Theory

[icycalm]

This is the title of an upcoming article. The following is somewhat related to it:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/ ... -hardcore/

So here’s my proposal. Every game, in addition to the standard easy, medium and expert modes, must have a “1988 mode.” In 1988 mode, you don’t get to save the game, ever. If you lose, you start over from the beginning of the game. Every hit from an enemy reduces your hit points by 25 percent, minimum. Extra lives and hit points are tough to come by, not handed out like Mardi Gras beads to bosomy exhibitionists.

This applies to all games, not just shooters and platformers and the like. Lose against the big boss in an RPG? Hey, guess what, you’re Level 1 again and townsfolk are going to remind you to press X to pick things up. Flub “Painkiller” in Rock Band 2? Time to start over with “Eye of the Tiger.”

Only those who complete a game in 1988 mode get to call themselves “hard-core.” Everyone else, from tourney winners to Minesweeper addicts, is a “casual gamer.” Gotta draw the line somewhere.

lol, etc.

On a side note, I was under the impression that this Lore was a female, but it turns out I was wrong. So in the hobag article, where I mention that Kohler hired three hoes, make that two.

[icycalm]

http://www.edge-online.com/features/ps4 ... tion-wars/

The thread based on Rubin’s tweet alone stretches out to, at the time of writing, 70 pages and 3,446 individual posts. Remember, this is a discussion about barely noticeable difference in two versions of the same videogame. The internet, ladies and gentlemen.

720p upscaled to 1080p versus native 1080p differences are "barely noticeable". How much more proof do you need that everyone writing about games today is a casual? You can't just pin it on the dolt who wrote the article, singe the magazine's editor approved his comment!

(Note also the hazing in the comments. When you readers know more about games than you do, isn't it time your readers found a new writer?)

[icycalm]

Eurogamer's "Game of the Generation" is Mario Galaxy or some shit.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... rio-galaxy

Reminds me to write a Not Art review of Mario 64.

Insomnia's choice is, of course, Far Cry 2. But before I write that review I'll have to write the Civ, GTA3, Max Payne, Halo, Far Cry and Gears of War reviews, in that order, so it'll take me a while.

But yeah, casuals etc.

[icycalm]

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 16#p987416

please do not write for hg101. it is a horrible site owned and operated by people who refuse to do even the most basic research. the place and many of its writers are pretty much ign quality, except they're supposed to be "hardcore" and write about games people still don't care about, so they get read i guess. any attempts to "help" them will be in vain, as any amount of good will only reinforce the awful. the whole place, good info and all, just needs to be wiped off of every single computer, full stop.

they really are casualgaming101, all other meanings of "casual" be damned here.