Simplicity versus Complexity
What's better, in art? Is it a meaningful question? A kick-off: A BOOK WRITTEN IN A CLEAR STYLE DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN The first thing that impressed me was the writer's style. It was crisp and to the...
View ArticleSingle (or More) Fucked Up Lines Part 2
The other one is at 1000 posts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur_%26_the_Knights_of_Justice_%28video_game%29#Reception This is either: A. An encyclopedia article on a Super NES game or... B. A...
View ArticleWacky Races
Wacky Races review. Edit: Corrected for grammar. Three times. Because I am blind.
View ArticleFinal Fantasy I
Hi all. I've lurked for years now, but wanted to post a review of Final Fantasy. My goal is to review a large number of classic games to see if they hold up - which ones are as much fun now as they...
View ArticleHow do things not hold up?
It seems now that a lot of people like to approach things from the attitude of whether or not they hold up, but they rarely if ever explain what that really means. The implication usually seems to be...
View ArticleSneak King Review
Sneak King Sneak King is an arcade-style game which has a fairly creative concept, but unfortunately, doesn't do very much with it. In the game, you control the King, and must surreptitiously deliver...
View ArticleSome of My Reviews on RPGamer
I've written a handful of reviews for a small forum, but I have those in a sectioned format that I don't particularly like anymore and am slowly converting to essay format. I do, however, have two...
View ArticleFenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses
By Mark TwainIn Lear, Tolstoy, and the Fool, George Orwell asksProperly speaking one cannot ANSWER Tolstoy's attack [on Shakespeare]. The interesting question is: why did he make it?He concludes [I]t...
View ArticleGod of War III draft.
I think all the major parts are in place (thesis, and defense of that thesis), and the transitions seem to flow. I'm getting to the point where I'm editing minutiae, so I figure I can post something.I...
View ArticleNew York Times NIER review.
So there's some new Square action RPG out that looks really bad. (Even GAMESPOT panned it, which upset Square fanboys.) The NY Times reviewed it as well....
View ArticleThe Working Designs RPG Critic's Review of Vagrant Story
The world turned slower for a short while. I was in a weird funk – jobless, strangely timeless (since I have so much time on my hands). Games seem to have lost the appeal they once had. Vagrant Story...
View ArticleKane, Lynch, and Gamespot, take 2.
http://www.gamespot.com/p...l?tag=result%3Btitle%3B2Couple days ago I noticed the site was skinned with the next Kane and Lynch game. It's not there now, but it might be a rotation thing.Anyway, I...
View ArticleCompany plants
I've mentioned before my old labmate from grad school is dating a guy who works for Volition. She says that there are several people working there who each have a few forum accounts at the largest...
View ArticleCorrelation between game scores and the speed at which they are reviewed.
In one of those links in the Jeff Gerstmann discussion, it's revealed that when a game company advertises with a media outlet, and the game that's advertised sucks, then the media company will inform...
View ArticleI found a postive review of Freddy Got Fingered
So I found this... interesting review of Freddy Got Fingered on IMDb (yes, I know, not the best place in the world for reviews. But sometimes, you find "gems" like this):Above the heads of most, 26...
View ArticleDracula Best Review
Dracula Best is a music CD that contains the soundtracks to the 3 Castlevania games for the NES: Castlevania, Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, and Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse. First of all, if you...
View ArticleAn ICO Review
Hi. I've kind of lurked around, but I haven't posted much (In fact, I think I've posted only once in the entirety of Port Saiid). So, I wrote a review for the game ICO at Tv Tropes after seeing the...
View ArticleIs Todd Van Der Werff the TV version of Greg Kasavin?
I ask because his argument that Glee and Community are basically the same show reminds me of Kasavin's "defining traits" for Super Mario Bros.
View ArticleNew Super Mario Brothers 2- Mini Review
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo 3DS)- This is the third game in the NSMB series and I found it to fall squarely in the middle between the relatively bland original game and the expansive and highly...
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