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Comment on “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” by Benjamin Hoyt

Benjamin Hoyt — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:21:28 +0000

Chad, I think it depends a lot on your definition of “movie tie-in.” If you are looking at games that are supposed to ship day/date with films, it’s hard to think of any. If you are talking about games based off of movie properties, but not shipping concurrently with a specific film, then there are a few examples (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Lego Star Wars/Indiana Jones). Even then, there are not a lot of examples, but it shows that it’s possible.

Comment on “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” by Chad Barley

Chad Barley — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:57:06 +0000

Great read. I can see how It’d be a real Pain in the rectum to try and create a compelling game under a tight deadline (outside of your control) and with a licence that you have very little (if any) creative control over, however.

This trend isn’t going to be changing anytime soon, so my question is; have you ever experienced a movie Tie-in that was Brilliant? I.E not merely passable but a genuinely quality product? If so then why do you think that game managed to succeed where so many others failed?

Comment on “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” by Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:41:07 +0000

Myth #2 – Gamers are mostly teenage males. I found this point humorous and it’s very untrue. I myself am a female and past the teenage years (barely lol) and I know plenty of girls and older individuals who play video games.

In fact the average game player is 35 years old and has been playing games for 13 year. Also, forty percent of all game players are now women. As gaming becomes more accessible to wider audiences the term “gamer” will apply to more and more individuals.

Comment on Iron Man 2 by Robinne

Robinne — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:24:56 +0000

Ah, astute observations. I agree – the second installment of the tinman’s adventures certainly did leave me a bit confused. Although I was nodding off at times and reminiscing of old bills during the movie, I had high hopes straight through the end credits, which is where I hoped they’d answer some of those questions in outtakes and deleted scenes. *sigh* No luck. Overall, I had the same lukewarm hurrah as I did for Spidey2 (Doc Ock was too chubby for the role but the sexy upside down kiss cancelled out that disappointment so I feel ya on the kissing helmet deleted scene).

A few other nits – The Black Widow character had no back-story. Only XMen can introduce new super-heroes with little backstory, cmon. I was thoroughly confused. And why did Iron Man keep buzzing around the Stark Expo when he had the drones on his tail – did he want to increase his chances of killing innocent victims? He shoulda flown into an ewok forest type cover. Lame. And Whiplash’s nails were horrendous. Who’s his manicurist. That bothered me. I give it a 7.5.

Comment on Fallout 3 – Why You Can’t Kill Children by MikivZry4

MikivZry4 — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:01:54 +0000

Interesting write-up. Thank you for sharing

Comment on Fallout 3 – Why You Can’t Kill Children by Solice

Solice — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:50:45 +0000

no offence

Comment on Fallout 3 – Why You Can’t Kill Children by Solice

Solice — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:50:13 +0000

you guys are f****ing insane!! Who cares if you can kill children though the kids in little lamplight totally desive there are so many other people to kill!!!

Comment on Pleeeeeease Sponsor Me! by Karen Hovav

Karen Hovav — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:27:33 +0000

Sorry so last-minute, but I hope the walk was great! Thanks for doing it!

Comment on Kiva by Benjamin Hoyt

Benjamin Hoyt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:16:45 +0000

Yeah. You may be right about that, Ari, but you can read Kiva’s responses to your questions here: http://www.kiva.org/about/microfinance#6._Why_are_microcredit_interest_rates. I leave it up to you to decide if you think it’s worth your time/money.

Comment on Kiva by ari

ari — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:41:08 +0000

I may be wrong, but I think I recall from a long time ago that the borrowers are charged interest on the Kiva loans, but that us as lenders don’t see any of that return.