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Not really diplomatic I say but is what I wrote and I don't think such bullshit deserves one-lined comments.

Also, fuck man TT has the hardest boss fight ever in hard mode

As you've seen from my interview with the Mechner, I thought the Two Thrones brought something new in terms of relationships, gameplay-wise it was closer to SoT than to WW that's why I'd go for both of them if I were you as they are not really an enormous financial risk nowdays. Then come here and tell us how you liked it, always good to hear someone intelligent write down a piece of his mind.

I offered material 24 presents 12 drawings 5 wireframe sculptures 6 clay sculptures I got : A novel Two regular pencils

Happy Christmas everyone, be safe and get together ! Cheers to all my thumbs out there !

14/16 you all been pwnd in the face

We here have a tendency to mix up "comical" and "on drugs" don't you find ?

Have you looked at his face ? The Prince has never been as ugly… Which says a lot already.

If you like architecture the Victorian heights are a pretty sweet place to walk through also.

I have nothing to say, but I posess that game now, it is mine, I bought it, I play it, and it is good. I will gladly impose my presence rudely and make your game fail and/or be a weight you'll have to drag around as I did to patters if you'd care to have me.

So… I can't of course publicize the Mechner interview here before it is published in the magazine, I wanted to send a copy of it via PM to those of you who'd like to read it. For now, it's been commented as a very interesting one so I'm pretty glad it's not just "fanboy talking to the master" I did a fucklot of research to get questions that not everybody asked him already (even if he went back to some previously given answer). Why am I saying that and not sending it already ? because it's 3 PM long so if any of you french speaking thumbs would like to read it, I'll gladly send it to you in 3 PMs (and I might translate it for further use ;p)

I haven't practiced any sport for over a year now, but my past is catching up on me I guess

Ok, I'll try that !

In the magazine ? I'd send you the audio but it unregistered version of the software I used makes it barely audible and I only transcribed it in french, do you read french ?

I bought the game, so if anyone cares to tell me how to join, I'll be happy to do so !

uups forgot that one Yes, he's awesome.

I'll do the whole transcript and post the answer in no time

I'm thinking hard about it really but…*What is the use of it again ? (I'm not trying to say anything here, I'm just a dumbass)

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Just finished interviewing Jordan Mechner… God I was impressed and felt my questions were dumb as fuck but it was pretty awesome

Kotaku

The POP2K8 (EA Games) one ? What kept me going in that game was nothing, it was the strangest thing, I literally hated the prince who felt like the dumbest fuck ever, the gameplay was as fucking dumb as it gets to the point that it just was a big quick time event and the combats were full of shit (quite literally too as you can tell by the way the enemies look). So yeah, eye candy ? Loving the pops for 20 years ? Liking Elika ? I really do not know but I was pretty baffled that I kept coming back to it.

:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup: That is awesome !

That's the name of the next one : Dragon Age: Obsolete ? Well, we should agree on what we call grinding and then maybe that'd help us reach a consensus : to me it means doing the same thing over and over again in order to atain something that is in reach (not in sight per se) but locked. For example, a merchant would not sell you this or this item until you have the required amount of gold. On the other hand there are a few billion randomly generated axes that you could find, they are in reach in the way that you could wear them but they are kept away from you. So grinding is either doing the same thing to obtain an hidden item or doing the same thing to obtain enough change to get the item/narration/cutscene/access etc. I would not say that it's triggered by the game, rather that the game encourages a repetitive behavior in order to deliver some content. There, so is DA:Obsolete a linear experience in the long term or does it have static loops at some point that you have to go through several times ?

Well, the intrinsic nature of a game experience is not really subjective per se. It can be perceived as such or such but has certain qualities to it that reveal the intent and inner workings of a game. For instance, I'd say that a game that generates content in one of a few forms (worlds) using a few assets in all is more overtly tuned for a grinding experience than a very linear one. I would not tire of going through the dungeons of Torchlight but I assure you that going through every half life game with the subtitles on was sometimes tiring. Therefore Diablo or Torchlight (or another game I bought on iPhone called Defender Chronicles) can be pointed to as grindfests whereas the infamous cock sucking Modern Warfare is clearly not intended to be one. I wouldn't really know about DA : O I have only played half an hour of it.