Recent content by parttimeesthete

Ok, I agree. The strange phenomenon of 'hype' works not only on vastly advertised titles, but also on underground games, where people enjoy to brag about playing something that others don't even know. I have to add here, that I merely tried to describe Yahtzee's train of thoughts which I...

... because of the nice beaches maybe? ;)

"Intertubes" is just a word for the internet going around as a joke on the web. It started with this old senator who said some stupid stuff about networks, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE . But you're right, it's a bit stupid to actually use it. I just got so used to it.

This is where you might have misunderstood Yahtzee's (and other's) point of view: I think he meant that indie games should get more attention of the broad audience, not because they are generally better, but because they have more potential of innovation which can cause them to be better. Of...

Good to know that somebody else hates 'that guy' as well! Just a few days ago I realized that my PC isn't even fast enough to fluently decode videos anymore - and by 'decode' I mean PLAY! The 720p XVID videos which seem to become standard around the intertubes totally hog the CPU at 100% load...

Okay... here is what I thought and I think it is something that most people in this thread should finally understand: THE REASON why his top-5 list was disguised is because it is HIS list. Everybody has their own favorites and so does Ben Croshaw, 'internet celebrity'. It's clearly a...

I concur!