Recent content by lawdjayee

Obviously the industry is with Logan on this one. I think Logan's wrong about what he wants, though. He not only wants to play, he wants the visceral satisfaction that comes from "winning." That's why he's not watching movies or reading novels for his narrative fix. Those media don't tell...

I like the way Shamus brought two the PC and console "dumb down" arguments together; they are rarely in the same place at the same time. The use of the term "dumb down" I've always thought to be revealing, tho; the criticisms come from people who like to think of themselves as smart, and like...

Always the same basic assumptions, that "improvements" in tech make change inevitable, that everyone has the same idea of what constitutes an improvement etc. The first point to make is that the reason surveys ask for "connected" rather than "actually use" is because the "actually use" numbers...

Dr. Mark, thank you for this piece. It may seem like basic stuff for you, but there are a lot of folks out there (including me) who ought to find what you've written useful, as you say, on their own time...

Hate to break it to you, but nobody in any organization is "worth" $15 million per year.

Never played GTA4...but I have a hard time believing there's a single radio ad as sidesplitting as the "Stilwater U" ad. "At Stilwater University, I'm not just a number...but I'm not quite an individual either...I'm Bethany 43!"

From the point of view of the other players in the game, ragequitting is no different than having your internet drop out; the results are the same. While I'd guess in the broadband era ragequitters outnumber tech issue drops 10-1 (at least), both screw up the online experience equally. It's...

I've played as a Vanguard only. Biotic charge is too fun--one can easily charge oneself into encirclement b/c of the sheer joy of it; it's tactical possibilities are more limited than the other special powers. And, OT, but learning how to bend your biotics makes them much more useful than in...

Report: David Cage Falsely Represents Capabilities of His Own Gaming Software. After years of waiting, David Cage has finally been taken to task by the gaming media for utterly failing to create the interactive story experiences he blathers on about incessantly in interview after interview...

Gee, I thought mainly industry types and media attended events like GDC...so...isn't the intended audience for this performance...the guy that wrote this article? And not people who might buy the game? PLEASE.

Ha! Nice headline, which should have read, Developer Offers Justification for DLC Already on Disks. That said, I don't understand the complaints. Everyone knows that it's an attempt to recoup profits from the resale market. And everyone knows that if you purchase DLC in the first week or so...

"A pretentious collection of QTEs" BINGO! Sorry to repeat previous post! The title of the piece is misleading...Citizen Kane wasn't a major cinematic achievement for its story, but its cinematography...movies and tv didn't simply replicate radio, they created new art forms. VG are not a...

In my experience nobody (including most people who benefit from racism) thinks they are racists, and there's a great deal of current history/sociology literature which indicates why. Most Americans of all political stripes like to believe they would have been the heroes who stood on principle...

Re: sandbox games, Morrowind suggested (but didn't execute ideally) a good solution to this problem. Have the main quest be slightly obscured for a time, and encourage the character to acquire "seasoning" before they are allowed to find out the real poop-storm is coming; then make the...

Pay for play is a huge issue in the vg journalism world. I have heard from a very reliable source of multiple reviews for a game being published (!) before review copies were sent out, for example. Since at some level we, the vg consuming public, know this, those who provide reviews have to...