Recent content by Steven Kilpatrick

I'm confused by the question. I assume you're being snarky since I included a bunch of numbers, but in case you were being serious: The sales figures are from numerous reports. 3.5 million shipped. Over 1 million sold. I used the number of facebook "likes" and divided it by the number of...

It's a relatively impossible situation after only a week. 50,000 respondents is still only 5% of the total owners (give or take, these numbers are extremely fluid right now). You also have the normal problem that when people hate something, especially if the internet is involved, they pad...

My confusion is the notion that "most fans" have reached some sort of consensus on this. The game has been in our hands for just over a week. That's hardly enough time for the 1 million plus owners to have beaten it. Furthermore, only about 1,400 people have donated money to the charity...

The joy for me is that I am that loyal fan. I also only had to register five hundred or so other suggested titles to keep them from being selected over my own. Totally worth it.

I agree with Purple Platypus. Just keep in mind that if you happen to be a player who prefers ranged combat, it's probably the one place that Planescape doesn't do as well because the camera is moved in a bit. In Baldur's it's completely the opposite, as PP says, you use range to your...

Let me follow that up by saying this: If you're talking about how I felt the first time I played it, it was (at the time) the most overwhelming sense of freedom and awe that I'd ever had with an RPG. It's the reason I gave Planescape a try in the first place and it was so good that it made me a...

I'm mixed about this. The guys moved on and crafted much better games since then using the same basic ideas. If you have to play a game using that engine I'd suggest Planescape: Torment (which you can get over at GoG.com as well). Let me be clear: I own BG. Not some downloaded copy for...

I've already said a lot about this in a very loud voice, so while I don't expect or encourage anyone to go read it, it's easier than boiling down a complicated stance into a forum sized nugget (minus copy/pasting the whole damn thing). http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2010/06/10/heavy-rain-soapbox/

I actually did a search for "Dating Sims" because I knew I wouldn't be the first to say it. I'm biased against them despite only having played one or two to write about them. They're not just a style of game I hate on gaming merit alone; they also trend toward the worst sort of gender...