Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: ugg sale

ugg sale — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:14:05 +0000

i know too.

By: qrter

qrter — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:45:43 +0000

It would’ve all been fine if Scott Jones had done one of two things – either stood by his choice and sucked up his own cowardice, or wrote about how he made a mistake but that in the end it was his own mistake.

Now he makes it sound as if there’s some phantom force to blame, woe him, etc.

By: dhex

dhex — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:58:22 +0000

“When it came time to cast my vote for Game of the Year a few weeks back, I spent a series of antacid-infused days wrestling with whether or not I had the stuff to go against the grain, to stand up to pitchfork- and fire-wielders, and be true to my heart. Mostly I wondered if I’d forsake the little credibility I have in this business by picking something other than Fallout 3.”

sounds like a straight up game of the year routine.

By: Muzman

Muzman — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:38:11 +0000

EnglishStudent says:
“No…fake people, like a novel, poem or play.”

Case in point, I believe

Yeah that’s exactly it isn’t it. Also, I know these days gaming is more mainstream and huge titles like Halo have brought people into video games who wouldn’t be there otherwise and are a little disturbed by the breadth of things not-Halo/Mario that are called games. But geez, this guy’s supposed to be the editor of a games web site and the sight of a dialogue tree and talking NPCs just about knocks his baseball cap clear off his head. “Dude yur fagging up my shooting with talking n’ shit, WTF?”
It’s all happening a little to fast for this old fart.

By: Igor Hardy

Igor Hardy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:11:45 +0000

Why are all these Lucusarts alumni coming out of the woodwork now?

It’s mostly just coincidence that so many of them had new titles in 2008 (Well, Telltale has some every year). You think it took them too long to make it on their own? Tim Schafer got around to starting his own company right after he left LucasArts, so he released Psychonauts a few years ago already, but most of the other alumni tried different things before following his path. You can read Bill Tiller’s excuse in this brand, new interview:

http://www.incgamers.com/Games/2334/interviews/167/Bill-Tiller-On-A-Vampyre-Story

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:07:31 +0000

Faelnor: Democratic readers votes for games of the year seem to bypass the most vocal thing you’re talking about. Which is what I’m talking about. EG’s readers game of the year was FO3.

(Of course, votes for games of the year only include votes *for*. It doesn’t matter if 75% of the people who’ve played a game hated it. If 25% loved it most, it’ll probably be game of the year)

Dhex: To be fair, I think he said he voted for it – not that he voted for it as No.1. If you’re doing a top 10, including Fallout 3 isn’t exactly the same thing. But I could be wrong and misremember it.

By: faelnor

faelnor — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:07:14 +0000

yeah, but i’m always right, obviously.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:24:05 +0000

Aptly demonstrated by that baffling post!

By: faelnor

faelnor — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:20:05 +0000

Re : Kieron’s “everyone liked fallout 3″.
I very highly doubt the assumption : vocal gamers in gaming webrings that gained credibility liked X == everyone liked X. Most people don’t talk. And when they do, you would be surprised at how many people do it out of their arse.

By: Risingson

Risingson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:04:15 +0000

And “new york I love you” is a fantastic song, which grows on you a lot and is great to sing with james murphy live, totally drunk, maybe a bit drugged. No, really, it’s an epythome of the Bowie blinks that Sound of Silver has, a wonderfully well-constructed ballad with a great progression, just as over-the-top as needed. But, again, I love Sound of Silver.

By: dhex

dhex — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:22:18 +0000

“And no-one has to convince me that the line of thinking is wrong. It’s just that “My gut response is less important in a game of a year vote than what I feel the objective worth of a game” is a bit more complicated than “Lying”, and it’s worth people trying to understand the thinking which underlies the piece.”

i dig what you’re saying about serving the readers and all, but he can’t honestly think that it’s the game of the year. what context does he have beyond “lots of people liked it”? in his own words he found the conversations largely inane, the tasks repetitive and his choices utterly lacking in consequences. that screams “not good” when it comes to games in general and especially rpgs, which probably aren’t his cup of tea in the first place.

i think there are a lot of ways to approach f3 even if the total package was wanting in parts and wasn’t one’s cup of tea; how it’s another curious sidestep on the fps/rpg hybrid or “fps+” genre, or as an attempt to build off of the western rpg tradition on consoles (with whatever modifications/simplifications go into that).

By: Jimmay

Jimmay — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:57:32 +0000

At least eight. Maybe nine. It’s not a bad song, but it doesn’t match the rest of the damn album. Sigh. Oh well.