Recent content by thenightgaunt

Yeah. I'll miss his videos over here. I'll have to head over to his blog or youtube channel now to get them. Its annoying as I liked being able to come to one site to watch/read content by some of my favorite reviewers and commentators. While Bob has been polarizing at times, one of the big...

To heck with the stupid c button. This is the bigger issue. The 3DS is less than 4 years old and they're already foisting a new system on us. I don't want to spend another $200+ on a new gameboy when I just did so for the 3DS XL 2 years ago.

I suppose the point could be seeing how the negative qualities of a character are eventually responsible for his/her downfall. But that requires either telling the audience upfront that it's the whole point of the story or it requires masterful writing. In general though most game developers...

Great video and the new add for your book at the end surprised me and ended with me doubled over with laughter until my sides hurt. Well done sir. ^_^

This is pretty much the point really. From a psychology standpoint for the most part it's that "consenting" and "power imbalance" issue that turns it almost always into a deeply traumatic event. But it can be the fact that it destroys the family relationship. Or another way of looking at it...

The thing is that EA has been run in recent years like any other company and for good reason, traditionally Game companies were just like any other company in regards to how they should be managed. For EA, sales are a bad idea because every sale is lost revenue. This is a very physical minded...

I enjoyed the review, but I get the feeling he missed the point of New Vegas...or maybe that is the point? Basically, if you liked Fallout 3 or any of the Fallout games, you'll like NV because it was written by people who can actually design and write a plot for a damned RPG unlike those...

I'm really pessimistic about this one. I love the original games but everything I see about this new one just seems bad. The 1950's change seems like a bad idea meant to cash in on the popularity of Bioshock then anything else. But even then by abandoning the classic aliens in saucers(which...

It really wasn't all that scary. It was actually very predictable. Now I'll admit to being a big fan of most good horror games (silent hill, fatal frame, system shock) and I may be a bit jaded in that regard. But I actually felt that Doom 3 was scarier than Dead Space. 1. Predictable. You'd...

Wow, that's so cool. And maybe this time the game'll actually be in interesting entry into the survival horror genre rather than a bland System Shock 2 knock off. And maybe this time the monsters won't be completely predictable in how and when they attack or jump out at you.

*Loads shotgun* What you gettin at there city boy? Actually yes I still play it. It's still on my PC and never coming off (just like X-Com). I think it's probably due to the fact that it was more complex and well written than Fallout 3. Not to mention longer. Also, if you're going to play...

Many good points there. For a start, I would absolutely agree that it's all about opinion. That's really all there is. Thanks to the downfall/curruption of gaming journalism as a whole you usually can't trust a single review and even when you can it still comes down to someone's opinion. You...

And there's the night's moment of enlightened clarity. Well put. Well, what I was trying to say is that it's all about the manner in which you criticise something rather than just flaming it. Also the thread really isn't console vs console, though I don't see why you couldn't go that route...

The Fallout pack's the best bet there. I'd say it well out does most of the things on your list. Well the RPGs at least (I have a soft spot for Portal^^). If you'll willing to try some retro gaming Steam's got all of the X-Com games for like $15. If you've never played the first 2 were...

We've done well without going flamecrazy so far. ^_^