Some one in these discussions used Rogue Legacy and L4D as great repetitive games. Rogue Legacy is a great game for the $10-$15 i got for on console. But if it were priced higher it would be a different story, heck I wouldnt pay any more than 20. L4D is great because it has story modes and its online pvp modes,…

I agree. Yes/No is way too binary for judging any medium. There needs to be a 'Maybe' rating, where maybe implies you need to be willing to live with the listed faults of the game. I'm aware that even the best games have flaws we need to live with, but a 'Yes' rating should be the kind of game where you should be…

Tip #1: Don't support them and let them learn not to use terrible business models.

It's in the title, Super Mario World.

Now that I think about it, video games are the last major multi-billion dollar entertainment division that doesn't have some sort of prominent union. Television, movies, the music industry, all of them have groups, unions, guilds, and counter-businesses that keep greedy executives in check.

What's more shocking to me is how few people make the connection between lack of unionization and monumentally bad working conditions. If I had a nickel for every friend I've had who can go on about how evil the big bad unions are and still express shock and outrage over the kind of behavior described in these sort of…

Well, just finished reading the last account. If anyone needs me, I'll be under my desk in a fetal position for the rest of the day.

White Star Line CEO: A Few Things Were Not Perfect With the Titanic

In other news, Republican voters find a few things not perfect with President Obama.

A Few Things

Health insurance rates have been going up a few percent a year on average since the ACA was passed, the lowest amout in decades. If your rates doubled, there's something else going on.

There are a lot of students and people with pre-existing conditions who disagree with you.

Even Obama calls it Obamacare now, so I'm cool with the distinction.

Kirk, please stop succumbing to this Pavlovian monstrosity and start playing and talking about other games not designed by Satan's accountants.

Why? For consumers, meta scores are very useful data points. Whether you like it or not, a consensus 8.5 is pretty much always a better game than a consensus 8.0.

Actually, it has to be over 60% to be considered a "fresh" movie, so it must have substantially more positive reviews than negative or even mediocre reviews.

I think in some ways the yes/no system is worse. At least with a 5 or 6 a gamer may think 'hmn, I'll still give it a shot, I like the genre or IP, will wait for a price drop' or something like that, whereas with a big 'NO' it's like this game is written off as bad for all eternity.

Not to stir the pot, but isn't a 'yes' or 'no' system of rating games pretty arbitrary and meaningless too? At least numeric scores have a gradient and can represent different shades of quality.