Recent content by szaleniec1000

It's not Metacritic's fault if a publisher uses it as an excuse to screw over a developer, and it certainly isn't the fault of any individual reviewer whose score gets thrown into the aggregator. A publisher being a dick is the responsibility of nobody but the publisher. Get rid of Metacritic...

SF published the early games in North America, from what I can gather.

Looking at their Wikipedia page, they've got a really impressive back catalogue. Sad that it's come to this.

Related to that, people who respond to criticism of publisher bullshit with a sarcastic "how dare they try to make money?" There's a special circle of hell for such folk, in which they're condemned to spend eternity playing always-online games on dial-up. As far as I'm concerned, "trying to make...

Agreed. If the PC version on high settings starts looking downgraded as well, then's the time to worry.

That's why I like the idea of ABP's new trusted advertisers whitelist: if an advertiser can guarantee their content will be secure, tasteful and relevant to the audience's interests, it lets them through by default. A well-designed (i.e. no Photoshopped elf tits, horribly clashing colours or...

I'm more concerned about their computer literacy than their regular literacy, and GotW really does look like it was developed by the kind of people who think that Photoshop is the best way of falsifying an email.

Speaking of cultural references, here's another: everyone in the 24th or whatever century is a huge geek for 20th/21st century history and popular culture and references it at every opportunity.

Gaming in the basement is a terrible idea round here, because you don't really want to keep your expensive electronics in the part of the house that floods first.

Honestly, I think the uproar was very telling. I mean, most people would just laugh a comment like that off. I could open up any comment section or forum anywhere and find people being called far worse.

Got it in one. The difference between a good twist and a bad twist is the difference between "I never saw that coming" and "I couldn't possibly have seen that coming". The key is to build logically on what you've established throughout the story, but to do so in a way that's not so obvious that...

Make sure you've bought the character upgrade that lets your Aard stun enemies, but you probably will have by the time you get to the Beast. And yes, Spectre Oil.

It's called "Until the End of Time". There's a reading here [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/5040-masterpiece-fanfic-theatre-episode-2]. It really has to be seen to be believed.

Likewise. Apologies to everyone else for my part in this tangent.

Which is why you don't just say "this is bad", you say "this is bad because..." or indeed "this character is a Sue because..." I read it. That's how I came to be taking issue with your claim that nobody had called Edward a Stu. I also disagree with every last thing you said, and as I said...