My power level, amidst other things
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So that's out of the way. Now, as the title suggests, we have other business to attend to. This will probably go on for a bit, so I suggest either skimming it, or just reading sections that interest you. AND COMMENT.
Editing
Obviously, as I'm over 9,000 points now, I really like editing pages on Giant Bomb. I couldn't really explain why this is, I just really enjoy spreading the knowledge I have of these games and characters. It's really compelling honestly, and I think if there are even a handful of other people like me out there, we can really build Giant Bomb into an amazing repository of video game information. I've really enjoyed reading pages on games I've never heard of, and writing pages for some awesome games. It's a great community experience, and I can safely say, after almost two months on this site, Giant Bomb hit it out of the park on this one. Other elements of this site have not been meshing with me so well, as you'll (hopefully) read below.Forum Moderation
Now most of you likely to be reading this blog and looking at my profile probably know me and the mods have been having a bit of an ongoing skirmish for the past while now. I've talked with them at length on the issue (Those of them who aren't too condescending to even deign to have a fair discourse [OH LOOK! It's been deleted. How convenient]), but I still feel there's more to say on the matter. There's been a bit of a crackdown on topics and the types of topics allowed in the forums recently. As some of you may have noticed, this has severely dampened activity. Me and a few others have gone after this, but we're always dismissed as a trouble-making, "Vocal minority", as they like to put it. Putting aside the fact that our vocal minority is undoubtedly larger than their whole mod team, after putting some thought into it, it comes down to this.
I could go on, but I doubt you wish to hear me wax on for paragraphs about forum moderation, fascinating though it is.
Rolling with mah homies
However, despite the state of the forums, I've still managed to find a nice little niche in his community full of awesome, like minded guys (and gals) who seem to share interests and ideas (ironically pretty much exclusively using exterior services as opposed to GiantBomb itself). Both Bomb Squad (By invitation only at this point), and the GB IRC are full of tons of awesome guys, and if you happen to be reading this blog and not really frequent either of those, I recommend you check em out. Just some shout-outs to cool dudes (I can't fit everyone on here, but I love you all ;))- jensonb: Hangs out in the IRC, sweet guy and one of the first people I really met on GB
- Pyromaniac: Can be found around the place, has REMARKABLY similar tastes to me, and is my points rival (Although now I guess I'm like 1,000 ahead of him! CATCH UP PYRO!)
- Jayge: BS dude, he's in the IRC nowadays and on the forums, cool guy.
- Pepsiman: Cool wiki mod I kinda met early on in GB's life, nice to chat with
I think that's a great example of the community power of Giant Bomb, and it's one of the reasons I spend so much time on this site. It's done a great job at building a community around itself in a very short amount of time.
Force Unleashed
The "lightbat" doesn't actually bother me that much honestly. Game seems to play well enough, and the main gimmick of wreaking havoc with the Force clicks with me on a primal level. Maybe it's not the best example of game design, but bashing in a door by flinging Stormtroopers at it sure is DAMN FUN. And really, that's all I wanted from this game anyways. A good story and some fun gameplay. Force Unleashed seams to be delivering both of those, so I'm not sure I understand the backlash to the title. Perhaps people let themselves get overhyped on the technology?
I know for one that Jayge has a burning hatred of Euphoria Physics, but I personally don't get it. Smacking a Stormtrooper into a box will make him stumble backwards over it on his knees, tossing one towards a railing will have him reach out for it, they'll generally react well to the environment. The AI may be incredibly dumb, but I think the physics works well. DMM is in a similar boat. It may have been overhyped, and it isn't on everything, but it sure as hell is spectacular when it works. Seriously, just messing with doors is tons of fun, to try and see how warped you can get them by using different force combinations and from different angles. I think TFU was all a matter of poorly managed expectations. Which brings me on to...
Mirror's Edge
Holy crap this game looks damn good. Damn good. After reading the most recent EGM coverstory, I'm even more excited for it (even though their
In Other News
- The Large Hadron Collider fired it's first test shots, we did not all die
- Jeff Green has left 1UP to go work on Sims games. This is a great loss for the community, as he was as some liked to put it, an "elder statesman" for the games industry and gaming journalism, and I think he always had some interesting insights to share. He's still maintaining a blog called Greenspeak, but it will be corporately monitored no doubt. It'll be interesting to see what this means for GFW radio...
- Joystiq are idiots
- I have officially made my first mod enemy in MB
- I added like 200 points tonight, but I'm still dropping in overall rank :(
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