Re: Xbox Live Deal of the Week - 02/11/09 (3 years ago)

I figure if you've waited this long to get the Call of Duty 4 map pack then you're probably not going to buy Modern Warfare 2 on day one.

Re: Love to Hate #15 (3 years ago)

You guys do realise that you could hit continue after a game over screen, don't you? If you hit continue and went past the game over screen you got a 'the trail went cold' message and the game turned into a free-form zombie killing sandbox. The game over screen was just there to give you a retry point on story missions.
You could also leave the majority of survivors to die and only do the case file missions. Even if you abandoned the story missions you could still complete the game with an alternate ending when the chopper arrives (leaving you free to restart with your accumulated stats from the previous game).

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the aiming mechanics for guns. Now there was your game breaker right there. Guns do an okay job against zombies, but they're worthless against anything smart. If you don't have mini-chainsaws and the three books that make them last 1,200 hits, you've got no hope once the military shows up.

Re: Valve responds to Left 4 Dead 2 ban (3 years ago)

I'm starting to fall into the 'just don't release games here period' category. Send the message that its socially irresponsible for them to release games under a rating system as massively flawed as ours by refusing to submit ANY of their titles.
We aren't a big enough market that individual developers/publishers would be particularly bothered, but the government would lose enough money that they'd be forced to at least take notice.

Its an extreme reaction that would suck for a lot of us, but I'd rather go through a six month blockbuster drought than put up with this garbage. Hopefully all it would take is the threat of such action, but I seriously doubt it.

Re: POTW: Choose your favourite Banjo (4 years ago)

I really love Nuts and Bolts. Rare did an awesome job with it. Funnily enough I was never really worried about the '80% vehicles' gameplay, but I was freaking out over whether or not they'd get the humour right. When ever they make anything to do with Banjo I've always got this fear in the back of my mind that someone will decide smart (albeit crude) humour actually aimed at grown ups isn't mature enough, and they need to add your cliche hyper-active PG-bad-boy shill in order to make the real money. Banjo-Pootchie: Extreme Escape From Babe Mountain!
Luckily my paranoia was misplaced and N&B was funny from start to finish.

Still, I had to vote for the original. I got it Friday night after school, played it until 5AM, went to sleep, then woke up and next morning and played until it was done.