Recent content by sleepbox

Yes. If every game had dedicated servers, it COULD be worth it but P2P competitive gaming sucks. Host always has an edge.

Quake 3 Arena intro'd me to online FPS and I played for hundreds of hours, Return to Castle Wolfenstein was awesome, Unreal Tournament was ok, now I only play Team Fortress 2. I like a balance between absurd and realistic and TF2 hits the nail on the head and RTCW before that. You've got...

I hate consoles for being locked-down PCs.

Besides typical crashes and bugs, I'd say the goodie I discovered on Road Rash 2 for the Sega Genesis. If you knocked a cop off of his bike then immediately crashed yourself, you could walk back to where the cop was, see their lifeless body in the middle of the road, keep walking backwards...

I really enjoyed Quarantine (racing shooter) and Killing Time (FPS) for the 3do.

Pub stompers. Period.

Some people do some people don't. I think story is very important for single player games but for me it's all about how the story is told. If there's an over abundance of CG movies, I am generally turned off. However, if it is told from the perspective of your character then I think there's a...