Recent content by johnthenerd

I got what you were saying grimspice. I'm kind of disappointed that they decided to allow dual wielding shotguns, since nobody even dual wields pistols in real life. But MW2 is on the realism side of the spectrum. I recently went back to playing a little Halo 3, and was shocked by the glowing...

I would provide subsidised beer and weed to the people. Then nobody will care what I do next.

How do you feel about tactical RPGs? You've got a PS2. I don't know about the selection for Gamefly, but if you're looking for something new you should see about the Nippon Ichi games, like Disgaea and Phantom Brave.

The graphics have to be adequate for the game. Modern game design tends to incorporate more graphical elements. People have already pointed out issues like camoflauge and sniping. In addition, good graphics are just easier to look at for hours. I can play Super Mario Bros. 3 a lot longer...

I'd say that we play Call of Duty instead of Hide and Seek because the violence rachets up the tension, gets our adrenaline pumping, and delivers a bigger payoff. Consider this: Romatic comedies aren't about sex. At least, not in the way that porn is. They're supposed to be a fantasy...

I thought about something along these lines. I was playing around with modding Civ IV, and considered something like Lost or Lord of the Flies, where you've got a bunch of castaways trying to build a society on an island. Of course, that's incredibly ambitious, but we can dream.

Something I'd like to see: A 2D platformer with light RPG elements (think Castle Crashers kicked up a notch), in a massive interconnected world. Imagine if every level in SMB 3 or Super Mario World were served in one piece Metroid style. Garnish with some clever puzzles, and maybe co-op...

It would have been easier to show the kid sitting there without a controller in his hand. That would actually be doing nothing. As it is, he's at least working his thumbs and forefingers.

Hellgate was awful, but Mythos was looking pretty tight. Too bad it got cancelled before it was finished.

Plenty of people own guns and don't go on killing sprees. Plenty of people play violent video games and don't go on killing sprees. Think for a moment of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. A bunch of people who never played any video games grabbed machetes and murdered hundreds of thousands of...