Y'know what? You've inspired me. You're right: I've never sent an angry email to anyone about anything, but I also don't ever send encouraging emails. I think the last time I did so was when I played Iji, many years ago. From now on, I think I'll try to encourage the developers of my favorite games, particularly indie…

Have you played 3D Land? I think you will be phenomenally surprised. I actually think it might be my second-favorite game in the series (yes, even above World, though I like World less than a lot of people). It's not good for the same reasons as SMB3; Mario is slower and feels heavier, and the levels are more…

I agree so hard. If it weren't for 3D Land, which absolutely blew me away (I called it game of the year in my blog), I would almost be ready to write off the series entirely. Which, considering Mario 3 is my favorite game of all-time, is saying quite a lot. The New series are just so BLAND in every way, even when…

I am okay with this.

"living wall of death and beauty." I'm stealing that

I'm not sure if you're joking about shmups being an art form, but you're right. When I think about the idea of game mechanics and level design themselves being art (as opposed to a game being art in its story or visuals) the shmup category always takes the cake. I'd sooner point to Ikaruga as art than something like…

as pathetic as it sounds, I really do think that's the main reason. If a book with really "inappropriate" content got as ridiculously, insanely popular as the Harry Potter series, I'm sure a rating system of sorts would be created. Or at least they'd start putting "explicit content" stickers on books like with music.

I've always feel the same way. Even back in 2001, when they really weren't making games with the sort of cynical, extremely brutal violence like in modern CoD, Halo was still one of the tamest FPSs around. In fact, one reason I love the series is that it's very... I suppose you could say classy, for a game about…

wow, this game has really prettied up. the concept was mind-hurting and awesome all along, but i think making the graphics less abstract definitely helps with comprehending it.

well, you can't really manipulate objects in 4 dimensions because humans can't PERCEIVE four dimensions. His analogy to the book "flatland" is very fitting. Imagine playing a Mario game where you exist in a 3d space, except the game is in 2d. You can only move and see in two dimensions "at a time," but by switching…

I am phenomenally surprised by how fun ME3's multiplayer is. It's almost better than the ending is bad. And even though I at first thought the monetization strategy was kinda evil, it doesn't really take that long to save up for the booster packs! I've earned lots of fun things without spending a cent.

Actually, only some of them have magical powers :P

Wow. You are an idiot.

actually, no. if you go to the site, you'll see that the backstory involves a (hilarious for programmers) mix-up involving cryogenic sleep chambers. The people in the sleep pods end up being asleep for 1 0000 0000 0000 years in hexadecimal (a way to represent numbers with base 16 instead of 10). In base-10, this is…

Oh hey, I just beat this game a few days ago! It's really fantastic.

You might be right, but I think the grandfather of the console RPG deserves a little more recognition. Also Dragon Quest II is not very good :\

The lack of research (or heck, just ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF VIDEOGAMES) in this article is insane. Why do you keep saying Dragon Quest TWO? The title screen is just Dragon Questy in general; it doesn't particularly look like II (in fact, it's a pretty obvious allusion to Blue Dragon). The graphics, music (all of it), and…

wow, this game's aesthetic is utterly hideous. i'm sure the game is crap, too, unless someone tells me otherwise.

Wow, this girl is a champ. I know fear and shame often trap young girls in these sort of situations for years, and often they never tell anyone. But this girl not only was courageous but also clever! I really hope she can recover from what he's done to her and have a happy life.

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