Chris

Thresh weeps.

It's worth noting (or maybe it's not worth noting, I don't know), that theatre as well as music etc. have always dealth with directors cutting parts and the like. In fact I'd suspect that such situations are probably better today than they have been at many times. These days it really seems to be a mark of pride if something is presented without removing anything. I know it's definitely true in concert music; as a music major I'm constantly learning about controversial operas and stuff which were written and premiered in 1783 but not performed fully until 1986 and that sort of thing.

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Ha, ha! (Actually, I think it sold pretty well initially, but sales quickly tapered off as word of mouth ran its course)

Blizzard has stated that they're trying to figure out how to let Europeans and Americans who wish to play together to do so. I'm not sure how or when this will happen, but they've gone on record about it several time.

That rules

Good lord, they used both the words "oppresion" and "oppresive". Sounds ace, where the hell did you come up with this FAQ?

Ha, ha! I see you have no interest in pitching this game to publishers.

Well, technically, the added caffeine in soda can be addictive, it's just a far less powerful addiction than that of nicotine.

I've never smoked, nor have I ever had the inclination to try.

The problem is, we don't know that they have a grasp of what story-driven games should be like. Well, maybe they know what they should be like, but we have no idea if they know how to make one. Anyone who plays and loves LucasArts games knows what a good story-driven game is but these guys aren't writers; it wasn't their job on the LEC titles. I'm sure the game will look really good but honestly there's nothing indicating the characters or character development or dialogue or anything will be solid.

I wasn't good at the shooting in this game because I didn't realize that you now have shooting skill, and you actually get better at it as the game progresses. There are just certain auto-aiming things that you can't do at first. I'm not being very helpful because I haven't played the games for a couple months but I don't really remember what you can and can't do. I do remember though that it wasn't too hard to get the hang of it and it didn't bother me after I Figured it out. This completely unhelpful and probably confusion-increasing post courtesy of Idle Thumbs.

It looks like Majesco is pretty much on its way to being my favorite publisher, a position that has been vacant since Ubisoft seems to be losing its awesomeness, thanks to Psychonauts and their agreement with Planet Moon. Anyway, here's an interview with some Majesco guys done by GameSpot. It's not really a great interview, but there are a few interesting things in there. I really like that Planet Moon's Infected will actually be able to infect other nearby PSPs. I don't know how that'll work yet, but it sounds great to me. http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/20/news_6116705.html

Hahahaha

Weird.

RE4 is out and after playing it at a few events I really really want to own it but I can't for a while due to my GameCube not being available at the moment. Anyway, this post is mainly an excuse to post this excerpt from Tycho's Penny Arcade initial impressions of the game: Yeah, that pretty much rules.

A game doesn't necessarily have to be super-innovative to be great. I've already spoken to a few people who have played through the entire game and they've all said it's just an incredibly solid experience the whole way through.

Well, I mean in terms of their attitude towards developers and stuff. I don't really give a shit about a publisher's overall library since I don't think there ever has been or ever will be one that is good across the board. Majesco seems to be on the right track though with decisions like aligning themselves with developers like Double Fine and Planet Moon, and it seems like they're pretty flexible. They're definitely not trying to buy anyone out or anything like that.

I was hoping for Bonzi Buddy.

I also hope that.

Bwahahahaha

Yeah it breaks when you put the second disc in. Always.

Isn't that new map by Valve though? And the bot? What exactly are they not doing that you want them to do?

Princess Mononoke is one of them, and I think you mentioned you've seen that one. That's probably the deepest of the Studio Ghibli film. It's certainly my favorite. They're all easy to find as far as I know.

I was just trying to help out the synthetic gerbil.