Recent content by shadowskater

How about racism in Pokemon? Have you guys heard the debates about whether Jynx is based on black stereotypes? There's actually a really strong case for it...the big lips, the black face, the "mammy" shape. Either that, or she's inspired by ganguro girls in Japan, a 90's fashion fad where girls...

Wow! A lot of video game web commentary has been taking on PETA and the hypocrisy of animal rights activists lately. Another show I watch compared Pokemon's Team Plasma with PETA, the ALF, and the ARM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxNcQLXuFJI I think the common thread with both videos is...

It's funny that this topic was just brought up because last night I stumbled across two separate critiques of PETA and animal rights activism. Both were quite good.. The first was Penn and Teller's Bull***: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kXUPy-dCx4 And this one compares Pokemon's Team...

I agree. Sure, when and how she died is a moot point and not wanting to spoil the "beauty" of the scene or deal with the blood in an FMV is probably the real reason why there is no blood or wound, but that's the great thing about this guy's video series. Sure, the theories are outlandish...

You raise a good point. At this point, can we just assume that everyone knows this classic scene? Or does it still require a spoiler alert? I figure, if you don't know by now, it's time to get out from under your rock. To gamers, it's like knowing that America won the Revolutionary War. It's...

Thanks for the assist! I kept playing around with various incarnations of "embed" this and "link" that, but couldn't come up with anything. Now I know! And I agree with you about the reviewers that overanalyze games. There are so many people who do basic reviews or who try to add fairly weak...

Darn! Screwed that one up. I'm new to the forum scene, so I'm not used to embedding videos. Here's the link I'm talking about...Sorry about the inconvenience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEJ_3_wYROc&feature=channel_video_title

I stumbled across a video series this morning where the host used real-world research to analyze Aerith's death in FFVII. I thought it was amusing and wanted to get your opinion on the issue. To summarize, since there is no blood coming out of her wound, he guesses that she slumped over...

Try Foldit. It's a puzzle game that actually has you playing with unsolved mysteries in science. Just last week, in fact, gamers determined the structure of an AIDS-like virus in three weeks when scientists have been stumped trying to figure it out for over ten years. The learning curve is a...