Recent content by nicholasofcusa

Agreed, although maybe I'll write a bio piece on the Invoke people ending with a dismissive assessment of McGonigal (if I could bring myself to type a smiley it'd go here). Agreed again - the psychology is extremely powerful. I don't see it as unproven, millions and millions of gamers prove...

This is exactly my point: why raise an issue only to summarily dismiss it? Whether or not it's a substantive critique of McGonigal's work, you raise the matter at the end of a highly sympathetic bio piece and characterise it as 'arch' and 'niggling'. This is doesn't count as a demonstration of...

You're right, my posts probably won't be winning any awards for internet politeness. I apologise. I'm happy to clarify: my criticism doesn't have anything to do with my economic expertise. It's to do with the article's ending where you raise issues which I think are very important only to...

"Possibly a good multivitamin might help." Or an ARG? You seem to think they will help malnourishment in Africa after all. Sadly I don't think revealing my identity (or my gender!) will improve your article. Engaging maturely with the criticism I raise rather than indulging typical forum...

LOL at the weaksauce 'criticism' at the end of this piece. I have no problem with using games educationally, but the entire attitude here smacks of "Let them eat videogames!" I realise The Escapist is an entertainment rag and not journalism and as I'm totally uninterested in forum-debating the...

There's no doubt that the writer has described some of the very effective storytelling/world building techniques used in HL2 and Portal. However I do have to say if they leave me with a 'explosion/white out/stupid monologue by an interdimensional salaryman' one more time they'll have well and...

All games that cater to completionist (sic) share something with the art of building model ships. They're both concerned with monomaniacal attention to detail. Oh indeed. Final Fantasy plots may be hackneyed, but until the writer can prove that this doesn't apply to pretty much all games, or...