Recent content by Michael Omer

The company that works on the longest journey franchise is currently working on "the secret world", an MMO coming out on April. They have mentioned that they will continue working on a third part for the longest journey, bu it is unclear if they want to make it an MMO, a single player quest, an...

I had Mass effect 2 in my mind as well. I found myself really happy to get a new weapon in it, compared to Mass effect 1, in which I mostly didn't notice if I got something better.

This is actually a thread inspired by the "what do you like in RPGs" thread. I was wondering, what are your opinions regarding item systems in RPGs. Some RPGs have a lot of items, enabling a lot of customization, but I can't help but feel that this causes for some disrespect for the items...

Interesting. This thread seems to be split in the middle completely. It makes me think that it obviously depends on what you like in a game. dialog/writing in portal 2 is one of the best ever created. As someone who calls himself a writer, this is something I put a lot of emphasis on. The game...

It's weird no one mentioned it: red dead redemption. Also, I would suggest avoiding L.A noire, it's kind of a let down

Better get a steam account anyway, and check in daily, they have amazing sales, especially on weekends, and in two months it will be black December, in which you can buy hundreds of games for almost nothing. For free you can try some good browser based games like Misfortune (if you are an RPG...

This is my constant nightmare. I am backing up my code in multiple paranoid ways. In my dropbox, on my server, on my USB key, in a friends computer... Hearing that this happened to someone breaks my heart. And makes me even more paranoid. Going to back up my code again...

I am in the process of making an RPG called Misfortune, it is now in Beta phase. You can read about my woes in my blog at: http://assistingyoushortly.blogspot.com/

A platformer with only two platforms. The protagonist can't jump.

Russ Pitts wrote an interesting article that really changed my view about the entire thing: http://kotaku.com/5846111/mojang-v-bethesda-or-i-hate-it-when-mommy-and-daddy-fight

I've played Amnesia, which to my opinion is the scariest game ever created. I found that surprisingly, removing the headphones completely neutralizes the game's impact...

Misfortune! It's a real nice steampunk RPG made by... well, by me. You can play it at: http://www.loadingames.com

There's Misfortune, it's a cool steampunk RPG. You can find it at: http://www.loadingames.com