Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: KingMob

KingMob — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:29:45 +0000

Tim Rogers is too cool for readability, or editing.

Seriously though, everyone should go play Cave Story right now if you’ve never played it.

By: Björn

Björn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:16:41 +0000

Unless I am missing the point, and it has been known to happen, Rogers needs some form of self or external editing for many of his pieces.

You know what Rogers really needs? A fucking readable website, something that’s not white on black text with lack of line spacing. I had to override his stylesheet immediately to make it slightly more bearable. Perhaps I’m just getting old.

By: Meat Circus

Meat Circus — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:44:03 +0000

Tim Rogers: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

His writing resembles what I imagine would be the outcome of setting off a small explosive embedded in Kieron Gillen’s brain.

By: brog

brog — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:45:12 +0000

Re: Gears of War.. it sounds like he thinks he’s really clever for having figured this out.

By: terry

terry — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:15:54 +0000

I would’ve thought the Bioshock postmortem could at least contain an acknowledgement of the complete dog’s breakfast made of the last stages.

By: Phil H

Phil H — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:03:00 +0000

I rented Mercenaries 2 this weekend(on the PS3 side), despite this nagging feeling that it should look better and occasionally really dumb AI, I’m having quite a fun time with it- blowing everything up, hijacking vehicles, and messing around with the goofy vehicle physics(try taking a motorcycle up and over a hill at top speed!). I have the feeling I’ll be adding it to my permanent library, but I’m undecided on which platform to get it for and just how much I’m willing to pay for it.

By: Mo

Mo — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:13 +0000

I’ve said this before, but it’s worth mentioning again: SS2 was not an accessible game by any means. Even if it had been marketed like Bioshock, it wouldn’t have picked up. Bioshock sold on hype, yes, but I suspect it also sold on word of mouth.

SS2 wouldn’t have done the same. People would buy into the hype, sure, but upon playing the game, would realize that it has a rather counter-intuitive interface, and as a result, wouldn’t recommend it to a friend.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:14 +0000

I have to say, I’ve always felt the humans were the bad guys in Gears.

By: Pidesco

Pidesco — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:17:18 +0000

“Our goal when we set out to make BioShock was very clear. We wanted to get to the next level, moving beyond our suite of critically acclaimed games to make a blockbuster.”

I bet that if System Shock 2 had been marketed in a similar way to Bioshock, it would have sold enough to be a blockbuster.

By: spd from Russia

spd from Russia — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:33:12 +0000

ah yeah, consoles are the problem! there are too many and each needs different approach. breaking up the market and forcing the developers to spend more if they go multiplatform

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:18:16 +0000

Very interesting take on Gears of War.

By: BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:29:52 +0000

I loved this Tim Rogers review of Cave Story. I’m now reading through all his reviews in ActionButton.net’s all-time top 25 games, and I’m finding them all to be pretty interesting to read, though time-consuming.