Recent content by machvergil

"Edition Rage" is a big part of what seems to form the discussion in gaming in general, weather it's people who loved WoW before Burning Crusade to people who'd never go back to a day before Death Knights, or arguing over editions of D&D. I agree that "fun" is subjective, but the important...

It really is sad that fourth edition has attracted such criticism. 4E is easily the best D&D has ever been in terms of overall fun factor and it's sad to me how much nostalgia keeps people from seeing that. Is it perfect? No, but it's much closer than any of the older editions were.

I wonder how few people under the age of 30 there are like me who were forced to watch Soylent Green in school and therefore experienced the surprise ending before TV spoiled it for him?

Quoted for Truth. Blade Runner was awesome, you should all see it.

I would totally beta test the proposed 3rd-person shooter/RTS hybrid that Yatzee posts here. It sounds like a neat concept and in the right hands it could be a ton of fun for all involved, especially if as a side effect the RTS player can watch his enemy's base burn from the perspective of...

My problem with RealID has always been more an internet security issue than a privacy issue. I mean yes, I understand the privacy arguments, but I'm far more concerned about the fact that your Battle.net account and RealID make it so that I'm supposed to be willingly handing out my Real name...

I've played a few micro-transaction games and most annoyed me, but Riot Game's League of Legends is an example of it done right. I don't think the system done there could work for all genres, but it shows that in some examples, having a game that is free so people can try it at no risk, and...

Command & Conquer 4 prominently belongs on this topic. Some of the franchises that I've become disappointed in I can explain on some level to me out-growing them. For example, I'm not longer a teenager and therefore don't find predictable teen-hero anime-style plots in a lot of JRPGs...

Favorite female video game character: This is a tricky for me since my favorite characters in various games tend to be the women-who-kick-ass. While I'm tempted to go classic with Samus, or obscure with Aya Brea from Parasite Eve, I think I'll stick with Chun-Li in honor of all of the...