Recent content by karbonista

The closest to perfect, in my opinion, is without a doubt the original Lemmings. Some levels were so hard that I'd spend hours at work drawing diagrams trying to figure out how to finish them. Next would be Civ 1 prior to finding out about the "Mongol Horde" strategy, which of course ruins...

Several of my "insta-fail" pet peeves involve this very subject. Many male SF/fantasy authors seem to believe that they understand women well enough to pull off the "tough but vulnerable" sexy female protagonist. Most of them fail. When I was 13, reading Heinlein's "Friday" worked, because I...

There are a lot of angry customers of Gearbox' Borderlands game, because of dishonest (or at least staggeringly incompetent) digital distribution outlets. I'd like to see at least one of the major gaming news outlets make them sweat over this issue. They do this stuff all the time, and no one...