Intrepid Homoludens

Goody. I'm getting some good practice for Prey then from playing the milkman level in Psychonauts. Why would it be sad? I'd rather actually play the game seing it in action rather than reading it on paper or looking at screenshots. The opposite of how things usually work in the industry.

So you're 'jaded'. Hmmm.

Why the hell would you go pay to see a movie while completely wasted and trash it after?

Well, we could bring other religions into it, like Hinduism and Buddhism, but will Christians listen to comparisons? Of course, I do understand the idea of morals and such. I just hate when it's packaged as religion. I also hate it when people interpret the Bible for their own ends. Including many of the theologians who wrote part of it or translated it. And especially those televangelists and street POGs* who hate gays and other people they arbitrarily claim as sinful and wrong. Who are THEY to judge? Personally I take the Bible as one large source of metaphors and symbols for a way of life, one that offers guidance on how to be good on all levels. Satan not so much as an entity, but as an idea for chaos, confusion, and many other attributes not to my liking. God to me is pure love and perfection, the good stuff, things that I strive to be every day. And like I said before, I'll play a Christian game if it's a good game, but NOT if it tries to convert me with some misguided, often times literal translation of the Bible. For that matter, any religious game that tries to do the same thing to me. * Pimps Of God.

Okay, I am NEVER playing anything from a company that tries to whore their god to me. And yes, I was raised Catholic, and though I love the philosophy that Christ represented, I never whored Jesus to any of my friends and total strangers on the street. Screw that shit. I would LOVE to play, say, the Ten Commandments as some kind of adventure game, but NOT if it pimped the 'glory of God' and tried to convert me. I have enough crap as it is being bombarded left and right by Viagra spam online.

I imagine the PS3 and Revolution will still be considerably worked on. The Xbox 360 would have to be nearly finalized considering they need a huge amount of time to mass produce and meet the expected demand quota for when it hits stores in November/December.

Helloooo. I just bought myself an Xbox today (I've been playing on my nephew's box til now). My question is, how do I transfer all my saved games from his box to mine using a memory card? I've been trying to figure it out. Accordingly, with the memory card shoved into the controller, when I select the memory setting it shows me what's stored in the hard disk. But the only option is to delete, there is none to 'copy' stored info from the hard drive onto the card. However, there are two stored saves already in the card when I bought it, and when I click the memory card setting there is an option to copy those saves into the box's hard drive. Am I not getting something here? Please advise. Thanks.

More available at the developer's site.

The same argument could be made about the Splinter Cell series, Project Gotham Racing, KoTOR, Jade Empire, and Halo series for Xbox, or about ICO, the Final Fantasy series, Metal Gear Solid series, and Silent Hill series for PS2. Just admit it, you prefer the art direction and mechanics of many of the games Nintendo makes.

:9~ Mmmm. But actually I prefer it combined with fresh squeezed orange juice and blended with crushed ice.

Dyes were very rare back then (medievel times) to the point where mostly only royalty and the church used them. Laws were actually upheld and enforced. For example because the colour purple (the dye for which was produced from snails) was decreed for kings alone (and I think other royalties), and anyone else caught wearing it was sentenced to death.

And Sony and Nintendo's decisions aren't influenced by money?

I have NO idea what your standards of aesthetics are, but I just watched the trailer and was pleased by the restraint and subtlety of the art direction. The look and feel reminded me a lot more of actual historical medieval times, down to the armour (I studied this era briefly for art history class back in art school). The scale and intricacies are more naturalistic, not flambuoyant and exaggerated. Too many times I've seen these kinds of RPGs go overboard with moronically overdesigned worlds. Oblivion looks refreshing because it's NOT trying to be overdone and overimaginative.

Have a great one!

Alex looks like you could put him to good use. Light a match and see what happens.

Seriously! Gamer geeks can be so plebeian sometimes. Get over yerselves! Screw you. It's beautiful in its simplicity, reminds me of some of Jean Nouvel's buildings, or sensual modernist architeture, like those Oscar Niemeyer.

Remember, though, that not being fat doesn't automatically mean being fit and healthy.

I think it's hilarious how many of us 'cynical geeks' make fun of the guy. How old are most of us? Late teens? Twenties? Enjoying breakfasts of Cheetos and room temperature Mountain Dew after staying up all night playing Halo 2 online? Ever thought of how we'll look in our late 30s or 40s? D'we think we could undergo the radical change at that age to be as fit and healthy as Allard and actually be able to wear those slim, tightly tailored clothes we would have been able to wear effortlessly when we had the body of an 18 year old but can't otherwise wear in our old age because of our guts? Especially when we're earning a six figure income and have to be in the international public spotlight representing a multimillion dollar company whose salary is mostly paid by younger versions of ourselves who enjoy breakfasts of Cheetos and room temperature Mountain Dew after staying up all night playing Halo 2 online? Just a thought.

Poor wall.

Don't tell me. You turned into Angelina Jolie for a day.

You can pre-order it once Nintendo announces it.

Don't worry, Kingz. It'll end up eating itself and the focus[es] will shift elsewhere.

You mean I need to go back and talk to all the dogs in that level first? That how it works?

You call that Marxist? Smells more like fire and brimstone romanticism to me. Can I **** you?