Recent content by viciousmaniac

The list makes little sense in terms of advancing genres or the artform as a whole. The list actually makes excellent sense in terms of games that have had an impact and major influence outside of the medium and the gaming community into the proles and the wonks running the establishment...

*spoiler warnings ahead* I partly agree with this and believe Yahtzee to be adding a bit too much of his world view into the story. I don't see any attitudes of the Marines that deserved them to get nuked, save for that obnoxious black caricature. They were simply not portrayed as the...

Or perhaps he's gotten around to playing it and now wishes to give his thoughts on it, and decided to quell the begging while he's at it. I for one enjoy the RE plotlines for what they are: B-Movie madness on a scale sometimes nearly Homeric. Yes it's all silly, but most myths are...

Since when are these detriments (save for complexities, assuming they aren't of the needless kind) "part of the genre"? By this logic, I have to accept bishie poofs as "part of the genre" of JRPGs, even though I clearly remember a time when JRPGs were more about better things than...

I have to say how completely brilliant this was, especially in terms of sheer entertainment. The best and ironically most lucid one yet, and that was before that great, somewhat Pythons/Adam and Joe-esq bit with Painkiller at the end. There's not much to debate, just about everything said on...

Did you ever see the film Platoon? There's a scene where an American GI, fleeing like mad from a massive raging Viet Cong force, dives into Charlie Sheen's foxhole, screams "You guys get the hell out of here! They're right on my ass, they ain't stopping for shit!" and sprints away in a state...

Ugh, it's games like that one that make the PC gaming market unbearable to me these days. For all the money, tech, computer knowledge and, I'm sure, patience with customer support needed to enable yet another bloody shooter, I'll bet the whole bloody experience in terms of fun (the thing we...

I agree completely, not just with print either. It's just that I doubt the journalistic institution of EGM or its brand is in any immediate trouble from irrelevancy just for being mostly old media. Why else would Sony et. all pressure them then, especially when gamers are apparently happy to...

I'd maintain that the other poster knows of EGM the publication, just not necessarily it's EIC. :) (please don't prove me wrong, Mr. Iewa)

Er...assuming ol' Shoe really did have in mind of using the debacle to increase circulation...how is THAT the bigger story over three major game companies (one a Big 3 console maker) allegedly coercing an independent publication into compliance? I'm honestly a bit confused about that. Bit...

Count me in as one who pans SH4's story along with the gameplay. The problem for me was that the story seemed a bit too standard j-horror, sometimes even slasher flick-ian. There are folks lining up to be butchered by this supernatural madman, whom conveniently just can't do the same so...

Really is sad what happened to this series.

Can never understand why people expect Shakespeare out of Mario. Do you ever get to see a gripping sex scene between Popeye and Olive Oyl, let alone see the dynamic change between him, Bluto, and the ditzy rubber-legged slag? Do you ever see Mr. Bean suddenly have a nervous breakdown and...

Or the Wii's electricity usage, which is I believe is 15-17 watts, depending on who's information you use. And that is during gameplay. Compare that to the Xbox 360 (over 160) and PS3 (almost 200...). In fact, 17 would make it more energy-efficient than even the Sega Dreamcast. Not sure...

Despite several Hollywood guys dropping exclusivity or even total support, PS3 would have to fail pretty spectacularly for Blu-Ray to be in any danger. And I mean Howard Dean Scream spectacular. But it is a good thing that Blu-Ray isn't exactly mopping up the competition. It's causing the...