Recent content by ghstman

An interesting thought. I know with a lot of them they're just using blown up still images, like the one in the article of the Illusive Man's office overlooking the star. It might be hard to capture the emotion or the atmosphere of a game with a still shot though. I dunno, it's the Smithsonian...

I've never played it myself, but given how it basically became the defining game for MMOs everywhere, I'd have to agree with you. As for all the Zelda titles, I'd point out that while Wind Waker probably wasn't the strongest game in the series, they likely included it for the unique art style...

Good news! In another step toward garnering recognition for games as an art form, the Smithsonian Institute in DC has announced that they will be holding an exhibition on just that. Focus will be on the visually striking, the technically innovative, and the culturally significant. The plan is to...

HD would be amazing. Mostly because the graphics everywhere else were eye bleedingly blocky.

I was going to say "Link to the Past", but I just looked it up, and that was 1991. (Holy crap I feel old!) Instead, it's got to be The Legend of Dragoon. One of the few RPGs to not absolutely bore me to tears with how it handled battles. Fantastic writing and amazing cutscene graphics (for the...

I don't think so much about whether it's a male or female character as who I want them to behave as. If possible, I try to make a character act and look like an actor I think would work well in the story. Example: Mass Effect starring Bruce Willis as John McClain. The voice actually works pretty...

Kraken-Zoidberg Has Been Slain! +15000 XP +2300 G Ghstman Leveled Up! Level 23 Strength +2 Defense +1 Magic +1 Resistance +1 Speed +1 Luck +3 Learned New Ability: Scuttle

I couldn't help but laugh every time Edward did that startled grunt of his. Take a knee? Startled grunt. Get asked the time of day? Startled grunt. Stabbed in the face? Startled grunt. And every damn time it sounds like exactly the sound he would make if Aya walked in on him... ahem...

Infinite Undiscovery So much fun to play! A few of the characters had really well written interactions with each other, the game was funny as hell and the combat was pretty good. Problems out the wazoo though: -I have about two hours of gameplay left in a two disk, 35-ish hour game. Why...

True, but there's a fine line between survival and just being an asshole to your players. Restricting your players this way crosses the line from making it dangerous to making it tedious. Hell, limit the amount of stuff you can put into each pocket and limit your total junk, but don't restrict...

George Carlin had a great quote, though not specifically about Americans: "Think about just how stupid the average person is. Half of everyone else is stupider than them." Even leaving the air-headedness aside, let's look at the platform she runs as: The Hockey Mom. That may be great for...

Use the link to skip the slightly annoying intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDndZn0YPdI&t=1m5s

QTEs aren't terrible I think, just horribly overused. If you're playing GOW and you have to three or more for every finishing move, it definitly gets old. Used sparingly though, it's not bad. If a guy jumps on you with a knife once or twice in a game, it's not so bad, it's just when it's all the...

I agree with you, there will be plenty who will opt in. I was just being overly dramatic with the first part, to be honest.

I predict this will go over about as well as prohibition went over here in the 'States. There will be mobsters in trench coats selling CDs of bootleg internet porn and speakeasies hidden in the back of "social clubs" where, if you know the password, they'll let you back in to use an old computer...