Recent content by Vladeon

I think it's hard to say that consumers of a product or service are responsible for negative aspects of the purveyors of that product or service. It's fairly similar to the argument that many give for being vegetarians, namely that by partaking in the product offered to them (that of eating...

Nothing is perfect yet everything is perfect. Perfection is an ideal that only exists in metaphysics. However, everything that exists does so in a perfect condition of itself. Every chair is a perfect representation of itself, every person is a perfect representation of themselves, and likewise...

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a classic Historical fiction piece that's absolutely amazing to read. SO much better than any of the movies they put out. If she likes that one, there's two other books in the series as that's the first of three. The second one is called Twenty Years...

The best movie to watch the first time would have to be Memento. Actually, it's pretty awesome to watch it a second and third time too just to catch all the little things you didn't the first time. For anyone who isn't familiar with the title, it's basically a movie that has had each of it's...

Actually, a good movie to do a critique about would be that Hunger Games movie. You might not enjoy it, but it's a "critical success" that's actually very poorly done mainly due to the piss poor writing/story. There are a lot of very awkward, unnecessary scenes that could've been easily cut. I...

Even thought this was already on the Escapist, I figured it's worth revisiting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxVeAVl2I8

I think it really helps to be a film enthusiast to appreciate what Assassins Creed 2 did. The opening cinematic after you beat up a bunch of people on the Ponte Vecchio was brilliant. The lines, "It is a good life we lead, brother."; "The best. May it never change."; "And may it never change...

You conflate the issue by putting it into such black and white terms. It's easy to think that the gaming population is divided when you spend time reading comments on forums or blogs, but as with everything, the squeaky wheel gets oiled. There is a large vocal minority presence on blogs and in...

I'm not sure if anyone else has said this already, but I'm going to put it out there just in case. According to the creation myth that's accepted by all races in the Elder Scrolls games, All of the Elves (Mer) and the Men have a common ancestry in the Ehlnofey. The only race that is explicitly...

Mike Tyson - A very large male Redguard that specializes in beating the hell out of anyone with his bare hands (because biting isn't allowed).

The only game that I remember just dropping because it was literally a waste of my time was GTAIV. By the time I had gotten to the third island and was still getting annoying calls from my cousin and random other people I hated, I put it down. If I wanted to socialize with family and friends, I...

That first picture is leading me to believe that Alchemy is going to be a lot more XTREME! I can just imagine the camera shaking viciously as you delicately place your reagents in your Novice Mortar and Pestle. One wrong move and it's curtains for you.

I still have the original disc for the game, Pax Impiria, a 4X game from 1993. It's unfortunate that you can't find any downloads for it at all. I would've liked to play it again but the disc is no longer compatible :( Though I also have the disc for the sequel, Pax Impiria: Eminent Domain...

Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball was actually a pretty good volleyball game... what? don't look at me like that.

Also, you have to have a quest to go talk to the witch given to you by the count of Skingraad or whatever. Otherwise, she won't tell you anything. Something similar did happen to me. I got the vampire disease and thought, this could be fun. 15 hours later I got sick of having to bite someone...