Recent content by Panicky

No, "things" were initiated by the assailant's mental condition. Your insistence that this entire atrocity can be blamed solely on "psychopathy" is absurd; the guns allowed him to kill more people more efficiently. Far fewer deaths would have occurred had he not been armed, so it is simply...

People are free to express their condolences however they wish, but I can't say I'm impressed by this. The decision to "cease" shooter games is completely arbitrary and unwittingly lends credibility to the shoddy, distasteful, and hypocritical reporting on this tragedy. Guns, unlike the hammers...

Half-Life 2, its episodes, and Portal are all pretty much the same, regardless of platform (aside from some minor frame rate issues on the PS3). If you intend to play Team Fortress 2, the compilation's multiplayer component, I strongly suggest you buy the console versions. TF2 on the PC has...

I too was curious about World of Warcraft and decided to try it quite recently. I must say it met all my expectations. It was boring, tedious, and time consuming. For two hours I did nothing but murder boars in a barren field. It wasn't even that exciting; just a point and click affair. At last...

Third-person simply cannot match the immersion of a good first-person shooter. Seeing the world through the eyes of your character heightens the experience and games like Half-Life 2 or Bioshock -- both of which rely heavily on atmosphere -- would lose their brilliance in third-person. The...

A video game based on my life? Hmm... I'd buy it.

I honestly doubt the film will involve Commander Shepard, and while I agree with you that the major component of Mass Effect is choice, we mustn't forget the fascinating universe in which the games are set. There's a lot of potential for storytelling beyond the scope of the video games.