The "Connected World" is a lie.
I'll start with a preamble. I'm a big fan of The Colbert Report. I love watching all of the publically available clips. I'd love it more if I could get the whole show regularly. Without having to... False Disillusionment
OR: The Surgeon General warns that Unrepentant Nostalgia may be hazardous to your health. I had intended this to be another tide of derision towards the state of the games industry, spilling... Steam burns.
I was once vehemently opposed to Valve's digital distribution product. This was mainly due to the horrific experiences that I and many others endured as part of our purchase of Half Life 2. You... The finaLISTS. Now with less reportable profanity.
Unfortunately the long list of comments that went with this post were lost when it was deleted, so here it is again, for the record in a more heavily censored form. ... Gone in Sixty Seconds. A non sequitor.
I've recently had the urge to play a bit of cops and robbers. You know, the sort that you played as a kid on your bikes, riding like mad around the park or wherever you happened to be. This is... Two lists. My shame. It is public now.
So, after all the healthy discussion following the first post in this series, I've been thinking deeply about my choices for this one. And its been tough - how do I define "yet to play"? Some of... The best games you never played.
You, of course, being the reader. After all, I'm such an ebullient snob when it comes to games that I'm unwilling to admit that I missed anything important. These games are all fairly... Dim Sim? Sim card? Sims 2: Seasons? Dating Sim?
So, I recently read "Fast Movers" by John Darrell Sherwood, a USN historian, this book is an oral history of the Vietnam air war. Specifically that of the jet pilots (hence the name - "Fast... A retraction.
As I am nearing completion of my multi-week in the making, rambling super-whinge about sim gaming, I feel I must make a correction to one of my previous blog posts.   Lyle, the Insurace... 007: License to be, meh... Well, kinda fun, I mean its mediocre, but its BOND!
Have you seen that they (they, being the nameless, formless wraiths that control licenses and games) are making a new-Battlestar Galactica PnP RPG? I for one, am not at all conviced. They might... The triumph of game design.
The crumbling brickwork provides little cover for me, my steps making too much noise as rubble shifts underfoot and the dead, dried out plants crunch and crackle with each slight movement. Cruel... Your friendly rail-roading mafia.
cI had promised a post about sims, but that post is still coming. In the meantime, here's one about a certain DS game I just started playing. STOP PRESS! - X-COM Terror From The... Show me the goodies!
First  off - holy s**t, Infinity Ward can take my hand in marriage any day.  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare looks amazingly hot.  And being Infinity Ward, I'm fairly confident in their... Putting the R and P in the CRPG.
For a long time I've been playing various Pen & Paper and Computer RPGs. And without a doubt, the Pen & Paper experience is in nearly every way better. I'll point out now, that though I've played... Givin' up the skag/horse/smack/PC.
I'm facing a dilemma. Its by no means a moral dilemma, but it is one that is forcing me to question a lot of my values. You see I'm moving soon, and to a much smaller premises than my current... Doc... I can't feel - ANYTHING!
Emotion in games is a touchy issue. And no, not the PS2 chipset. I'm referring to games eliciting feelings in the player. Whether its horror and repulsion, empathy and pity or love and loss,... Not the Ridley Scott Film...
It was a bad year for gamers last year. And by gamers, I mean Sim gamers. And not the kind of Sim gamers who love Will Wright, but the kind who love nothing more than to hunker down with a HOTAS... ...Its in the game.
The topic of fairplay in games came up in a recent discussion about Supreme Commander, which then turned to RTS games in general and then to RTS game strategies. And in the discussion of... On The Perils Of Long Games pt.2
Because of my previously expressed feelings, some people would accuse me of seeking a "cheap" or "easy" game experience. That isn't it at all. I'm seeking a game which rewards me no matter how... On The Perils Of Long Games pt.1
I remember the days when I was able to happily play and replay an eighty hour RPG. Or play through a decade in franchise mode in sports games. Or to complete a five year dynamic campaign in a...