WillieMcBride

Hmm. Honestly, if this was premium and I didn't have my membership, that would probably make me super mad, because the premium content tends to be less "journalism" type things. Breaking Brad, Load Our Last Souls, and of course, Spookin' are all essentially a time when i can sit down and watch some people I like play games, without especially worrying about the critical aspect of them playing. Sure, this interview came about because you have a great love for the Blair Witch Project, but it's still a professional interview about a piece of media, and as a result I don't think it should be locked away from non-members.

As for whether an article can be premium, that's an issue I haven't yet decided on. I think there are cases where a written piece could be a member-only joint, but I can't think of any specific article that I think should be.

What about Rorie and Alex's movie podcast? What about the Pathfinder stream? What about the Power Bombcast? I'm all for having a discussion about what's appropriate for the site, but you seeem to be singling this one piece out specifically because you don't like Patrick.

Patrick has been covering horror games AND movies this whole month, because October is the perfect time to do that. if you don't like the content he puts out, you don't have to read it, but if it's on this site then it was approved by the staff and therefore it IS appropriate to the site.

@sil3n7: Why is there a wrestling podcast? Why is there a movie one? Why do the guys spend up to an hour talking about non-games stuff on the podcast every week? Giant Bomb is a website about the personalities of the journalists, and if those journalists want to cover stuff that isn't video games because it's something they're passionate about, this is a perfect place to do it because the website is about what the bombsquad likes. Especially given that it's October and Patrick's been doing horror stuff all month.

I grabbed the game on Ps3 today, played through the opening mission, then it faded to black after the funeral and got stuck on that loading screen. Every time I restart it, I get "Loading Story Mode" forever. Is this an issue with the hard drive I installed it to, perhaps? The game disc is scratch-free.

@bisonhero: That may be. I've actually tried to get into "real" roguelikes recently, but I did mostly find the experience tedious. Maybe it's an age thing, or maybe it's just that I specifically enjoy the game being based on skill of timing as well as knowledge of what's going on. I liked Dungeons of Dredmor, though, I just didn't mention it in the blog post. I also like the game giving me a little progress, whether that's the tunnels in Spelunky, the item unlocks in BoI, or the Rogue Legacy thing of getting better every round-though Rogue Legacy is probably my least favorite of those three.

No. I would buy the shit out of a "Baller Time" card though.

Oh no.

This is ridiculously exciting.

Minecraft.  It's fucking good.

" @Vito_Raliffe said:

" @Lind_L_Taylor said:

 
Edit: what's wrong with calling it the Shield Pistol?   

Calling a weapon by its actual name —as opposed to something, you know, you made up on your own —makes it easier for people to understand what the hell you're talking about. "

It sounds like you just can't connect the dots. I didn't call it a doohickie.  I gave it a name based on its purpose.  Even other people here were smart enough to figure it out &  figure out what "rocks" were.  If you can't figure it out then you must not have graduated Special Ed yet.   Hell they changed the name of the SMG & BR!  Now it's what, assault rifle & DMR?? It's the same thing.  Anyone that said BR for Halo Reach should know exactly what one is talking about.  Stop being dense. "