How can you blame the game for allowing multiple difficulties Perhaps some folks can barely survive on low difficulties perhaps they're jumping into a new genre or are simply new to gaming altogether. In the case of MGS4, maybe they aren't particularly good at navigating maps and need the extra ...
I love multiplayer. Growing up with 3 siblings and 4 cousins living next door, multiplayer games cooperative being my preference were gold. Kevin: You're thinking of competitive multiplayer only. But that's the trend of kids these days. When they hear or say multiplayer they're actually thinking something along the lines ...
Funny, on the comments for 1up's article on this subject, folks kind of expressed the same sentiments as Rob. Luckily there were people like Kouga there as well who pointed out that Home is not a game. Home is fun to mess around with. Not having a particularly high paying ...
I'm probably the opposite of an expert, but I would have to say that your hodgepodge skill set and resume would not fair very well in the job market. There is a recession and a huge amount of folks with awesome skill sets and, more importantly, awesome portfolios. With your ...
People make games based on what they think the market demands and based on the kind of game they want to see out there personally. I don't think it's fair to accuse people of being a wannabe this or that because they don't make mainstream games or because they don't ...
The varied opinions on achievements and types of achievements are pretty interesting. This just goes to show that its' best to have varied achievements in order to satisfy a wider range of gamers people who don't care for achievements tend to ignore it well enough .
Emotion is important in all forms of entertainment--and pretty much anything entertaining evokes some sort of emotion. The question is what emotion and to what extent. The intent of the creator/artist tends not to matter when it comes to art, anyway, so discussing the intent to evoke emotion and create ...
Moral choices in video games are difficult to implement. The player making a selfless, mutually/universally beneficial, selfish, maliciously evil choice in game has very little effect because the player can always replay the game and make a different choice. And with trophies and achievements, they may make choices simply to ...
Kouga is saying that working for Insomniac who make Sony-platform exclusives has the benefit of a higher quality of life in terms of work space, working hours, benefits, etc. . He's making a statement about the benefits of working for a company that makes exclusives, not so much a statement ...
Jordi: Casual MMA fans wouldn't know one fighter from the next, and even if they knew a few names they won't particularly care. Hardcore MMA fans will know the fighters from the other MMA organizations. The only thing I would care about in an MMA game or any sports game ...
