Recent content by Shannon Spencer Fox

Really, no mention of... ugh, Christopher Pelant from Fox's 'Bones'? That character was so bad he personally made me quit the show with the almost magical-levels of bullshit he was pulling out of his backside to twart the main characters. Of course, given the whole 'crossover with Sleepy...

Interestingly enough, the whole 'conversation' thing is something I noticed FFXV do rather well, even from the start of the game. One of the funniest bits I've heard so far involved two guys talking about the idea of 'souping up' a Chocobo, much like you would with a car... which is something...

Oh, I'm quite aware of that. It doesn't change the fact that it happened in the first place, though. Up until recently, I was torn between getting it when it comes out on PC, or passing it all together as a sign of protest... the game's crap quality helped make that easier, though. That said...

I'm glad Yahtzee got around to making the point that I've made about the new game, though I think it's more complicated than that. More specifically, you could argue that this game is a second origin story, because it has no connection to the first one to start with. I'll admit that I...

I do find it interesting that Yahtzee came up with the same 'solution' to the game's main problem that I did: the ability to actually move around and explore the restaurant would've helped the game immensely, either to just simply explore (and find some of the vaunted story elements people have...

That was actually one of the (tiny) issues I had with Yahtzee's last ZP review; the talk of Starbound being a 'survival' game (and Terraria and Minecraft alongside it). I'd personally argue that all three games are more building/exploration than survival, with the monster element more to provide...

That was by far my favorite part of the review... because, honestly, Bioshock 2 can burn in the darkest pits of the Underworld. Or, more accurately, I liked it when it was called 'Bioshock'.

A very excellent article indeed, Yahtzee, and I agree with your points; I don't know how much of a 'save-scummer' I've been (or are), but if I recall correctly, I've only really resorted to it in situations where I'm already close to losing/dying, and I'm at a part that's already kicked my butt...

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for bringing up the concept of the 'Silent Protagonist'; a concept I've personally found very tiring for quite some time. I can technically understand the appeal of it, from an 'player-avatar' standpoint, and for some characters it kind of works (Link from Legend...

Actually, while I was talking to my significant-other about this thread and what was discussed, they brought up a pretty valid point: Mercer never actually consumed Heller at all; he just infected him with the Blacklight virus. I suppose it's still possible that he's still a vessel for Mercer's...

Very true, though it also appeared to be somewhat unconscious on his part, and not really something he deliberately chose. ;) But, regardless, you do make a valid point there. I must say, though, I am reminded of a conversation you hear while following after some Blackwatch soldiers as you...

If nothing else, it would've led to an interesting 'final choice', much like at the end of Infamous 2, yeah. That was rather what me and my significant-other noticed, yeah: the fact that Heller was ostensibly trying to be the 'good guy', but he didn't seem to mind at all the rather horribly...

Oh! Yes, I remember that column now... thanks. :) Interesting idea, though to be honest, you'd have to do a ton of testing, since it'd be REALLY easy for the controls to not work just right... Honestly, that's another reason why I liked Prototype 2 over the first one, and admittedly I...

Oh! Yes, Duke Nukem Forever... now I remember that EP column. This is the problem with acronyms, though... ;) Ahh, yes, the first boss in that game, as it happens... and now I feel old. But hey, at least it was before the soul-crushing rocket-sled portion of the game! Anyway, as for the...

Yes, The 3rd Birthday... but, perhaps unfortunately, you can add one person to that, although I've yet to play it longer than 10 minutes. Almost wish I'd waited for a demo first, or even knew of the magic world of custom firmware before buying it, but maybe I just need to give it a better shot...