Recent content by KillSmiley

The "Empires" games are a lot different than the core games. They add some strategy elements and remove most of the story. Personally, I'd stick to the main games until you're used to them. As far as the "canon"...DW is set in China c. 2nd century and SW is set in Japan c. 16th century, so...

I'd just like to note that there's a world of difference between Overweight according to the Quetelet body mass index and what is generally considered "fat." I'm between 5'8" and 5'9" (about 174 centimeters for those of you on the metric system) and about 180 pounds (81kg) and according to the...

Yahtzee's whole raison d'etre (pretention!) is ripping games apart. I think he laid that out pretty well in the SSBB mailbag video. He's a humorist, not a proper reviewer, and there's nothing funny about liking a game. I think you might be one of the few people who takes his advice seriously...

Pretty much every weapon from the Painkiller universe would be classified as "impractical" but this one's the nuttiest: <img src=http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/667/667924/the-weapons-of-painkiller-hell-wars--20051117051751996-000.jpg> The Boltcaster, an automatic shuriken...

Shrinking single player is nothing new. I first heard complaints about short games ten years ago. There was a significant drop in game length between the 16- and 32-bit eras, and it just kept getting worse. I read an article around 2000 that noted that the average PSX game had gone from 12 hours...

I've never done an LP, but I've watched plenty. A few thoughts. First, in the videos I watched, you seemed to be doing it live - recording at the same time you were playing. I would recommend against that, at least until you get the hang of commentary. Record the playthrough first, then layer...

I have "non-regional diction," which is a fancy linguistic way of saying that I don't really have one. It's highly desirable in any field that involves public speaking, and had probably already helped me land one job. One good thing to come out of being born in the American Midwest, I suppose.

At times like this, I wonder how the hell Keanu Reeves keeps getting work. No one's going to argue that he's a good actor, and he's not a very good action star either. The best theory I've heard is that he gets added to projects for the buzz factor. For better or worse, Reeves is widely known -...

As cynical as I am, I'm still a little stunned by this thread. I've seen people suggesting eugenics programs and PRC-style child bearing restrictions and even several people who basically want to use Brave New World as a guide for society. Yes, it's easy to look at truly bad parents and decide...