Recent content by MarkyJ

It could be argued that some games tell a story in the way that other forms cannot through use of choice. I would point to games such as Mass Effect as an example. Art is subjective; meaning varies from person to person (even the very definition of art can vary depending on who you ask). Some...

That's a bit of a generalisation, that all PC users and Console players hate each other. Sadly, there is a fair amount of hate. I can't tell whether it's the masses or just a vocal minority though. I personally don't see why there's any hate at all. I started playing consoles and then...

They're funny as hell and sometimes I agree with him but generally I'll buy what appeals to me rather than what Yahtzee says is a good game. He does make some good points and I share his opinion on some things (like overused franchises) but at the end of the day, some of the points he...

800mm repeating artillery loaded with phased plasma. I'm a minmatar battlehip pilot on eve online. The projectile is about twice as wide as I am! ... This is going to hurt.

On the one hand I'm a fairly smart bugger already so being wise enough to use that knowledge to best effect would be a great advantage. On the other hand, I work full-time at national minimum wage. My bank account is perpetually low so the allure of a large cash injection would be nearly...

The Original Homeworld. Thrid mission, when you return to Kharak. This moment actually made me cry (bonus points for doing it over a decade ago!).

For me it would have to be the Battlestar Galactica with Admiral Adama. The ship: It's a combination carrier and destroyers with the ability to launch wings of fighters as fast as they can be wheeled into the launch tubes while still throwing out a wall of flak shells. And it looks like...

Fortunately I have a recurve bow and sufficient arrows to be sure a bad guy is dead without having to actually check (even if one of the arrows is blunted and bent after it got fired at a hammer hidden inside an improvised target). Unfortunately its a bad idea to keep a bow under tension for...

My personal fave: Schlock Mercenary It's funny, violent without going too far and (the recent ones anyway) very well drawn for a comic put out EVERY DAY INCLUDING WEEKENDS! So far as I can see Howard Taylor has realeased a strip a day every day for the last 10 years. Wow. Also, his blog is...

Life changes certainly. It depends on how you let it affect you. Main pros of age: -Independance (you can do what you want within reason) -Additional skills/life options open up (for example, you can't even start learning to drive a car in the UK until you're 17) -You gain more...

Nationally, a fair ammount of our Electricity is produced via renewable energy and nuclear power. There would certainly be large-scale blackouts both scheduled and unscheduled but there wouldn't be mass death because there isn't enough power to pump water into peoples homes either...