Recent content by thenoblepenguin

Before I begin, I have not read all of the (as of this writing) 90 comments on this topic, so forgive me if I bring up anything that has already been addressed. I agree with MovieBob’s choices on video games more or less, though Bayonetta seems like an odd choice to me. I must point...

Am I the only one here who's curious as to what game is depicted in the graphic of this article? Call me a n00b for not recognizing it, but I slogged through this entire thread looking for someone to ask the question I'm asking, but no one has. So please, sate my curiosity and tell me from what...

It's not really a pun, more like referential humor. The title of this thread is a nod to a line repeated by the Joker in The Dark Knight.

I believe that if someone puts their stuff on display for everyone to see, then viewers have the right to judge what they see. Yes yes, we're all very excited that you actually made it into college and made some friends. FYI, unless you're in Yale, Stanford, Harvard, or Oxford, bragging about...

Hoo boy, I guess I'd better admit it: I read Ctrl+Alt+Del. And by that, of course, I mean the past tense of "read (kind of annoying that the past and present tenses of that word are spelled the same)." For me, the comic had its moments. In the very beginning, he made some decent...

In my defense, his entire series of FFVIII scrutiny spans seven ten-minute-ish episodes, and it hasn't come close to the ending of the game, though I doubt he'll continue the series at this point. The way he portrayed the magic drawing really made his point convincing, and a beginner, like The...

How could I forget that one? While I kind of think it fits games like the Mario Party series, tapping a button repeatedly can get annoying fast, especially if the computer can do it faster than should be humanly possible. Consider your opinion seconded.

Quick time events are a pretty popular qualm right now. Honestly though, how could you not like real-time cutscenes? If anything, that might be a good idea to implement more often. Sure, it's not for every game, but cutscenes that take place in real time can be more effective than those that...

Touche. I guess I enjoy doing this kind of thing as long as it has a frivolous connotation. That and you'll be hard-pressed to find a topic like justifying rape in a Mario game.

Man, hearing all of these stories, I feel privelaged. I actually do not have friends like those mentioned in this thread. I have one that might be considered as such, but he generally at least tries to support his opinion. And when any of us are in disagreement, we generally have a short...

If you must know, things like this constitute my intellectual priorities: The less I think about something as potentially troubling as moral gray areas, the better.

I feel so very flattered.

Whoa whoa whoa. When did this thread go from "there should be a game where you get to play as the villain" to a philosophical discussion on what evil is? Don't lose focus, people. I would like to point out a game where you did actually get to play as the villain: Jurassic Park for the Sega...

I've never extensively played the Red Alert games, so I can't relate on the whole Tanya thing. I've had a few strange thoughts about video games, like: -If Mario is from Brooklyn, does he ever go back to visit? Does he even want to go back? And if he returned to Brooklyn, would he still be...

The way you described Sonic's look on the Sonic 2 continue screen is hilarious yet absolutely true.