Recent content by Syndef

My best example is Morrowind. I remember walking away from the game because of the combat system. It didn't make sense to me that I could be so close and visibly hit an enemy and still miss, especially having played FPS's all my life. I picked it up again because I realized that I never really...

Started collecting them alongside Pokemon cards (just to have them, not to play) when I was a kid. Then I realized that Magic was actually fun. I stopped playing a long time ago though. Glad to see it's still going strong.

I would never know for sure, but chances are, it's another useless Mann Co. Crate.

I guess that makes me one of those 500,000 that quit. Only a few weeks into Cataclysm, too. I realized I would never be able to even come close to being as powerful as the players I see regularly without putting even more time into the game. I must admit though, WoW really was a fun little...

Us Americans are truly shocked that you don't even bring guns into the mall.

I took some sand from a Hawaiian beach once. That probably pissed off at least one of the local gods.

Blood. Blood works for me. Awwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeah. Nothin' like the leakin', drip-drip-drippin' of hemoglobes...

You typed up that wall in a fit of passion so I might not be connecting with you properly here. I did read it though, and I think I sort of understand what you're pissed about. I think that gamer group you hang out with is just too self-conscious. They were probably made fun of in the past...

I dunno, I'd like to say that both are equally nerdy, but that would mean I wouldn't have to choose between the two. I think when it comes down to it, Yu-Gi-Oh is probably nerdier. During it's golden age (the late 90's), Pokemon was so damn popular as an anime, a card game, and a gbc game, it...

Science versus Art? Commerce wins!

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one, but I'm very sensitive to sound. There have been more than just a few times when a song or theme made some tears well up. But the thing is that the song or theme itself might not even be sad (or meaningful) in nature. It's just that the right notes in the...

Usually with an attitude as extreme as hate, people have good reasons, or at least a reason meaningful only to them. I wouldn't want to tell misanthropes (no matter how old or justified they are) that their behavior is annoying or counter-productive. They're that way for a reason, and it's their...

The first two Thief games generally had some good ones that I don't repeat in live conversation, but they are memorable. They usually showed up before a cinematic. "Strike hot iron and call forth sparks. Strike a man and call forth fury. To shape a man or metal to thy will, thou must strike...

"You have gained 1 Reading skill point." "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that don't." Those are the only two things I saw that were worth posting, and I still won't wear a shirt like that. Just watch. 20 years from now, people will be...

Oh, come on. If they don't pin it on a scapegoat like video games (or WoW of all things), who is going to read their otherwise boring news article?