Recent content by Halbyrd

This is only tangentially related to the topic, but I couldn't find a better thread to stick it in, so here we go: Dear Escapist, I understand that you need advertisers to pay the bills, really I do. And I understand that advertisers who give you especially large sums of cash may be due for...

That's not a geek thing, that's a people thing. Geeks are just people with a certain narrow interest-spectrum and a touch of social estrangement. I fully agree that internalizing moral messages without examining them is silly and stupid, but it's a rare person that actually has the presence of...

This is a habit I normally don't fall into, as my game purchases are few and far between. (Ridiculous tuition costs FTL) The one exception has been Xenosaga episodes II and III. Reason being: I haven't finished ep I yet, and given that the series is one continuous narrative, it would be...

I'm sorry, that's an utter load of bull. People play GH/RB for the same reason they go to Karaoke bars, concerts, clubs and music festivals: to have fun with friends, while finding some connection to the music they love, whether that's singing/air-guitaring along, or just listening and nodding...

I have plenty of respect for the majority of people. And yes, chances are you're not going to need to have a gun to get out of a potentially dangerous situation 99 times out of 100. But when that 100th time comes around, and you are faced with someone who won't be talked down, who won't let...

There's a point you're ignoring here. I think it's well established that if someone is bound and determined to kill you, they're going to find a way. Having a handgun allows you to stop someone else from threatening you, even if they're bigger, stronger, crazier, or whatever. And this is what...

Re: OP's grammar - Yeah, it was pretty atrocious in places, but by now I think we can put down the club; anything further would just be an exercise in equine sado-necro-bestiality. Basic takeaway: put a bit of effort into making your post as clear as possible when starting a topic, and all...

Perhaps this is slightly off topic, but is anybody else noticing that PC gamers are starting to get the short end of the stick when it comes to these things? Red Faction Guerrilla is only the latest in a long string of games I've seen that are coming out for 360, PS3, "and PC too, we promise!"...

Guess Bill doesn't look so silly now, does he? Erm...I'm not sure what rock you've been living under, but we haven't seen games that *require* ATI or *require* Nvidia specifically to run for years now. This is all thanks to that magical little thing called DirectX that Microsoft spent a lot...

Bioshock: Find an oxygen tank, cover it in proxy mines, pick the whole mess up with TK and toss into the nearest Big Daddy. Boom. Also Bioshock: Line a long hallway with alternating trap bolts and proxy mines, then tag a Big Daddy from the other end with the pistol. Watch as Big Daddy...

The point raised about affordability brings to mind a related issue that's been bugging me for a while: what the heck happened to PC game demos? I've long ago resigned myself to the fact that PC games have zero resale value, due to CD keys and the ease of copying. That said, why the heck would...