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Everything posted by brkl
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Man, you're a weird one subbes. Fingerpori is likely the least translatable thing in existence. I don't know who would be silly enough to spend the time and effort to make any of those understandable to people who don't speak the language. I don't see how reading the results could lead to anything but quiet bafflement
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Man, this game keeps crashing in the Assault mission. It's hard enough, but having to redo the levels is too much.
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Idle Thumbs 84: Nineties Cockpit Freakout
brkl replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
Can one be an exhibionist with body image issues? -
Doesn't work.
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Oh, I wasn't making any claims like that. I was claiming Walter White also dual wields pistols and kills dudes, probably in slow motion. He doesn't.
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I joined, which is stupid because I'm not really planning on doing much right now apart from cycling to work and back. I started jogging in the summer but stopped after a while when I hurt my foot. I just didn't go back to it. So I guess I joined to feel guilty. And yeah, this thread really seems like an ad.
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You monster! I voted for... Spacebase and others. Bad Golf. Can't remember, probably something like 8 altogether.
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To be fair, Max Payne looks way more credible when he jumps sideways, shoots people midair and lands on his shoulder. Oh, no, I spoiled Breaking Bad again.
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Idle Thumbs 84: Nineties Cockpit Freakout
brkl replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
If you listen to Duel of the Fates, it doesn't sound anywhere near as generic as all the stuff that appeared afterwards, even now that our ears are inundated with the crap. John Williams also understands dynamic range, which is totally missing from many video game soundtracks. -
RPS says no, actually. So who knows.
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Idle Thumbs 84: Nineties Cockpit Freakout
brkl replied to Jake's topic in Idle Thumbs Episodes & Streams
The huge orchestra synth stuff has always sounded bad, but nobody seems to care a whole lot. God I miss the Mass Effect 1 music. -
I don't think so. Hitman doesn't give you empathy for sociopathic killers. I was thinking the game could show there's no way to do these guerrilla wars cleanly and that they are not just going to die down. That shit will stay horrific until it's somehow stopped.
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You can always have prettier assets, tighten up the gameplay, fix more bugs, develop for more platforms. There's no "too much money". Look at Resident Evil 6. You can always hire another dude to do more stuff.
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So is that speaking against the use of child soldiers in war or against video games? It's weird, because this kind of approach could be somewhat successful in raising the issue of child soldiers for people who play games. However, if it's trying to decry games as well, it's not going to get that point across, is it? If one wanted to make a game about the use of child soldiers, I think it's the wrong approach to place the player in the child soldier's position. Player's don't feel empathy towards the player avatar. They can, however, feel empathy towards NPCs. A better approach would be to place the player in the role of the commander who's sending the kids to battle. The player either has to use his child soldiers more effectively than the opposition, or he will lose, which will of course make the player feel like drowning himself. The game would have to drive home that there is no way to win the battle without child soldiers. That is, it's not a matter of strategy or tactics, and you can't just choose to not use the child soldiers if the other side is using them. The solution has to be peace through peacekeeping forces, negotiation, empowering civilians, etc. Sorry for taking the maligned thread seriously
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Holy christ that's cute.
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I don't think such a thing exists for a game.
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The Business Side of Video (Space) Games EXCLUSIVELY ON IDLE THUMBS
brkl replied to Henroid's topic in Video Gaming
I've never even heard of that studio. But apparently they were pretty big. -
You could buy Combined Operations and join us in not playing Arma.
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The Business Side of Video (Space) Games EXCLUSIVELY ON IDLE THUMBS
brkl replied to Henroid's topic in Video Gaming
We got shit like this: WTF is with this alien doll with a Glaswegian accent!? -
¬¬ I'll never remember that. I guess I'll have to rely on smilies.