Recent content by Tratchet

Personally, I actually like 3D. Most of the time it's used badly, but the few times it's used well, specifically Avatar and How to Train Your Dragon, more than make up for it with me. Also, it's not like theaters have stopped showing movies in 2D, and I very seriously doubt that they ever will...

To be honest, I hope they don't actually take out Wolf and Falco, just change their moves around a little. I think most of the clones are more different than people give them credit for. Case in point, I'm great with Wolf but absolutely suck with Falco and Fox.

While the laws in physics are fixed, their use can vary wildly, and that was my point, but maybe it was a bad example. Sorry to just give a ton of metaphors, but a better example might be food. A good meal comes from many different parts, just like a story, and these parts are extremely...

I'd argue that proper understanding isn't at all hampered by categorization. I'm a physicist, and physics is pretty much nothing but categorization. You categorize forces, energy, equations for describing everything; it's all very broad and sometimes it's hard to understand what it could be...

This might have already been said, but the big reason that Elves bug me so much in fantasy is because Lord of the Rings did them well enough, in my opinion, that almost every other portrayal of Elves pales in comparison. It's not that I can't handle stories with Elves, it's just that I strongly...

I love his books. Here's hoping that the game matches them.

I thought it was amazing. I'm a big fan of the original series, and just from the first two episodes I've got high hopes for this one. The one thing that I'm both nervous and excited about is how different it is from the original series. It seems like they're going in a completely different...

I know its already been mentioned, but Sins of a Solar Empire is really good in my opinion.

Oddly enough, the only thing that's REALLY broken my immersion is the fact that you can walk around in clearly zero to negative degree weather with nothing on but armor with no sleeves, and suffer no ill effects. I don't need the game to be an exact simulation of real life, but that bugged me...

I think this sounds intriguing, but you should be very careful of trying to invoke the same style as Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. I haven't read the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, but I've read a ton of Terry Pratchett, and while the design of his world is creative his real strength is...

Honestly, I had this worry when I first started to watch the show. I'm fairly introverted, and the idea that it's a very good thing to make as many friends as possible drives me nuts. I was pleasantly surprised, the point of show is less "introversion is bad" and more "Being completely removed...

I think that more realistic fiction is more common, but, if less realistic fiction is usually either sci-fi or fantasy, I think that this has more or less always been the case. Through the history of television most programs have been more realistic fiction. Things like the original Star Trek...

I was homeschooled until I was sixteen. Then I went to community college until I was eighteen, then a university for a degree. I feel that it was a very good thing for me, but I can personally attest that it's not for everyone. Both the parents and the children need to have the right temperament...

I've been writing as a hobby for a couple of years. I've only finished one or two things, but I really love it. I don't think video games negatively impacts your creativity, but I may not be the best example, because while I consider myself to be a hardcore gamer I don't play a huge amount...

I just finished Bastion and I completely loved it. In my opinion it has one of the best delivered stories of games in general, and it's music and visuals were great as well. I don't think it was without flaws, mostly some gameplay issues that I had, but I still think it was great. As for...