Recent content by noreshadow

@ Pink Gregory Semantics? is that the best your Cognitive dissonance can come up with?

Ok i'll admit. Some of these systems, if used in moderation, can actually help tell a narrative. or craft a genuinely better game. but that's not whats going on. If a company puts sugar in there food, that's ok. If a company puts methamphetamine in there food, that's not ok. I've seen...

I was not talking about bad game design I was talking about games designed by psychological study, not crafted with artistic intent. basically games modeled after a Skinner Box as an indie game designer i have a strong belief that this kinda practice is morally reprehensible. and the only...

There is such a thing as evil game design, basically things designed to be addictive, not fun. broadly speaking its anything that resembles a casino. MMO's of course are the biggest offenders. but more games try to incorporate these element to increase "Fun" aka sells, there's no room for...

@ BeerTent I have a feeling your miss understanding what I'm talking about..... not the cost of games...the cost of DEVELOPING games... Arguing against the unsustainability of the AAA industry is like arguing against unsustainability of the oil industry. Its not so much an opinion as it is...

@ Vault101 "I'm not going to deny there are problems, but rather then spell doom Id rather wait and see what happens" As far as i can tell, those have to be the exact sentiments of business execs of these major developers over 10 years of knowing about these problems, do you know what...

The problems the industry faces are real, and as far as i can tell, without a radical change of course, insurmountable. The cost of game development has increased exponentially over the last generation, and shows no sign of stopping. there's no reward for artistic integrity, so no...

First off Mikeyfell is 110% correct. how can you treat something as art if nobody knows who the artist is? Gamers know that anything made by Tim Shaffer is going to be brilliant,or at least worthy of being called art, but nobody else does. and that's a shame. Good games still come out, its...

Well... playing any game back in the day was considered uncool. right up there with D&D and reading comics. you young folk take not constantly having to justify or hide your hobby for granted. But a particular game, Kingdom hearts... my dad walked in on me playing the the little mermaid...

@ Pink Gregory "I reckon, just from what I've seen, that the older types are the ones more excited for developments in gaming - especially independents and kickstarter - than the young ones, who seem to be the one beating the 'everything was better yesterday' drum." I'm both, truth be told...

I have a fat list of jrpg's I want to play. I really like there original(compared to western rpgs) fantasy settings and monsters. But despite my best efforts, I just can't stick with them. The moment I have to start grinding to level up to beat a boss, I stop. The truth is there's absolutely...

Its funny, you can tell how old somebody is by there list. It makes me sad that so few of the younger generation have played anything besides modern games. Its kinda the same as being a movie buff, and never seeing anything made before 2003.... I understand It can be hard, since there...

@ TheEarthSheep "20. Escape Velocity: Nova (I vaguely remember replaying it and discovering it to be awful, which is why it's so far down on the list, but the memory of playing it for the first time almost ten years ago and loving it is more clear, hence its inclusion at all)" The games...

@ sammysoso one of these things is not like the other one. IS. -> Star Wars: Rogue Squadron i got it!

first off ,props to JudgeGame for putting total annihilation, it makes me sad that that game is so underappreciated. anyways. the best of each system I've played, in no particular order: . Total annihilation (pc) . Escape velocity (mac) . Mega-man legends (ps1) . Psychonauts (x-box) ...