Recent content by Protolandia

It's a toss up between Diablo II and Half Life 2. Though, with Half Life 2, I actually dream in that game - and I get excited about playing it over and over because of it's intense immersion (best story and character involvement ever!). I think I secretly want to live in City 17 and run around...

I believe there's a fine line between all the "types" of RPGs anyway. And in that fine line, lies the problem we seem to discuss. You guys just described certain styles to the RPG, linear, dialogue driven, open, etc. First, all games are essentially RPG simply because a player is taking on...

Maybe if we get over the arrogant idea that the game MUST be like the book, since we have discussed that is either too difficult, or very very rare, or impossible, and just enjoy being in the world of the book, playing and interacting in the place we have all wanted to go. I would suggest a...

I actually believe this is the fundamental problem, when pigeon-holing a style of MMO, and characterizing it as "social". What has to happen, for the game to be useful to players, is the players themselves either, join the game to be social or they ignore the social aspect and just play. My...

I wonder if the idea, in the far reaches of our game obsessed brains, that the first images of gaming to an avid gamer or a novice, is something big. Consoles and PCs give us this immediate gratification for such an image, while hand-helds do not. I think Tom, here, is correct in his creative...