Recent content by Matt Turano

Since it was about her own experience playing the game, it'd be a bit odd if the article was full of you, yours, and theirs. Actually, the review was posted on Tuesday; this is something completely different. This is exactly why I like this game; you nailed it squarely. The you-but-not-you...

Dead Space went for the jumpy, in-your-face scare, as opposed to the kind of fear in System Shock 2, which was slow and relentless. (Think about your first run-in with a maintenance bot in SS2, watching the condition of your pistol slowly deteriorate and your armor-piercing rounds disappear, and...

The Only Thing We Have to Fear Reanimated corpses on a spaceship? Not scary. Mannequins in a department store, now that's scary. Matt Turano examines why some things give us the willies and others just make us shrug. Read Full Article

Discord and Rhyme: The Puck Stops Here Matt Turano is looking forward to the start of hockey season, where 2K Games may finally have some competition from EA. Read Full Article

The cyberspace segments annoyed the hell out of me, as they added nothing whatsoever to the story or gameplay. Opening a door shouldn't be a tedious experience of...walking...action...cutscene...walking...proceed. Screw it, just let me open the damn door and move on already. The more that I...

Discord and Rhyme: When Bad Games Happen to Good People A special kind of shame comes from being unable to stop playing a game that you know is bad, but it's a shame Matt Turano bets you've all felt at least once. Permalink

Discord and Rhyme: Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough Matt Turano doesn't really hate the games you love, he just finds himself awash in sea of "meh" over them. Read Full Article

Try playing as a defender; I recently made it through the campaign with seven deaths, as opposed to about a hundred with the berserker and seventy with the bio-engineer. Also beat Hel without seeing the Valkyrie once, which surprised me. It was almost too easy. I sure wish I could stop...

Discord and Rhyme: Taking My Self-Control Once the feeling of getting kicked in the nethers wears off, Too Human is a pretty good time, says Matt Turano. Read Full Article

Discord and Rhyme: Playing By the Rules The way Matt Turano sees it, the difference between playing a game and the game playing you lies in how the designer feels about rules. Read Full Article

Ah, the relatively safe, innocent days of the Rice Krispy. Wait'll she graduates to walnuts. Ow. Glad you liked the article.

Hmm. Sounds almost like a...challenge. Those are evocative, especially if they all draw inspiration from the same event. Not sure I wanna know about the "Boom," though, if they do. (What kind of scary-ass jellybeans did you have at YOUR birthday parties, anyway??)

I'm not sure about the title either. I've never been particularly good at naming things, but I'll try to make the next one more relevant. Actually, I'd be happy just to call them all "Mayonnaise," or "Embarrassing Rug Burn," but those would probably meet with editorial disfavor.

Discord and Rhyme: My Cowboys Have Always Been Heroes Matt Turano accidentally exposes his young son to the depravity that is Grand Theft Auto, and lives to tell the tale. Read Full Article