Recent content by TylerBaumbarger

"The Wii is a gimmick. Motion controls will never catch on." *The Wii sells a billion consoles.* "There's just a lot of casual gamers and it's cheap. No one wants motion controls!" *Sony and Microsoft create motion control addons.* "These are a billion times better than the Wii's...

I'm just saying, advertisers are less likely to work with sites with lower success rates and less ad views means less revenue from that source. If I wind up being right about the losses, I want Russ to buy me a puppy.

Not quite similar to Project Wonderful's setup. Gotcha. But there is still a greater potential to profit from ads. If you make even 3 cents per view on any of your ads, you are taking a loss through the subscription content. Plus, how many people are going for early adoption? Plus previous...

Here's another quick thought. All those who do join will no longer see the ads. Advertisers on the Escapist will be less willing to be paying as much if half as many people are seeing them. This seems to be adverse to the premium plan. So, the lost revenue will need to be made up...

I'm sure as hell not doing this, mostly because I'm not an especially active member over here, but partly because it seems like profiteering with some of the recent moves on the Escapist and comes across as downright insulting to be asked to pay for quality and full RSS. At least to me. But I...

My rarest would be Earthbound.

JRPG battles. Why would everyone get in neat little lines and then wait between each action? Tossing a potion in the air somehow uses it on an ally. Getting shot, stabbed, sliced, bit, burned, frozen, etc. all results in being knocked out rather than actually dying. Unless it is dramatic...

Life is like the Sims, sooner or later you get bored and start killing people.

Earthbound. Took me three years to find a copy that was of a reasonable price. ---- And if blowing into NES cartridges counts, I've done it a lot.

Life is like Infinite Undiscovery. It makes no sense, no one has much good to say about it, no matter how many people are around you feel alone, and you're never quite sure where you're going and no one else knows either.