Recent content by Typhusoid

I would highly recommend watching just the first two seasons. Then stop. Absolutely stop after that. You won't want to, because you'll think "this is really good, surely it can't get that bad". But it kinda does. The later seasons aren't the worst TV you've ever seen or anything, but it's all...

Please provide one example of people actually speaking like this. I believe you are presenting a complete strawman. I (and lots of other people) believe diversity in games is important, so of course we praise games for being diverse and criticise games for lacking diversity. And we criticise...

I really don't get this idea that Dorian's orientation was somehow 'forced.' I mean, people have sexual orientations in real life, and Bioware games have always reflected that (except DA2, arguably). Dorian is perhaps unique in that his sexuality plays a big part in his back-story and personal...

I must say, it comes across as rather arrogant of you to simply declare absolute standards for who is and is not an artist. Why do you get to decide? Furthermore, as many others have said, the idea that a person is either a programmer or an artist is a tad absurd. It is quite possible to be...

That's great, the perfect attitude to have in my view. I'm not criticising Steam; I use it myself and it's a great service. My beef is with the people who flatly refuse to use GOG, Gamer's Gate, Origin or anything other than Steam.

I must say, I really dislike the people who say 'It's not on Steam, so I'm not buying.' It's such a poor reason IMHO. Can't you just uninstall Origin afterwards if it really bothers you that much? Additionally, it feeds into Valve's monopoly on digital distribution. Think people: If you'll...

I recall the developers saying that from a top-down, map-like perspective both games have roughly the same map areas, but in practice Skyrim is far bigger due to the amount of mountains, which add vertical distance not obvious from a map. And as others have said, Skyrim is far denser and more...

No, it most certainly is not the only thing that matters. What matters is the collective moral output if a given action. If all that matters to you is the defeat of your enemy you will inevitably be led to commit monstrous acts. You tell me murder is wrong. How is killing an enemy non-combatant...

I think this right here says it all. Rape and murder are't wrong because the victims are civilians. They aren't wrong because they cause suffering. They aren't wrong because of common human compassion, or human rights. They're wrong because they're 'strategically irrelevant'. Bullshit. You tell...

A few points. About the raping/pillaging in the middle east: sorry, I should have been more clear. I was refering to the times when they were at war with America, when those citizens were members of an enemy nature. On the question of government oppresion, you are right in a sense but what I...

I think you've misunderstood me a little. It doesn't matter whether or not something is self-contained. What matters is that when Alan Moore sat down to write Watchmen he had a complete and good overview of the entire story and how it would end, something which evidently cannot be said of...

I didn't ask which you valued more, I could infer that from what you said. I asked WHY. What is about a person being American that makes a person more valuable than if they are Japanese. Think about the world we'd live in if everyone thought as you do. There'd be no Geneva Convention, we'd see...

As I understand the terms, theres more to it than that. When I say 'Comic' I mean a regular publication intended to go indefinetly (perhaps even decades) depending on sales. See most of Marvel/DC. When I say 'Graphic Novel' I mean a publication which tells a very particular story with a fixed...

No, it can never be that simple. At that time the Japanese government was controlled entirely by the military, the average citizen had no control over the actions of his country. What were they meant to do? Protesting or resisting meant certain imprisonment and execution. Saying that those...

1. Perhaps, but they need someway of representing numerically the way you built up forces/gather allies. 2. Didn't notice. Let's be honest, its a pretty small gripe. 3. Sounds shitty, but I never ran into this. Guess I got lucky. 4. Agreed, but again wasn't an issue for me. 5. Agreed 100%...