Because they're a corporation and think in terms of how a corporation would? seriously, I know ea gets a lot of grief, but when you look at their recent track record they've proven themselves willing to take some risks, and I find the vast majority of everything I buy from them to be completely enjoyable. EA is not…

The think about Shirow Masamune that you have to understand is that he is a self proclaimed "king of perverts." He does large amounts of semi-nude or full nude pinups, enjoys having his characters in sexual situations, and basically is one of the most fanservicy authors you'll ever see outside of straight up porn.

There are few things more fun than going to a nerd convention of some type with a 3DS. You max out your street pass plaza "visitors" every 10-20 minutes. College is the same way to a lesser degree. See, the thing about street pass is that it allows you to see the folks around you using 3DSes in a way, since miis…

One thing to keep in mind is that not all games handle an overclocked card well either. I know that when I first tried to play assassin's creed on a very mildly overclocked 580 (clock speeds were raised by like, maybe 5% at the most) it glitched out on me, even though my card was completely stable for much more…

The 580 definitely has issues. Until I raised the voltage on mine (not overclocked, just raised the voltage) it'd crash on me at least once every couple hours. I thought it was just me, but looking around it apparently is a pretty common issue for the 500 line of cards. Now I'm running two 660tis in sli and having…

Also true, but what no one really seems to have conveyed is how it went from one meaning to the other. See, for a large amount of the history of ancient Greece and Rome, plays were seen as basically being a way to worship the gods, and thus the heroes would find themselves in increasingly worse and worse amounts of…

I dunno, I kinda disagree. Although I can understand why you would consider Simon's Quest a Metroidvania title, and it of course does have an element of free roaming to it, stylistically I find that it's a lot more along the lines of one of the classic games than it is a Metroidvania game, and also to me at least it…

Just out of curiosity, have you ever played the Japanese version of Dracula X that was then re-released in america on PSP? The american "Dracula X" was heavily edited, with quite a few stages as well as an additional playable character ending up removed, thus the reason why people specify the "Rhondo of Blood"…

The thing is that the 2D castlevania series can be pretty much divided into two sections. You've got "Classic" castlevania, which is the first game through Dracula X: Rhondo of Blood, and then you have the "Metroidvania" Castlevania, which is Symphony of the Night and onward. After Symphony of the Night…

I think it also depends on the person cosplaying. I was at A-Kon in Dallas this last weekend, and saw everything from the mushrooms from Fantasia to weeping angels from doctor who. Personally I went as Choji from Naruto, but that wasn't a decision made because he's popular. It was because I'm honestly overweight,…

he says in the video that he hasn't been able to actually play a build with first person mode enabled at the current time, so I guess "answer hazy. try again later."

In one of the Double Fine Adventure documentaries they mention that one of the biggest challenges they've had from a publicity stand point is making a point and click adventure game look interesting when they are by their nature so slow and relaxed in action. I'd say that the trailer for The Night of The Rabbit as…

Thank you. I've been reading through the comments, and I've found the lack of empathy rather disturbing. Dude did something idiotic, and a group of internet funny guys decided to help him out. Shouldn't be a reason to once again harp on how much of an idiot he is, it should be a reason to praise the internet funny…

Not exactly true. Lovecraft's work is not public domain, at least in America (unless the copyright expired within the last year without me noticing). What happened is that as part of his will, Lovecraft released all of his characters and ideas as public domain upon his death, while maintaining the copyright upon his…

I think it depends partially on the price point too. I tend to want something that will at least last me a couple weeks of play if I'm paying 60 bucks, but on the other hand there are a few shorter experiences that I've found very enjoyable which were cheaper. Check out Thirty Flights of Loving. Only takes you…

Rama is one of those book series that starts out with an interesting premise and then gets progressively less and less interesting as it goes along. If you like clarke then by all means give it a try, but don't feel too bad if you can't get all the way through the series. I've tried reading it three times and I've…

Funny you should ask, as my whole job in the military was purifying water... It's not that people are getting sick from unpurified water, it's that too much water will kill anyone, and when you're from a cold area in the states and then go over to a hot place like Afghanistan it can be easy to lose track of how much…

pretty sure it was down. couldn't log in yesterday so I went to their "status of the playstation network" page that automatically tells you when it's down, and it said "the playstation network is currently offline" on that page. It just remembered some (although not all) people's credentials if they'd logged in…

that's... actually kinda epic in a cheesy hair metal way. I'd argue that at the very least it's better than our intro for that show was.

My guess is that what you see is pretty much what you get as far as the gameplay goes. Sony published "art house" style games tend to be one trick ponies for the most part. I'd still give it a look though if I was you, because they also tend to be extremely emotionally involving, and I also can see puzzles involving…