Recent content by Log Lady

I agree with Fightgarr. QTEs can be done well. It's just that mostly they aren't. I think the trick is sticking to the control conventions of the normal game. Uncharted did this and it made them feel less out of place. Also, I think one of the best QTEs was one of the first. In "Out...

Games as Art: FF6 Intro I?ve been playing videogames for a long time now, and as a result I?ve come around to believing that games are art. It?s always baffled me, though, that no one in the mainstream is excited about this. I mean, we have a genuinely interactive media here. This isn?t...

America: 1) It's really freaking big, and there are a lot of different people in it. 2) REAL American beer comes from microbrews, and it is delicious. 3) The Republicans are a minority party. They only used to win b/c they'd cornered the religious vote using abortion, which freed them...

I'll throw in a couple: Meat Puppets in the eighties. Frank Zappa Captain Beefheart Sun Ra

Those Screw Attack lists are pretty good. I'd add Ducktales for NES Paperboy (whichever) Illusion of Gaia SNES Lolo NES Excite Bike Boy and his Blob Marble Madness Batman NES Bubsy Prince of Persia

Okay, So you're right that (at least under US law, I suppose), Square was well within it's legal bounds in shutting down this operation. However, this is precisely where the trade off between monopoly-like rights and incentives for intellectual innovation ought to make us a little uncomfortable...

For Research [http://www.audioatrocities.com/games/index.html] My vote goes to Shining Force 3 for worst. Maybe Bioshock for best?

Blast Corps Willie Beamish Blazing Dragons Out of this World Knytt Land Stalker Mega Man Zero Lolo Legendary Wings Wing Commander Prophecy Grim Fandango (sort of) Boy and his Blob La Mulana

Didn't Earthbound already do this as a joke?

I did not know how to do that. My bad.

Killzone 2 has been out for a bit, and the game received nearly unprecedented media attention due to the hype surrounding the title and its perceived importance for the console market. The reviews came out strangely unanimous, even though some differed in scores. They all said the plot was...

Thiosk, I used to say this but I disagree now. The trouble is that we collectively make race norms that people end up reacting to when you're not really thinking. So for example, TV might show you ten-thousand black people committing violent crimes. Then, some poor shlub of a police officer...

I grew up in a place with a lot of explicit racism and antisemitism. I don't like it because it hurts people by either leading to explicit discrimination or hateful actions, a refusal of support, failure to give folks the benefit of the doubt, and a tendency to just see what folks are doing as...

Things that require targeting. In Half-Life I can't count how many times I'd gravity gun up a bit of debris instead of an exploding barrel. Also, it always gave me an "Oh, right, the HUD" moment when I realized I needed my little target cursor right over the particular bit of wood I was trying...

I think the music is essential to the emotional payload of plot based games. Final Fantasy 3 for the SNES stands out for me. I thought Half-Life 2 used music very well, too. I think there's something else that incredibly catchy music like the Zelda, Katamari, and Mario themes does, but I...