Recent content by madigan

I think 10 years for site-based gaming journalism to reach the point you describe (huge, broadly-reaching networks) might be over-estimating just a bit. We're already on the verge of seeing that right now as this very website is a potential example. Joystiq has popped and their cream will filter...

Thanks for this one, MovieBob! I couldn't agree with you more on this issue. The only "simple" take-away from the Charlie Hebdo attack is that murder and terrorism is always wrong and horrible, and that the right to free speech is a concept more nuanced than most people seem to realize.

SJ seems like a decent enough lead to be playing Kusanagi (but it still hurts that they couldn't get a Japanese actress for the role), but the rest of the attached crew (director, writer, producers, etc.) but makes me shiver with dread. I mean, the executive producer's last effort was NEED FOR...

Oh thank JIM! I've seen StratFirst dumping their nasty leavings onto Steam for a while now and I was wondering when someone was going to come along and start calling them out on their shit. I first heard about them all the way back in 2002 when they picked up the online distribution deal for...

Well, that review was more entertaining than anything I could get out of Mountain. Any place where I can send you $0.99 for the 2 minutes, 37 seconds of enjoyment I got out of reading your words?

My first experience with God Hand was when my roommate in college picked it up one evening on a random whim. He started playing it around 11pm and the beginning seemed sort of bland and clunky so I ignored it and went back to playing WoW (*shudders*). The morning I had to get up at 9am for class...

I've actually seen quite a bit of negative criticism about the specific points you mentioned from many other sources, but even those that point out these flaws still tend to admit that they liked the overall film. I saw one vid-review (I think it was Bennett the Sage's v-log, actually) in which...

I loved the podcast this week; more so than usual, in fact, but one thing really stuck out for me that I really just had to comment on... Ross, just what is your problem with Pink Floyd? Can't a person enjoy and appreciate 'We Don't Need No Education' or 'Amused to Death' in peace without...

Man, this looks like a really interesting film! I love Michael Keaton too (in his whole breadth of work, not just as Batman), so this is really right up my ally. I'm still not entirely sold that it will be a "great" film, because it also looks to be like one of those films that is trying SO...

I'd say Star-Lord is in pretty good company with that mask... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0qySDj2e5M/TRwIxLmm96I/AAAAAAAAAiI/wOK4rCck4ec/s1600/FalloutNewVegasWallpaperRangerClose.jpg

I disagree. While I certainly love my Bee Bullets, ghosts, and nanomachines = super powers, at this point, I've kinda had enough. Part of the reason that I loved MGS3 so much, even compared to the other Metal Gear games, was that for all its cucko, it was pretty serious and grounded and hinted...

Yup. This pretty much. Even if it was just horrible fan service I can't deny that if Joss Whedon were to create a sexy Firefly/Cowboy Bebop mashup I could die content with the state of the world. My God, what have I become!

Proper nomenclature is a helluva drug...

Wait, I thought Jim's dog was named Bartleby? Where'd this Dylan fellow come from? Did y'all pick up a rescue animal from the shelter? He sounds right precocious.

I finished the new one a few weeks ago, so technically the older one at the moment. After playing both, I was surprised at just how closely the new one matches the old one's movement and combat/gunplay speed, even if the melee mechanics are totally different. Both are great fun, and the new one...