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Comment on Orcs Must Die Review by Alan De Smet

Alan De Smet — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:15:03 +0000

I was bored of the tower defense genre, but Orcs Must Die was a blast. The ability to join the fight kept it interesting, as was the piles of amusing ways to kill orcs. Trenched tried much the same, but the demo bored me, in part because I really didn’t care about the monsters and the limited tower installation positions felt forced.

It’s not a perfect game. Audio levels are problematic; sometime you miss plot over the sounds of murdering orcs. There at least one overly powerful trap combination, and a good dozen garbage traps. But, it’s fun to murder orcs.

I got to the final level, took it for a spin and decided, screw this, but I had a lot of fun prior to that point.

Comment on The Apologist: Numerical Scoring and Review Aggregators by icekatze

icekatze — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:27:54 +0000

Years later, I still reference this article when I’m talking to people about the pitfalls of aggregating data into a single number.

Comment on New Video Card by pixelsocks

pixelsocks — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:08:04 +0000

I was worried for a moment Thanks Bob!

Comment on New Video Card by Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:55:27 +0000

That should have been, “This is how much better Deus Ex looks on the PC vs. the console.”

Comment on New Video Card by Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:53:14 +0000

nVidia GTX 460 Fermi. It’s the most popular video card on Newegg at any price, and it’s the exact chipset used in Gamespy’s “This is how much better Deus Ex looks on the console” video.

Comment on Blizzard Releases Genie From Bottle by Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:04:57 +0000

Even I heard the rumblings about this announcement. They don’t seem to be the best pile of decisions for consumers, but that’s no surprise. The gambling thing is an interesting point. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.

Comment on Bastion Review by IceKatze

IceKatze — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:38:54 +0000

But what if I want to have lots of amnesia? How can a hero discover himself if he doesn’t know anything about himself to begin with? …I’m just messin’ with ya. Ha. ha. ha.

This looks like a game I might get if it goes on sale, or perhaps later if my current plate empties out a bit.

Comment on Bastion Review by Bob

Bob — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:44:29 +0000

Excellent review. I was on the fence about this game, but now I think I’ll at least try the demo.

Comment on Pixelogue by wr4ith0

wr4ith0 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:31:18 +0000

I will miss the long form but an expand all button would seem to be perfectly serviceable

Comment on Pixelogue by pixelsocks

pixelsocks — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:48:33 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts! An “expand all” button would probably make a nice compromise between compactness and accessibility. Now I just need to figure out how.