Recent content by TwentyPercentCooler

After not being impressed with FC1 or 2 (besides how good the first one looked), I too was rather impressed by 3. I did side missions/exploration/hunting because it was fun, not because I absolutely had to. My one complaint: the "heavies" that take two headshots. GRAAAAHHHHHHH! Nothing will...

Played the beta of this and enjoyed it a bit, even though I'm not much of an FPS person. I'm interested to see where it goes, though. After a bit of optimization to make it run a little faster than a turtle in a pool of Jell-o, and some balancing and tweaks, it could turn out to be a heck of a...

If I try it and it doesn't run on my computer, I'm not buying it. If you take away that option, I buy the game, and it doesn't run on my computer...well, fuck you, I will never buy another one of your games and I'll tell my friends, too. Stop treating your potential customers like assholes...

Since Blizzard's servers have been hacked several times and information was stolen, with absolutely no way to prevent compromise other than having an authenticator, there /might/ be a case. Normally, I'd say Blizzard's lawyers are expensive enough to make it go away, but some crotchety old...

Since I'm left-handed, fuck cursive. I wouldn't miss it. (for you righties that don't understand why lefties hate it - to get it to look right I have to slant the paper at a ridiculous angle and it always gets smudged anyway)

Oh FFS, this might be the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. "WAAAAH, the big, mean man said something bad about my console, mommy! Make him go away!" Pointing out that consoles have terrible hardware is like pointing out that the Earth is round. Everyone with a brain that's even remotely...

I, too, can become soured on an overexposed product. Sorry, nothing in an advertisement would be able to convince me to buy a game. That's why there are demos, dev blogs, gameplay footage, and post-release, LP videos and reviews. We've all been burned by the hype machine. I generally avoid...

THANK YOU. I came in here and was saddened that it took someone this long to mention Starbuck. She's insubordinate, she's obnoxious, she's cocky...and she's totally awesome. The writers did a pretty good job of making her have a human side without making that human side weak and whiny, as...

He has a point about Microsoft raising a stink about "unsigned" applications being flagged or whatever, but otherwise, most people are whining about Windows 8 because it's popular to hate. I've been using it since the beta. Yes, there were some boneheaded decisions, and they're all the more...

I've been enjoying myself immensely in BL2 so far. Pretty much everything that I disliked about the first game was improved somehow, and the things that didn't need improvement weren't messed with. Those disappointed in the paper-thin excuse for a story in the first game will be pleasantly...

I wouldn't believe for a minute that a modern game developer would be too incompetent to know how to implement an option to change resolutions, unless it's some kind of insane engine limitation. I also think that a 30 FPS cap was a bad idea, because HDTVs and computer monitors display things in...

I am a PC gamer. I always have been. I hate modern consoles with the unbridled fury of a thousand collapsing stars, and I hate what they and "social gaming" have done to the culture landscape surrounding video games. I hate crappy ports just as much as the next PC gamer - I wrote a letter to...

Wow. Does everything have to turn into a PC vs console debate with the two sides at each other's throats? I don't really see a problem with this. The devs admitted that they didn't have experience with the PC and that it was going to be a direct port. It's not like we PC gamers were promised...

...okay, I laughed. Nice one. I am trying not to get excited for Borderlands 2, because I'm a filthy, cynical jerk. But it's difficult. I love the first one, for whatever nebulous reason. It's probably because it didn't take itself too seriously. When the devs just have fun with it, so do I.

Hey, I actually liked Bulletstorm, if only because I have a soft spot for any media that's so obviously taking the piss out of itself. OT: I don't believe in the sincerity of anything that comes from a Sony exec, but I think the basic premise is correct. Making "games" that exist only to...