Recent content by Iblis

Iblis is currently 2:1 in third person vs first. Ego is a terrible thing. A button in the options menu so you can just jump to the end credits? There's nothing wrong with absolutely despising Final Fantasy, either... But aren't you just describing the feeling you get after playing a...

Then such former players are lying. If a former EQ player moans about the level grind of WoW, ask them did they level up at the Lake... and ask them just how many dragon raids did they actually do and what drops they picked up as a result... oh, and if they claim to have had an epic, ask them...

Iblis has problems with the concept of the 'great I am'. The third person is the right route to escape such self-indulgent trends. Old Iblis desires neither fame nor acknowledgement when posting on matters of the heart. If you know that jrpgs are the epitomy of everything you despise within...

Old Iblis would like to mutually fellate Herr Doktor, as Iblis notes Herr Doktor's posts are both relevant and concise. Yet, Iblis is concerned that 'limitations' are becoming short-hand for shoddy finking. As a games journalist, surely Ms Arendt has a responsibilty to ensure that Final...

Ah Herr Doktor, how pleasing it is to an old man to see you. And as Iblis guessed, you took the point. Haircut 100 was so Iblis' era. If limited in scope, Old Iblis refers you to the posts thus far made and asks whether or not it is wise to begin building castles when the foundations are...

Farewell sweet Maet. ------- Old Iblis sees again some posts which refer to mechanics. Of course many/most rpgs have combat. But does this necessarily define the genre? Chainmail were wargame rules, so why were they not sufficient for Dungeons and Dragons? Is combat the raison d'etre...

To reach there, we must surely first establish whether or not what defines an RPG is a mechanic (eg stats etc) or a philosophy (eg choice and consequence, suspension of disbelief etc)? It would seem that you and Iblis are in rough agreement over the latter, while Iblis is more tolerant towards...

Iblis is somewhat confused as you proclaimed earlier that this discussion had been had so many times before. Surely one must identify what is the core identity of the gaming genre before one can cast aspersions such as Ms Arendt has done? Semantics is best left to structuralism lessons young...

Old Iblis refuses to lose anything in this forum. Too many parameters and somewhats round here for that. Iblis notes that you understand how the interaction between avatar/character and world is controlled. ie the mechanic. Where does roleplay become involved?

I was in the most successful guild on Bris server (epic cleric and epic necro). I was in the most successful guild on Saryrn when the server split. I truly loathe MMORPGs now after three years of EQ. Would never touch another. Timesinks with social interactivity, and the grind to keep levelling...

Old Iblis wonders whether Ms Arendt has just been playing bad games? He hesitates before even placing some of the games referenced in the article within the 'RPG' bracket. Perhaps 'time-sinks with cut-scenes' might be a better generic term? Still, his review stands and wonders whether Ms...

Old Iblis is somewhat amused by the use of the phrase 'somewhat pretentious tone'. Perhaps his style was chosen to match the forum? But as you obviously know his mind better than he does, then you can answer that question for yourself and have a fair chance of getting it wrong.

Sit down with old Iblis a second. He promises to be gentle. While tending the fires, his attention was caught by a lead article some days ago by a young lady by the name of Susan Arendt...