Recent content by Tayrtahn

Was that Master Miller narrating this game? I was waiting for him to tell me to trust my instincts as a gamer.

Gotta love stock sound effects. Anyone else have flashbacks to 2fort's intel room around 0:48?

That's right kids, it's a 360 game (and PS3 in Japan). I believe it was originally being developed for the PS2, but it took too long to make. On the bright side, it was only $20 at initial release. My friend owns this game, and I played it for a while. It's definitely interesting. There are...

Ah, see it's very clever: cut him some slack. You know, like... slack. Get it? It's pretty clever. On a side note, the events of the first half of this cutscene seem like they'd be fun to play through. Oh well.

Have fun with the controls in System Shock... mouselook is overrated anyway, right? Great game though. SHODAN is an amazing character. And if we're talking about good horror games, I have to put in a mention of the Penumbra series. The developer, Frictional Games, is a little indie company...

I'm liking the guest appearance of the Grinch around 0:38.

Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) and Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2), without question.

He's also your pet eagle friend in Grandia II, which is far more amusing. Actually, Grandia II features a lot of the same voice actors as the Metal Gear series. Funny to play them back-to-back. Anyway, a good episode but not the best. Probably due to the general lack of action in the...

Well, technically he's not really a vampire... he's just immortal. And he enjoys human blood. And he can run on water. And uh... yeah. Officially he's named Vamp not due to his vampire-like qualities, but because he's bisexual. And technically he's only immortal because... Yeah, I'm one...

Technically, we already went through a gameplay segment there. After Snake drops his rifle behind the truck and the screen fades to black, there's a playable section. Of course, that playable section consists of "moving to the other side of the truck" before returning to cutscene, so... yeah...

The "...at 6:00" had me laughing my ass off. Vague timescale - vague timescale + very specific time = clarity.

Hah, you cannot call "no punsies" on a riff! Making painfully bad puns and acknowledging their awfulness is key to the art of riffing. Excellent job of integrating that recently, guys. And thanks for continuing to give me something to look forward to on Mondays.

Yes, the terrible puns! Way to channel some classic MST3K, guys! Great episode.

I have to admit that I enjoy controlling my own little world through The Sims. It's especially nice for me now as a college-age guy living at home and sorting out personal issues before getting back to the real world. The Sims has always been a power trip of sorts - the people who it appeals to...

Interesting review, though I disagree on a few points, mostly regarding the open-world aspect. I got the feeling from the demo that the morality system could be a bit flawed, and that missions were likely to get repetitive. But then, in a game like this, I'm not all that concerned with the...