strangelingo

Considering production vaule and effort his history podcasts are quite good but the way he narrates his shows really annoys me, with all those lame attempts at making listener 'ooooh' and 'aaaah', as seen is Ghosts of Ostfront. Sometimes he can really convey some emotion with what he says way too often he ends up being just annoying. Somehow the way he narrates that Ostfront story reminds me (a little) of that youtube video full of Caruso's one-liners. (Even show's name is a good evidence of that. It's not just history. Only dumb people are interested in it. It's HARDCOEEEEER history.) But generally, I really like what he has to say as soon as I get used to the way he talks.

It sums up nicely how much (mainstream) games suck at being anything other than just... games.

(Unrelated, but the whole overseas relationship thing reminded me to ask:) How come people who post here come from all sides of the world? On every other gaming-related forum I've used to post there was a majority of Americans + couple of Brits, while here it's more like Europeans galore + few guys from San Francisco ;] (Which is another thing I really dig about this place because I hate that generally Web is very American-cenric, plus, I am an European myself)

Meets Dead Space!

Things like Paolini freak me out. It's like something bad happened to the world about time when first Harry Potter got released and a parallel universe was created where things like Eragons, Browns and Twilights can occupy bestseller lists, sitting next to *actual books*. Gaaah.

Oh my, I've just found an interview with that guy. I apologize for the mistakes in my books. There was a misunderstanding between my publisher and I and I was also having major computer problems and doing to many things at once. I was helping my country with our major problems in 2007, 2008, 2009 and I was writing my books at the same time. This was also the first time I have ever published anything and I was mainly counting on my publisher to see me through the right way. I am currently working with Xlibris to fix the problem.

Next time bring Moon People with you and try to copy down few first paragraphs as your answer. It may appeal to your prof.

"Check this out your mind is gonna explode"

Ah. So, I need to find a proper work in order to be able to catch up with you ;]

Yep, definitely. I remember checking that few times during my first playthrough on PC. Huh.

Gaaaaah! Out of curiosity, how much time did you had to sink into it? I've been playing for about 20 minutes/day (commuting) for last two months and I'm yet to pass 600k.

On 360 or PC? One of main reasons why, unlike many other, I didn't have anything against checkpoints in FC2 was that I've thought respawn rate to be really well-balanced. Makes me wonder: was it difference between game versions (I've played on PC) or is it just my preference.

Ha! I've just made it to 550k this weekend!

English isn't my native language so I feel an urge to make such phrasals up ;]

M'kay. Hemigway + random zombie spawns. edit: After making that post about Old Man and the Sea, (which was first most un-gamey piece of prose that came to my mind) I actually explored this thought a little and imagined some parallel universe where some big company goes for it and makes 20-million-dollar, twelve-hour long game where you get to kill one fish, just to confuse a fuck out of all IGNdotcoms out there.

I think this time they'll try to adapt some of Hemingway's prose, maybe they can go for "The Old Man and the Sea".

I think that all Anno games are like that. This summer, right before 1404 came out, I've had four-day marathon of previous installment in the series, Anno 1701 and it was enough to get fed up with it and not play it since. It's mechanics provide a good sense of progression but they don't really allow too much replayability in terms of offering you new challenges. It's more of Sim City than Age of Empires, methinks. But hey, you've just made me reinstall it ;]

Far Cry 2.

Good Lord! Expect our minds to be IGN!

What is game?