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by icycalm » 15 Aug 2009 14:46
by icycalm » 23 Aug 2009 15:40
by icycalm » 30 Aug 2009 16:15
by icycalm » 08 Sep 2009 16:50
JohnHyperion wrote:His point is that publishers of game magazines should realize that non-game software is coming out for game platforms and they should readjust by focusing on proper games, as opposed to every piece of software that comes out on a game system.
You're using "new" in a completely different way than he is there. You seem to be suggesting that because the DS and Wii have "new" stuff that he's obligated to liking the systems. He's not begging for "new" stuff for the sake of it, he's saying a lot of the new stuff is non-game shit that shouldn't be in a game magazine's charts, because none of the readers of game magazines care about them, and none of the non-gamers care about gaming mags.
TBMonkey wrote:This blog has good blogread but crappy graphics
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monkeymanD wrote:some of the best gameplay I've ever played
by icycalm » 15 Sep 2009 14:25
Templaris wrote:Most of the HD resolutions from the consoles are fake anyways, as this article points out. http://insomnia.ac/hardware/the_fake-hd_era/ [insomnia.ac]
Nightwish wrote:What hd consoles?
http://insomnia.ac/hardware/the_fake-hd_era/
by icycalm » 18 Sep 2009 16:43
Mike_LowELL wrote:Review of Unreal Tournament 3
Review of Team Fortress 2
This is a slightly more detailed version of the point I'm trying to argue. "More buttons" doesn't necessarily mean "better game", but "more functionality" often means "better game", which "more buttons" makes much easier.
by abe » 22 Sep 2009 22:47
http://insomnia.ac/reviews/pc/doukutsumonogatari/
to be fair his point about how it doesn't stand up well when put next to other games is fully legitimate
the fact it is free never comes into play on the game's quality, and maybe it's free for a reason!
(that said i love cave story but shut up)
haha oh man this guy is great
http://insomnia.ac/reviews/pc/teamfortress2/
HURP DURP NOT DEEP ENOUGH OR CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE PREQUEL I WANT TO NOCLIP ACROSS THE MAP
I would also like to mention that his cave story review has a GOD AWFUL design. 75% screenshots fore 25% text so you look like you wrote more? ****ing hell.
it's not so much that his points are invalid because he does state some pretty logical stuff, it's the fact of how he presents it
A good reviewer has the ability to drive in their points without being completely hateful or without being a complete suckup, which are both things that this person fails at entirely.
Not to mention his bias-- while he certainly can criticize things he tends to lean in the favour of various subjects too much. It's okay to be a little biased, but this guy is just off the wall. (Mostly considering he instantaneously hates anything that is both indie and not japanese, while he praises ****ty obscure Japanese bullet hells through the roof)
Problem with his reviews is that they are pure bias (besides the fact that he's also a retard).
i lol every time someone brings up this site
http://insomnia.ac/reviews/megadrive/sonicthehedgehog2/ gets me every time
I do like some of their articles though even though it's pretty much david sirlin's articles but with even more internet tough guy
btw to make this article like 5000x funnier, Seth from SFIV was named after the author of this article.
I liked that article they did a while back on gameplay
"ya well books and movies and music dont have bookread or moviewatch or musiclisten"
yeah they also don't have the level of interactivity that videogames have
or any interactivity at all
hence why a term like gameplay is completely valid in this situation
RETARD LOL!!!!
i'd go on his site and point out that tf2 and tfc are different games and the ideas behind them are
TFC: Quake-style 'dexterity' based skill (bunny-hopping, nadejumping, complex **** that makes it unfun for newbies)
TFC: Newb friendly with no abilities other people can't use (if you go soldier, everything you can do I can do too. You can't rocketjump in a massively different way than me. You can't control crits. Neither can I. A victory on either part means we used the right weapons the right way the right time. If I rely on rockets too much, you can shotgun me to death. If you insist on using the shotgun close range, I can get you easily.)
but he'd say THAT'S NO EXCUSE TO **** US OVER WE WANT HARDCORE FPS GAMES TROLL MORE YOU ****ING **** **** TURRETS SYNDROME BUTTHURT TROLL and ban me
Insomnia is a terrible gaming site to begin with. Even the RPG board on Gamefaqs agree with this (mostly.)
by icycalm » 26 Sep 2009 16:44
Marvulus wrote:You have any opinions on "Alex Kierkegaard"?
Roodwurm wrote:Ohoho! Nice name drop there.
There's no doubt this man knows what he's talking about, a great deal more so than any other individual that writes about video games and I like his relentless attacks against all 'serious' game media, since I don't really like what it has become (people put too much emphasis on not so relevant elements like 'story' and pointless ponderings on if games can be 'art').
If you visit his forums, he doesn't come off as a very pleasant person to interact with, although that shouldn't have to matter. I must admit, he does ire me a bit and I feel like he's playing the role of one-eye in the land of the blind a bit too much, if you know where I'm getting at...
How do you feel about him (funny question, but if you are interested in video games and know about him, I think it's impossible to not have some sort of opinion on the man)?
Marvulus wrote:He begs for an opinion. I agree with you on this though. I might even end up buying his books. He's not so much unpleasant as he is unapologetic. He bans 90% of posters in his forum, but he's clear about his reasons and viewpoints and usually gives warnings. He has a low tolerance for cats who respond without understanding fully what he's said, or making assumptions he hasn't even alluded to, which happens all the time in regular forums.
I can't disagree with his methods or madness because the clarity of his thought is, well, clear, if you don't mind all those philosopher quotes (which I appreciate anyway). I'd never post there, but like you said he shits on every[most] game journalist I've read.
There was a recent 40+ page thread on rllmukforum where he was getting it in with the reviewers and journalists of credential and made such asses of them they deleted the thread for no other reason.
by icycalm » 26 Sep 2009 16:52
Roodwurm wrote:True. I guess what gets me is that he's so pragmatic in his choice of philosophers whose concepts he (partly) subscribes to. He has a way of expressing himself in absolutes. I tend to think that the only absolute is that there are no absolutes and value Heidegger's ideas over those of Baudrillard.
Roodwurm wrote:Maybe it would have less of such an effect if he wouldn't be so blatant about the sources of his approach, like with all the 'you have to read the following works to be able to understand what it is I'm telling you' statements. Nah man, build on your sources and write in such a manner that it incorporates these ideas and concepts naturally.
by icycalm » 29 Sep 2009 20:52
by icycalm » 01 Oct 2009 18:45
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by icycalm » 07 Oct 2009 13:16
by icycalm » 07 Oct 2009 13:20
He’s basically the Michael Savage of video games.
by dagamdagee » 07 Oct 2009 17:23
by icycalm » 08 Oct 2009 15:02
dagamdagee wrote:Those are most definitely your best articles, especially Arcade Culture.
dagamdagee wrote:You're about as hardcore as hardcore can get, and I enjoy your examinations on the mindset of the video game purists.
dagamdagee wrote:I actually posted that little piece on you on purpose for the sheer fact that I wanted to see what you could come up with
dagamdagee wrote:I'm frankly horrible at insulting people
dagamdagee wrote:You think I'm trailer trash, really?
dagamdagee wrote:but, believe me when I tell you that I hate white Americans as much as you do.
dagamdagee wrote:You're pretty spot-on in your assumption, though, as I'm a native of a pretty redneck state, but my heart's in London if that means anything at all to you.
dagamdagee wrote:All in all, I'm happy to be your text-based gimp.
dagamdagee wrote:I find half -- more or less -- of your articles to be very interesting reads and I'm looking forward to whatever future pieces you do.
dagamdagee wrote:I don't find you to be a very pleasant human being
dagamdagee wrote:but you are a damn good writer.
dagamdagee wrote:I can't help but to give you respect from one writer to another.
dagamdagee wrote:Cheers.
by icycalm » 09 Oct 2009 14:49