Recent content by ukslim

In the case of GTA4, this doesn't surprise me at all. I reached a stage where all the missions available to me were difficult - I had at least 10 failed attempts at each one. Retrying after dying involved a tedious drive across town, with a detour to buy weapons, before getting to the action...

Whenever a review complains about a "short" game, I see it as a positive. I have a short attention span, and I'd usually like to have finished within 7 or 8 hours. Sure, if you measure it in dollars/hour it sounds bad -- but I'd rather 7 hours of concentrated fun to 14 hours of monotony.

and why doesn't Mai have enormous boobs? I mean, that's the only thing I really know about KOF.

I like demos because "try before you buy" is a good thing. However, as Molyneux expects, I find it really irritating having to trudge through all the stuff I experienced in the demo again, if I buy the game. Take something like Arkham Asylum. You've got loads of explanatory cut scenes and...

I have paid money for both in the past. I'd still pay for point and click. I love a good text adventure, but there's such a treasure trove of free ones out there, it would be difficult to justify paying for one. Recommended: http://www.wurb.com/if/game/55

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/picaninny/ might throw some insight into the sort of stuff this stirs up.

What a strange angle. The Crackdown demo didn't sell Halo 3. Rather, Halo 3 pushed the Crackdown demo to people who wouldn't have given Crackdown a second glance otherwise. Hence Crackdown sold a shedload, on the merits of the demo. Now, people who buy ODST will get a demo of Reach, which...

The problem with all DRM is when it prevents you from doing something you should be entitled to. For example, buy a game and play it on more than one computer (at different times). The problem with this kind of *sneaky* DRM, is that you might be trying to do such a legitimate thing, only to...

Input lag matters an awful lot for some games, but not for others. SFII, yes. Quake, yes. Something like Sim City for example, who cares? Phantasy Star Online, who cares? Plus, if they're to make this work, the developers will tweak gameplay to mask any lag.

It's an interesting train of thought, but not put very well - that's artists for you. It's also a matter of semantics. By this guy's reasoning Sudoku isn't a "game" because he defines a game as being different from a puzzle. By extension Monkey Island isn't a game, nor Braid, nor Tomb Raider...

As you'll see from the article itself, game developers on the VCS used the foibles of RF TV in their design. For example, on a sharp hi-res monitor, the coarse design on either side of their tanks looked nothing like caterpillar tracks. With the blurring and ghosting of the display tech of the...

Cleanest example of the three act plotline: Independence Day. Per the billboards: Day 1: they arrive Day 2: they attack Day 3: they day the Earth fights back

What are you talking about? Open me up a fresh socket.

And in any case, if it *had* said 'Islam is the light', what would be wrong with that?

It's great. Something about using a stylus means I've had more fun and achieved more with it than I ever have with a desktop synth/sequencer - although there are lots of limitations to the sequencer. I do want another copy... and a mixer...