Recent content by jvsquare

Hammer out the kinks? There aren't kinks, there's one huge and fundamental dent. The problem is that game development is inherently a collective effort -- one member of a team can take a project down making everyone else look bad, or vice versa, an individual can look better because the rest of...

Ken Turner was a game tester and testing lead in the game industry for over 10 years before he joined the staff at Wake Tech. He started at Red Storm Entertainment and then built and ran the testing lab at Atomic Games. So at least in that case you are wrong.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned old-school Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon. You know, the games that first introduced one-shot one-kill and realistic tactics and weapons. How memories fade...

Reverend Del, I think you'll find that Arkham Horror is less fun with all the expansions. Better to stick with one small box and one big box expansion at a time. We're finding even that might be too much, as the flavor of a given expansion is diluted by the others in the mix. For those who...

They're not listed on the map any more. Fast work by somebody.

Another in the VR model is Avalon, a live-action film directed by Mamoru Oshii (of Akira and Ghost in the Shell fame) and filmed in Wrocław, Poland. Overall I preferred it to eXistenZ, though it is entirely in Polish and like his other films has a "Er, what happened?" ending.

"Mummy, a naked American man stole my balloons!" But going back to the main point of the article: that last bit nicely captures that magic moment when you discover something you'll love for years. Hope you get your mojo back soon.