Recent content by Flionk

Personally, I don't see what this has over Rock Band 3's pro mode. A decent electric guitar would run you about as much as the new Stratocaster they just put out (which in itself is a working guitar, albeit midi). Now, as a person who actually owns a real electric guitar but lacks the initiative...

I've already seen and heard enough from The Escapist alone to make me lose all interest in working for an existing game developer. I already have a friggin' awesome position doing various software odd-jobs for a local consumer electronics company - the pay is about the same as game industry...

I don't care how big they make their drinks, I just wish they would stop using random words from random languages for their products. They're trying too hard to sound all fancy and artsy, it just makes them (and their customers) come off as pompous snobs. 'Extra Large' is a good enough...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5f_Fq1Y3Y So someone did some kind of awesome hack and made a version of Memories of Green, from Chrono Trigger, as performed by K.K.Slider from Animal Crossing. I thought it was awesome. Then I noticed it only had 274 views, and thought that was wrong. So...

I further agree that they should stop remaking old games. Spend that time and money on something new, not something over a decade old!

GTA: Vice City, Lance Vance. Annoying? Check. Stupid? Check. Worthless? Check.

Gotta go with Tails. He's friendly (if still a bit childish), useful both on-field with his natural flight and as backup with his technical genius, he can take care of himself when he needs to, and he built an airplane that transforms into a combat mech! With lasers! That and he's adorable.

Half the reason for using internet forums in the first place is the sense of anonymity; you can speak your mind without any worry that they'll be used against you for anything. It's honestly boggled me how the whole social networking craze has caused people to not only freely give up their...

This entirely depends on the specifics involved. Someone who only plays single-player games alone isn't going to get much of anything out of it in terms of social skills; someone who plays with a small group of friends meeting in-person will receive the same benefit as with any activity done...

You know, there's a certain merit to the idea of governmental control over mass communications in a time of crisis, in theory at least. Uncontrolled communications means a lot of miscommunication, which can cause panic in an already unsettled population, whereas if the government has control...

I like options. I think it's great to see the localization team coming up with new ideas to appeal to the western audience, but there are a lot of western gamers (such as myself) who prefer the eastern atmosphere, or who want to see the original story with as little change as possible (because...

I've had a real soft-spot for Luigi ever since Luigi's Mansion. I never thought a Mario game could be emotional until that.

I've found that the older style of character creation and evolution tends to apply to me and my gaming group, despite the fact that most of us started out on D&D 3.5e. We use a pseudo-random stat rolling method - roll 4d6, drop the lowest die, repeat 6 times, then apply those 6 numbers to the...

I'm honestly amazed that the whole 'what is the definition of gamer' debate keeps coming up. It's one of those charged words that means something different for everyone, and as such is essentially worthless without that context of personal meaning. My own definition of 'gamer' is a hobbyist...

My initial reaction was Deadpool, but that got me wondering if you'd even consider him a 'superhero'. Sure, he has super fourth-wall awareness, exists in the Marvel universe, and occasionally does some things one might consider 'heroic', but he's also an atrociously horrid psychopath - a...