Recent content by Ilyak1986

What nonsense. I think that these indie devs deliberately kick the hornet's nest to rile up publicity. I mean it worked for Anita, this woman then does the same thing, and we're supposed to have sympathy? No, being harassed isn't a good thing, but going to the troll nests of the internet to...

Flame shield time: Game of Thrones. Couldn't read past page 269 of the very first book. Why? Because it billed itself as fantasy, with none of the in-your-face elements that one would associate with sword and sorcery.

That's gotta be a joke. Right? RIGHT? 50% of people don't pay income taxes as it stands, so there's no point in doing the whole lower taxes schtick. The difference between the republicans and the dems isn't lower taxes, but lower taxes on the ultra-wealthy vs. not. As for fiscal...

As a reporting channel, Fox is ho hum. NBC/ABC/CBS/CNN all do better in that regard. Its schtick is that it's a bullhorn for the repugnican party, aka the theocratic lunatics that want to give all our money to the ultra-rich and tell everyone else to die in a fire who need to be kept out of...

I really fail to see what Yahtzee's harping about. Yes, action/shooter games have little to no plot. We all knew that already. However, in better games, the relationship (either explicit or implied) really drives so much of the plot. Starcraft: half of that universe's entire plot is...

See, the reason that piracy exists is that game companies treat their would-be customers as thieves, and put all sorts of restrictions on features. And that's the point that pirates say "you want to restrict features? Challenge accepted." and hack the game, and then give it away for free...

Depends how tasteful it is. Come on, let's face it, there are certain characters who do provide a lot of fanservice (EG Angela of Seiken Densetsu 3), and if there's classy nude picture of them somewhere, then I say so much the better. The only problem is that in order to find those classy...

See, I think the legal system is a complete joke. So in light of that, at some point, you have to make a moral call. And as far as I see it, TE had massive arrears to EC and EC called them in, and not only did TE say no, but they also said "since you got so much charity money our debts to you...

Assumption? Take a fucking LOOK at the site. You think this is just some sort of little indie outfit? Are you joking?! Just because their business, analytics, and monetization end is absolutely and completely INEPT doesn't make them any less of "the man" in my eyes. As for James running a...

How strapped for cash is the escapist? Considering that James at one point told them "put us on the bottom, we know you're going through a rough time because of the economy", then yeah, they're in trouble. As for "let all the facts come out", I believe Dale Carnegie once put it that it...

Honestly, when people say "we will boycott"... Hey people...why do you bother boycotting? Tell me, if you're not going to buy the game, what keeps you from enjoying it besides a vaunted set of morals that greedy game developers are only all too happy to exploit?

This is the problem I see with the RMAH: I am firmly against money=power. I don't care if the only way to get power is through spending time in the game. That's the point. Actually getting your power by playing the game. I realize that this may inconvenience people who have more money than...

Are you oblivious to how the Diablo economy works? The entire reason this auction house will be a mess is that gold farmers can undercut people to ridiculous amounts, meaning that the U.S. players in fact WON'T get to compete against the gold farmers. All this does is provide the gold farmers...

Actually, my stance on DRM is this: there obviously needs to be a little bit in order to prevent day zero piracy. But the way you build brand loyalty with consumers isn't to treat them like criminals, and give them a quick one-and-done DRM access. Encrypt all the code so as to slow down...

Elaborate.