Recent content by kspiess

I thought the combat in the first game was great. I also didn't mind the elevators much. They were a reasonable amount of time, playing on my PC. The planet hoppin' did annoy me that much, because I knew the secret to the planet hopping. Which was, you really didn't have to do it all. I...

I'm looking forward to MMO release of the game. It's a shame the team's Mythos game never was released. It was a lot of fun. Following the Diablo formula, you can't go too far wrong.

I won't put too too much stock in the opinion of Charlie Stross. It's just that: his personal opinion and preference. There is room for all sorts of science fiction -- from the most Hollywood space opera, to the diamond hard stuff that he writes. For example, I'm not sure if any of you have...

Piracy is probably a big reason why they decided not to go with LAN play. But another big reason could possibly be that they want to force people to use Battlenet, because they are monetizing-it. I don't know what the real reason is, but I just thought I'd bring that up as a possibility...

Hehe, great story! I sort of prefer Valve myself anyways though, so I don't think Gabe should get too down about it :)

A veteran of DOS gaming, I can say there is no reason to go back! But LAN gaming -- certainly there is still a reason why so many people are sad to see it go. There are still tons of LAN gaming events.It's sad SC2 won't be a part of them. Even more so for Diablo 3. If you have a couple of...

An article on Dogmeat! Never thought I'd come across that. Good stuff. Fallout 1/2 are just about my favorite all-time RPGs, and Dogmeat has to be one of my favorite characters from those two fantastic games. (Fallout 3: Meh.) Yet another great article on Escapist. It is interesting how...

No way I'd spend $90 USD on a game. And citing raising development costs seems somewhat lame. No one forced them to raise their development costs. It is possible to make a good game with 'only' 40 million instead of 60 million.

"The floodgates were opened and now, I find myself beer bonging information on a daily basis." Hehe, nice metaphor Tom.

Well, there is always indies :) But honestly, I don't really see the situation as a negative or positive thing. Just as a natural outcome of the situation: bigger the budget, the less likely the financial backers of projects will want their studios to take creative risks. There are of...

Best of luck for your future endeavors, and excellent tour of duty!

I would argue this more a side-effect of the economic heights that the game industry has now reached, more than anything else. More than say, just the amount of ideas that creative gamer types are coming up with. When game budgets began emulating Hollywood film budgets, there is some formula...

Good article. I might have to head to St. Augustine's bar one night, and check it out.

I enjoyed this article. Your mention of Evolution recalled previously long-gone memories of playing Evolution on a C64 when I was, oh I don't know, around 8 or so. That was a good game! I remember how the game ended -- after the humans with lazerz stage -- with a vast, apocalyptic...

Chocolate-coated skeleton warrior! You can only take down hardcore nightmare Satan with a vanilla-coated skeleton warrior ! Everyone knows that. Hehe..thanks for the comments guys. Glad you found it funny and not altogether too, too far ridiculous. I wanted to say that while writing...