... Not sure if this is a serious comment or if it’s just because you’re old and grumpy.

Hey, Nathan, I think the artist’s name is José Teixeira.

It would be way worse if the first game was called just “Battlefield”. But since it’s Battlefield 1942, it’s not that bad. Don’t know why they didn’t just call it Battlefield 1914, though.

I don’t know if you’ve ever played in a private server, but they usually have a lot of issues. I guess that what Blizzard means is that they cannot release an official server and not spend a bunch of money on staffing, troubleshooting, etc., because it would damage their reputation/brand. Private servers get a lot of…

This was probably the first game I really obsessed over. Got gold medals on every single stage. Years later, Rogue Leader came and it was 10 times more difficult. I just gave up on repeating the feat.

I think the animation still holds up. Just up the resolution, make it compatible with current PCs and they have my money.

I’m not sure either way. There are alternatives, sure, but Steam has such an important unifying role that I’m pretty sure it was a big factor in PC gaming coming out of the limbo it’s been in a few years ago.

Different cases, though. You are pointing things that affect gameplay. Even if you don’t consciously notice them, this kind of stuff steers and informs gameplay decisions (like, you get the feeling that X pokémon is better then Y and start using it, even if you don’t quite know why). Assets don’t really affect…

“If [..] piracy was done on some moral “high ground” then indie games wouldn’t be pirated at all, but they are, and in great quantities.”

With Steam refunds you don’t even have to do that nowadays, though. Buy it and get a refund if it doesn’t work. Hell, since you don’t even have to justify, you may also return it if it’s just a bad game.

I have 2 soldiers I’m really fond of. First one is Nobu Goto. The game gave him the random bio that he was in the original X-Com, so I changed his birthdate, switched his nickname to “Old Boy” and gave him this weathered, “all-out-of-f***s-to-give” look. There was this mission that was going pretty badly. There’s only…

I don’t think it had this “everyone can beat Daigo” agenda behind it (he IS sponsored by MCZ, after all), but they probably knew Daigo losing would get a lot of people talking about it and about them. Way more than him mercilessly perfecting two matches in a row against a guy who’s not a pro, at least.

I scream “Punch Rocket!”, makes more sense to me.

Awesome! It even has Romero’s painted over, unshaved mustache!

Don’t forget he gives all kinds of ammo periodically, including (allegedly, I never got it myself) Fusion Cores. Also, the game actually fills you in about what he’s been up to since Fallout 3, so he kinda feels more real than the others, to me. Nick’s backstory is probably the most interesting one, though.

I didn’t think about it, but yeah, Cloud was never on a Nintendo console, right? I understand they’re not as popular, but Terra or Cecil would’ve been a better fit, as far as a Nintendo mash-up goes.

Yeah, that’s true. I’m not saying they are the worst nowadays, but there’s still that public perception that they are. Maybe it’s that enduring SimCity stink hovering over them for the last few years.

I know Konami’s PR division is probably doing what they can with what they’ve got, but MAN are they doing a bad job. If Konami were an American company, maybe EA would get a year’s respite from the worst company title?

I think the problem is that they only Mass Effected it half way. ME has a very elegant dialogue wheel that’s consistent across the board, so you know what to expect even without having to read the full text. IIRC, left side is usually exploration, right side is resolution. Open a sub-menu and it’s 100% guaranteed that…

Well, my bad, then! I experimented with duct tape and was pretty sure I lost the cloth. Probably wasn’t paying enough attention.