next to Demon's Souls feels like profanity).

I visited Buenos Aires last year and you guys at least have the 'benefit' of a slightly less outrageous importing policy and a better sense of how these things work. IIRC, imported games were about 20% cheaper - got Mass Effect 2 in a store near Florida street (I know, I know, that's where...

Just to add to The Random One's explanation: beyond importing fees, there's also what we're used to call 'the Brazil Cost', which stands for the barrage of internal taxes and fees associated with maintaining a company. For example, to hire someone at, say, US$ 1000 a month a company pays...

This, one billion times this. Also, to the FBI, I'd say: it doesn't matter if you'll bring down the Anonymous the 'organization' or whatever. You won't fully stop crime ever either, so that's not an issue to bother with. But by bringing people down for the specific crimes they've committed...

You know, now that you put it this way, I gotta grant them credit. Indeed, they could've tried to find those responsible and suit them to kingdom come. This was surprising low profile to Activision, considering how they treated the Infinity Ward/Respawn guys case. The situation is still...

Kinect and conventions simply don't mix. Usually it's either too much or too little lightning when compared to the average living room. Not to mention the device isn't calibrated to recognize yourself specifically. While it does work in a way anyone can jump in front of it and play, I've noticed...

Sales say otherwise. At the end of the day, what a handful of fans think doesn't really matter if it goes against what the public at large have to say with their wallets. And it doesn't apply to EA only but to ANY other publisher or studio out there, be it big or small. Old, grumpy fans...

This. It's all particularly shady when one considers two things: - The review was published on Joystiq. C'mon, you can't be serious. IT'S FRIGGIN' JOYSTIQ. They're not in the major league of gaming sites, they know it, and attention-grabbing drivel has become their motto quite a while ago...

Alan Wake is one of the main reasons I'm glad I've bought an Xbox - even if I already had a PS3. It's ironic that they'll come up with a downloadable Night Springs game when a fake *boxed* Night Springs game was a collectible in the latest DLC, The Writer :)

"I hate to side with the corporation here" Corporations are nothing more than a bunch of individuals, and therefore are liable to tell the truth as much as anyone else. Don't hate siding with the corporation. Hate the lies people tell. If Sony's telling the truth, it doesn't matter a single...

The DLCs, especially The Writer, did a really good job on that. There's even some quasi-platformer sections. If these are integrated earlier into the new game, that should suffice.

As I said in another website: This guy lost me at 'Purdue University'. Frankly, I'm surprised it took someone this long to try and cash in on the whole mess by accusing Sony of something along these lines - whether it's real or not. That said, kudos to The Escapist for being pretty much...