Recent content by The Other Steve

I enjoyed Golden Sun's plot. I thought it was a very well-polished game. There was a severe lack of drama though; amusingly, I think this stems from that all of the characters were believable and had human motivations. They resembled people I might meet in class or something, not tough-guys...

Agreed. Art is a form of entertainment to me, though. I'll admit I'd drop Braid for Halo if I'm in the mood. You know, I had to play Final Fantasy VII twice to actually figure out everything that had happened. That's to say nothing of the learning curve of some of the games I've played...

Lion King for Genesis, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Kirby's Adventure. I don't remember in what order, but those were my first three.

There's a couple kinds of scary. Pac-Man can be pretty terrifying when you're just barely evading the ghosts. But RE4 is scary when you hear a chainsaw revving. RE4 is probably the scariest game I've ever played; granted I desperately need to get around to Silent Hill 2.

We're mostly on the same page. See, any work is going to have functionality... though I'll admit it isn't the perfect word for what I'm trying to say. A picture, for starters. Paintings are typically designed to decorate a wall, and are composed of a canvas with various pigments on them...

Your list is extremely FPS heavy, though you obviously have a pretty good idea of what's good. I recommend Dead Rising, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Soul Calibur 4. And probably anything else with the number four on it.

Bring back Sonic from the dead.

I got a nasty one. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. This game did things right that few sane people would ever discover, but the level design was brilliant. Physics, broken. Camera, idiotic. But once you had played a level a couple times, trying to blast through at high speed without making...

I vehemently disagree with that definition of art. Saying art must exist merely for the sake of being art is silly. Everything requires a degree of functionality, that must be balanced with the more artistic elements of expression and openness to interpretation. Let's start with a basic...

Well, I suppose what makes art art is the viewer and their perception of a work. If someone sees a beautiful, moving image in their view of Halo 3, then it's art. They must have been looking awfully hard, though, IMO. Games CAN be art, but they generally aren't. I'd say most "artistic"...

ET was certainly the worst effect on the industry. Here are some famously bad games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worst_game_ever Worth a look. Important games include ET, Shaq-Fu, and Superman 64. I'd throw in Night Trap and Bubsy 3D. Also, Daikatana. Many of the worst games...

Okay, I'm a little bit insulted to think that games can't be art. Art is SUPPOSED to be interactive. In fact, it's that very feature of it that makes it art. Art isn't art unless it's interpreted, explored, and analyzed. A game forces you to do this far better than a flat picture and even...

I really don't see how you could like VI and not VII. Seven had much more detailed characters and a generally more involved plot. Six had about eight more characters than it needed, and I personally consider IT overrated. Sure, anime-style games are unrealistic, but they're more fun that...

You, my friend, were not using Exceed. Also charge shots. Partially it's just a good fit for the flavor of the game, though.

Zelda - Like Like Zelda - Wallmaster FF - Marlboro DMC - Fault Pokemon - Zubat RE4 - Regenerators Icarus - Eggplant Wizard Mario 3 - That Damn Fish Castlevania - Stairs Halo 3 - Legendary Jackal Snipers