Recent content by Jacob.pederson

If something like Neal Stephenson's "Dentata" from Snow Crash actually existed, the physiological deterrent for rape would be huge, even if only a tiny fraction of women used them. I'm not sure if something like underwear armour is actually plausible though, as comfort is not really compatible...

Yea, I adore both as well. Both have their strong points. Half Life wins in terms of pacing, story, and world-building; however, Halo wins in terms of AI, persistence, and game-loop. What do I mean by persistence? Through clever use of the always present hard drive, every item drop...

It'll never happen of course, but I'd love to see something in the vein of American Mcgee's 1st Alice title, only with characters from the Mario franchise. There is a lot of precedent across multiple art forms for taking characters that we loved in childhood, and putting them in "grown up"...

Is like one of those Slashdot discussions where the all the single/double digit user ID's start posting in the same thread? Disclaimer: I was here for the first edition of escapist, where you had to download a PDF of it :)

Well in that case, your wait is over, cause Jedi Academy has an enjoyable Star Wars themed multiplayer experience also :) Although Battlefront 2 sure didn't . . .

According to the Wikipedia entry, WiiU is 8th gen :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console#Eighth_generation

Anybody know if this supports remapping for southpaw?

Me too, in bed by 8 to be asleep by 9:30, up at 4:00 . . . Not to uncommon in the US, if you want to be for dinner with the kids you gotta start early.

From the Oculus Kickstarter update email: John put together a short note for the Oculus community: This will lead to the biggest things since . . . I don't know, the JOYSTICK. I have officially never been so exited in my entire life :) Relevant mtbs thread Timestamps don't lie I...

I was only a tad bit older than you when we had our kid, and yea it is going to cut into your gaming heavily to be sure; however, I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock into these folks saying if you are even asking this question you are not ready. Truthfully, you won't ever be ready to be a...

I'm still waiting for a Vita with an HDMI out. Until then I'll stick with my PSP, which has a component out :P

Yes . . . my Oculus rift came yesterday :P AND I got off early today :)

Here is my definition . . . although I vastly prefer the term "enthusiast" to "hardcore." I consider my wife to be a casual gamer, despite her 350+ hours in Skyrim for the following reason: she can go 6 months without picking up any game at all. I have difficulty going 6 hours without booting...

I was always floored by how good some of the scenes in Snow White were (my favorite is the candlelit scene in the bedroom); I wasn't aware they were rotoscoped! Although there is no arguing with the results; it does take something away from the accomplishment. When you show someone a drawing...

This is going to reveal my age, but . . .