Alphiehyr

" Without an awesome, memorable company name, don't even. That being said, if you go full-blown indie and set up your own game-making shop, what are you calling your company? What's the logo? Bonus points for an explanation. "

I wonder what would happen if they upped the graphics. Perhaps it'll bone the shit out of 360 while PS3 will remain relatively safe.

1. Insulting idiots when they make redundant and stupid topics.
2. Helping the wiki subs but have taken a long break from it.

"  So basically I am trying to find some cool stuff that I can buy for a reasonable price and put in my room, nothing above $50. I moved into this new place and wasn't able to bring much of my stuff with me because I moved halfway across the country and had to leave most of it behind. So right now, my room is sort of dull. I ordered some really cool paintings and posters to spice it up but I am still looking for some interesting things to put in my room. It can be anything really. Nothing too large. Maybe stuff that you have in your room that makes it look really cool. Just looking for any suggestions here. I like stuff like plasma globes, cool stuff like that.Thanks guys! "

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Can't be bothered writing some long ass shit no one is gonna read so keeping this short.

I'm increasingly disliking how in so many videogames the main mode of interaction is violence. The more I think of this, the more stupid the idea becomes. In almost every RPG, Adventure, Action genres, pretty much anything which has you playing as a character of some sort, the game forces you to whack, smash or blow shit up. What bothers me is the sheer limitation, the constrained means of interaction. It's as if videogames are almost dysfunctionally violent like some emotionally stunted human being who can't seem to relate or interact with his surroundings except through sheer force. Like THAT kid in high school.

I know videogames are only fiction, but the more they try to ape reality, the more sophisticated they become, the more jarring it is to see them still use a mechanic which hasn't really evolved since the early days of gaming, with limited hardware. Why must we always be so violent in videogames? And why are we increasingly being asked to carry out even more insidious means of force on our opponents in games? Rather than evolve beyond violence and look past it, developers are just putting in even more extreme forms of violence such as torture and shock tactics to create a sense of connection with the act of force, since most of us as gamers have become so blase with shooting people in the head. Some games have tried to add aspects of speech choices as a means of interaction, but even then, they're mostly non-consequential, and the games are still inherently very violent.

So my question is anyone getting tired of constant violence as a means of interaction in game, and secondly how can games evolve past violence, especially in the RPG, Adventure and Action genres, usually anytime you play as a character of some sort.

P.S. Don't give me lists of games that don't have violence, I know half of videogames are not intrinsically violent, although even then Sports games, SHMUPS etc contain abstractions of violence, heck even Pac Man has a dog eat dog mentality attached to it.

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" I mean no one complained about FF10 being linear. so why are people complaining about FF13 being linear? Besides it no disaster like FF14. and it has the best combat system in any recent JRPG. "

" Coming from Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System...you'd figure Square learned how to make a modernized JRPG.  They didn't.  Nomura's game is the one you want, not this one. "

Curious how they only filmed the ugly and average moms. Where's all the hot ones?

I hear it's good and nasty. I have not seen it and can't seem to find one online for view.

FUR ZE REIIIICHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that's what would be said if you actually won.

" Would you pay for a Mass Effect encyclopedia? Some crazy-thick book containing detailed information on all the lore. I would be first in line to put that on my coffee table. "