Recent content by Perception

I'm in no way claiming to be an expert on the PS1 (I skipped half of that generation, really). Was FF7 alone primarily responsible for bringing along other non-squaresoft RPGs? (not saying that isn't the case, mind you, I'm just curious)

Who the heck is "the industry"? Out of these games, less than half had any major impact in terms of breaking new ground, and most of the things they did have been done much better later on. Legend of Zelda: I guess the ocarina was interesting, true. GoldenEye: 007 was admittedly...

I'm not too worried. This kind of legislation is very hard to enforce, and there are even more reasons why youtube and similar sites will not be affected. #1: Unenforcable laws mean nothing. One might be able to take down select big actors, but due to the very nature of the Internet...

While reading 1984, keep in mind the political climate and (then) recent history around the time it was written (published 1949). If anything, we've moved a great deal further away from the three totalitarian superstates described in 1984 since Orwell wrote it.

I think "batshit crazy" is a bit of an extreme term. You guys are, what, 16ish? Infatuation can bring very powerful, all-encompassing emotion, even for adults. During adolescence, emotions can run even hotter. With experience comes the ability to cool your head, and to resist those urges to...

If everything else meshes, it comes down to how open you are to people of different creeds and opinions, as well as how open SHE is to the same. I'm an agnostic myself, and on principle opposed to organized religion and most of what it stands for. My girlfriend, on the other hand, is a...

I'd suggest starting out with Java. Like someone else said, it holds your hand to a much greater degree than C does. Java compiler and runtime errors generally give you very detailed feedback, telling you exactly what went wrong where. C likes to give you infinitely useful one-liners like...

I don't know... it's not like Master Chief really has a personality to dislike in the first place. Of course, if being boring counts that heavily, I'd say my least favorite protagonist is the Pong paddle.

Right there with you. I actually feel insulted on behalf of my demographic as a "18-35 male gamer" by booth babes and similar phenomena. This is, what, going to make me want to purchase your product? Unless NCSoft has started making inroads into the "bedroom costumes & accessories" business, I...

Not at all. It's closer to a mixture between Baldur's Gate and an MMO than Mass Effect in terms of gameplay.

You'll have to look for a long while in order to find anyone in academia who considers Freud a current authority within the field of psychology. He's of historical significance, but that's about it.

Obvious bugs, boring gameplay and menu items that do not do what their name suggests. I think average computer science sophomores should be able to do better.

Agreed. Really, who but a complete idiot buys a game based on box art, anyway? Heck, half the games I buy are of the Steam/Direct2Drive kind, and don't even COME WITH A BOX.

DA:O is an excellent game. I don't think I've been this "into" an RPG since BGII. That said, whether YOU will like it or not depends wholly on what type of games you prefer. Dragon Age is not particularly easy. Don't expect to breeze through diablo-style. You will pause and plot all the...

DLC costs... well, vary. I'm generally fine with the prices on DLC, but that is due to my only purchasing it when I feel the expected amount of gameplay makes sense for the price. Similarly, I feel sorry for the poor saps who actually bought the "content packs" for The Sims 2, which seemed a...