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Nov. 5, 2009
Nov. 4, 2009
  • That's an awesome comic.  Also, finally got round to reading the first one now I don't have to worry about spoilers (yeh).  I loved:  "And then going to drama started to get really awkward."
    3 days, 16 hours ago
  • @BiffMcBlumpkin said: " @buzz_clik said: " "Ahahaha, fucking DWI waiting to happen. "That is awesome.  I spontaneously clapped in approval when I saw this.
    3 days, 21 hours ago
  • RagingLion is reliving one half of his housemate's childhood by playing Monkey Island
    3 days, 21 hours ago
  • Ah.  I should have read this blog post first before posting on your latest entry.  Anyway, at least I have an idea of the way in which you're looking at things now.  I didn't realise you would actually be measuring physiological responses - that changes a lot.  Anyway, I'll follow your blog with interest and say if anything else springs to mind.
    3 days, 21 hours ago
  • I don't know if this example aligns 100% with what you're talking about and interested in, but when starting talking about the game adapting to the player(s) I can't help but think of Left 4 Dead.  That in itself is perhaps an unusual example because in some senses it doesn't have an overarching storyline or at least a traditional one but it actually has many of the features of one.  ...
    3 days, 22 hours ago
Nov. 3, 2009
  •  Dave ... you're a web developer by trade, this is you first video review, and yet you're already on a par with some of the best at giving video reviews out there.  I'm impressed.   As to Dragon Age, it looks really good and I really enjoyed Mass Effect so reckon I'll really like this and therefore get it.  Particularly excited for the story.  However I think I'll wait a ...
    4 days, 18 hours ago
Nov. 2, 2009
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Oct. 30, 2009
  • I too only just discovered this QL and man it's awesome.  The ridiculous use of the same stills to tell the story is just.... wow.  Likewise 10.25 was awesomely hilarious.
    1 week, 1 day ago
Oct. 28, 2009
  • I agree with the Mass Effect comments - one of my favourite games from the last couple of years and does pretty well at creating a sense of place.  Just generally wanted to say really interesting read.  A novel is a huge undertaking so good luck with that.  I don't know what you're like as a person, but I always find with big projects that I love the conceptualising and ...
    1 week, 3 days ago
  • I enjoyed it.  I don't think they're trying to hid the fact that green screens are being used.  If you accept that as the style then it's all pretty good for a relatively low budget.
    1 week, 3 days ago
Oct. 27, 2009
  • @Linkyshinks: @Linkyshinks said: " What a totally shit unfunny advert, it lacks any wit. Mocking the culture of Japan in some petty feeble manner.  It's clearly meant for dumb Americans that enjoy mocking cultures far richer than their own, fledgling one.  "Don't forget Rockstar are Scottish.  But maybe you're just commenting on those who would enjoy the trailer - in which case that at least makes sense, although I disagree.
    1 week, 4 days ago
  • My word.  It is crazy that the GTA guys get to play around will all of these seemingly unrelated GTA things.  Very cool, though.
    1 week, 4 days ago
Oct. 26, 2009
  • "raging lions" you say? .............. nah, still not interested.
    1 week, 5 days ago
  • I absolutely am.  This might actually be my most anticipated game - I don't think that's an exaggeration.  However, it might be a while before I can actually play it because I'll be playing it on PC.  I'm avoiding most stuff around it atm because I want to go into it fresh and be amazed by experiencing the stuff in the game myself.  I think it'll be worth the wait.
    1 week, 5 days ago
  • RagingLion is thinking about buying the Void
    1 week, 5 days ago
  • RagingLion replied to the topic Steam Craziness in the Borderlands board.
    Yeah, chances are I might well do the same for Left 4 Dead 2 with my group of friends especially since there's exactly 4 of us who will probably be able to play regularly with each other.
    1 week, 5 days ago
Added by RagingLion on March 14, 2009

Just posted this in a new forum topic.  Thought I'd post it here as well in case (I don't know how) it gets more views (somehow) from being here, since I feel it's so important for GB to be what it should be as a site.

I really like the new look that GiantBomb has since the makeover but I have a suggestion which I feel quite strongly about.

You note now in your main description on the front page that "Giant Bomb is the world’s largest editable video game database", but there are no longer any links to this wiki content from the front page like there used to be.  I understand that based, I'm guessing, on not many of those links getting many hits previously, but otherwise it's unlikely for me to penetrate GiantBomb's huge database since I have to go specifically to the "Browse..." tab, which is unlikely unless I'm looking for something specifically.  I can say from personal testimony that I have checked random GB wiki articles far less since the redesign.

What I'm trying to say is that the wiki database is a huge part of what GB is as a site and without some reference in the guise of specific links being placed on the front page then it feels like this significant part of GB is generally being hidden away apart from those few pages that get referenced by the articles that you guys post.  There's all these potentially really interesting articles that are just hidden away and don't get the attention they deserve from people that might be interested in them if they ever came across them - and that feels against the spirit of what the GB database should be all about.

Well, that's my sentiment.  What should be done?  Given only a little thought I would suggest at the very least having some sort of 'random article' button such as Wikipedia has (maybe there too many competely empty pages that this would prove worthless?... a guess - but maybe it should include a minimum word limit fro what articles it shows).  However, many specific links would be better, which should probably change frequently.  So, for example, having each day: an "article of the day" (maybe hand-picked or via a fancy stat-tracking algorithm); 'upcoming article of the day'; 'recently popular'; 'interesting article you'd never normally read' .... you get the idea.  It only has to be a few links like unlike the many you had before, but I hope you GB staffers can find space for it on your front page since it is so much of what this site is about.  Reply also if for some reason you think this would be unnecessary.

To everyone else:  what do you think of this?  Do you agree?  If so, what do you think is the best way to link to the GB wiki pages from the front page?


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