Recent content by wererogue

Maybe I'm just spoiled, but I enjoyed the RPS coverage of XCOM much more - they really went all-out on a balanced view: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/16/xgood/ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/16/xbad/ That pretty much sums up my view, with the coda that I find the actual...

You're not wrong. I don't have a problem with realism - in fact, I applaud it in realistic games. It's not a bad design choice, but it does make it *less* accessible for women, just as becoming a front-line soldier is still inaccessible for women. I also want to clarify that I don't think...

I agree entirely that there is, or should be, no such thing as "girl games". However, I do strongly believe that some games are much more accessable to women than others - and I'm not talking about peggle or cooking mama, I'm talking about Mass Effect and Beyond Good and Evil. I don't think...

The vast majority of games that are released are targeted at straight white males. I expect that a lot of people on this forum would shy away from a game where the lead male - either the player character or a supporting character - spent most of his time in a thong. It's not unreasonable for...

As many times above, game designers don't get to pick the games. Here's a nice article on why: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_221/6582-Why-Your-Game-Idea-Sucks In my opinion, adding zombies to things doesn't make a game idea original or innovative, and I...