The Gamer's Quarter

Game journalism, new or otherwise, could really use a nice solid theoretical base. The language is invariably so arbitrary, regardless of which site you try to read, it's just a fucking chore.

Hey, Shatterhand is actually... pretty good.

This game is great. The copy I picked up the other week in downtown Brooklyn grinds to a halt around the middle of the second level.

Sad.

I play a lot of Excite Truck and Smash Bros. Brawl...good with friends.

I wish chinatown fair had fewer fighting games...also wish they would fix their Mars Matrix cabinet.

I like this game, it's definitely harder than 2 or 3, but there's some clever stuff going on. Aesthetically it seems to be a mixed bag. Definitely not nearly as coherent as 2, but it has it's moment ...

HD-age? How many people do you know that actually own an HDTV? Thats not changing anytime soon.

Well, it only took three-ish years. Pretty much everyone I know has a huge HD TV these days. Ah, I lo ...

This looks really neat, I wish there was an easy way to play these games on my computer.

I was the first one here.

I should be playing MGS4 by now but I went out for a friend's bachelor shindig last night and am spending the day at home projectile vomiting instead. Hrhk.

Oh, I did that last night...

The word gimmick is used in strange ways in these discussions.

Woah, that's pretty neat.

Thanks!

I really like this game, but have been playing it on a borrowed wii. Learning that I couldn't copy my save over once I bought my own console sort took the wind from my sails.

Desktop Tower Defense?

it's all the narrow ledges, isn't it?

There's that, but I think it has more to do with the challenge based structure, lack of guidance and stark abstractness of the whole thing.

I am playing Mario 64 and it is surprisingly stressful.

If there was ever a hell on earth, it's Dallas County.

Jesus, Guildhall is part of SMU? Seems like you set yourself up for failure.

The Orient is full of mystery.

I don't think polls like this should be taken too seriously.

It's like when a pop music station has a top 50 list of all time as decided by callers. Most participants are probably not thinking c ...

I know it's not ideal, but switching things to an sd card seems really easy. Is this not the case?

Here are a few games I would like to get rid of. Trading is entirely preferable, but money could work too. I am particularly interested in games for the PS2, gamecube, nes, n64 and gameboy-ds. Please ...

Hey, autokratorlovestick.

I think he means soft boiled.

Do you like Branston pickles Harveyjames?

Doesn't V8 contain unacceptable amounts of salt?

Sunshine was often fantastic, but the game felt somewhat unfinished and a few portions really drag.

The hub is consistently fantastic though and it's one of the only games in which running around, ...

Wow those are my favorite things about Rock and Roll too! high five!

You are over simplifying things, and it's not very nice.

I never take naps.

Well, it does seem a little silly and naive.

Fair enough, it's just sort of antithetical to the things I like about rock and roll.

"corporate music game!"

That's what I said, but people got mad at me.

So it turns out Gears of War isn't as worthless when played co-op. I'd go as far to say it's the only way to play the game. The lag got a bit annoying at times, though... and many of my original compl ...

So it turns out I'm not really that hot for N+ and I wish XBLA gave refunds or exchanges.

It would be nice if the various online distribution services allowed trades between friends, or something a ...

Man Ubisoft make terrible games! They're one of those studios whose name somehow became synonymous with quality when it really shouldn't have. Rare is another one!

I'm not sure if "terrible" is the ...

It looks technically competent and all, but really, what a silly idea.

Nope, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain has a song that uses "career" and "Korea" interchangeably.

Do you like Pavement Harvey?

I sort of liked Guitar Wolf until I saw them live. They really had no clue.

Sucks.

That's really not true. I'm not a huge fan of Pitchfork, but they do some good work and are generally well informed.

Most people seem content with making enough money to buy a condo, car, tv, etc.

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a game I would have found refreshing were I the sort of person that was somehow invested in the genre.

Instead I found it tedious, generally ugly, got stuck near ...

Do they have "History of Games" classes? Any attempt at filling in a basic knowledge base of pre-existing games?

It's not uncommon for the creative segment of a discipline to exist in a sort of con ...

I've used clippers for the past eight or so years.

I can understand being annoyed by the praise heaped on Shadow of the Colossus, but it would be silly to avoid such a fantastic game.

Pokemon Silver won't let me into the next two gyms >:(

Still playing a bit of Dragon Quarter, and I guess it's not so bad, still ugly, but the film grain effect helps a bit.

I suppose the most interesting thing about it is that, in a genre based on the ...

It was mentioned in another thread, that what makes Portal important is that it's a proof of concept for commercial short form games. I don't understand how that could be a bad thing.

I drink a lot of tea in general. I also enjoy alcohol, but feel too hung over to discuss it right now.

I don't drink soda, shit is terrible.

Well shit, I guess I'll give it a bit longer, but I'm not too hopeful. It's a bit of a shock after Shadow of the Colossus.

At the very least I'm fairly certain I'll be able to unload it at selectb ...

Continuing to play through 'Important' PS2 releases.

I bought Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter the other day for $8, and I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to be getting out of it. It's definit ...

I work in video, in Chinatown.