Recent content by MarcellusMagnus

House Lannister. That's what it says: House Lannister. They weren't even testing for that.

Heh, Master of Orion 1+2 ran out in less than a minute. Then Planescape Torment made the server time out.

I tried Master of Orion II when I was 14, and I just couldn't make any sense of it. I couldn't figure out the specifics of how the rules worked, and I found it unbearably slow compared to Heroes of Might & Magic III (the only other turn-based game I'd played before). I uninstalled it the same...

Well, it's a good thing I'm not arguing against that then! I'm drawing a comparison between People Reacting To Game A and People Reacting To Game B, not between People Reacting To Game A and People Affected By Social Injustice X.

Let this be a lesson to you, Internet: if you want something changed, the key point is claiming to be offended (preferably on behalf of minorities or women). When thousands of people were ranting and raving pages long about the ending of Mass Effect 3, the complaints were about the game's...

Is a person who only plays Call of Duty and not Assassin's Creed, Europa Universalis or Final Fantasy not a 'gamer'? Is a person who only plays basketball and doesn't swim, play hockey or run hurdles regularly not an 'athlete'?

Heh, I didn't realize PS:T had 3 minutes worth of pre-rendered footage... I half expected the video to consist mostly of dialogue mode screens (because honestly, that's where most of the real action lies).

I have a soft spot for Medieval II because my own nation - Hungary - is playable in it, and that rarely happens outside of Paradox titles like Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron.

xkcd Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Sunday at 10 (not updated anymore, but has a large archive) Head Trip Blue Milk Special

Arcanum 2. Psychonauts 2. Knights of the Old Republic 3. Star Trek: Bridge Commander 2. A new GTA: London (preferably in the style of the GTA3 games). The "Van Buren" Fallout game. (Had to be said.) A strategy game in the Mass Effect universe (in the veins of SW: Empire at War).