Recent content by marco75

I have been living in Australia since the age of thirteen. In that time, I have become accustomed to the idea that any statement or proposal by a man to a woman, say "uhm, what are you doing for lunch?" or "wanna go get a coffee?" will be construed as being 'creepy', 'sexist hornbag' 'sexual...

This topic reminds me of the preface to 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw. "An english speaking person cannot open their mouth without incurring the contempt of another english speaking person. There is no agreed-upon way to pronounce the wretched language, as written English uses a latin...

Advance Wars, Fire Emblem and King Of Fighters EX2 and the two Wario Ware games (Minigame Mania & Twisted) were my favorites. I still play with it to this day.

I'm out of the PC upgrade cycle; Would be getting this for XBox 360 (it sits next to my PC and uses the same monitor), if I can afford it (despite strong AUD, new AAA titles for 360/PS3 cost ~$100-120, which means I just wait 6 months. Consoles get modchipped, but most of them aren't...

Just returned from a 10 month interstate trip, got my old PC and games out of storage, replaying F.E.A.R. with a newer video card (nVidia 7600 -> 9600GS), runs great.

I was surprised when people said "Godhand was great, even though the graphics were shit". How are the graphics bad, exactly? The character designs are cool, it runs at a high framerate, the environments are varied and interesting, and the animation fluid and believable. I think the proper...

Kung Fu for the original Max Payne.

Happy 25th birthday Yahtzee! Regarding JRPGs... Back in the day me and my friends all played FF7 and FF8. I had never played JRPGs before emulation. The Dragon Warrior games are unbelievably tedious grindfests. With FF7, at least you didn't actually need to stay and level up to survive...

Another reason that backwards-compatibility for PS3 is important: There are hardly any games out for it. The PS2 is fully backwards compatible, AND has a biggest library of any console. I'm still waiting for SF4 and the HD Remix to come out, and while I'm not 100% decided on PS3 VS 360, I...

I find the elitist gaming phenomenon so odd -- since when does consumption of a particular entertainment product make you better than other people who consume different products? What is the philosophical basis for that? Computer games are a popular form to pass the time. Isn't that enough...

This clip made me realize how silly computer games are -- which is painful to admit, since they have been a lifelong obsession. My favorite part was the herb, and the fact Leon's expression never changes.