The Gamer's Quarter

Do you just think that, because the food is terrible, it's good that the portions are small?

It's not all about the size of the cutscenes, it's about their importance. In Metal Gear you watch 10 mi ...

The realm of not-fun games needn't be limited to "message games." Even if it is, there's no reason that a message game can't be more simulationist than narrative, exerting bottom-up control instead. ...

we'll have plenty of boring "message" games in due time, as "game design" becomes the next "performance studies" degree track. personally, i'd rather have a silent hill 2 that's playable than "things ...

How is traveling through Hades and more imporatant to the story than going through Outer Heaven?
Because the entire reason you're in Hades is because Ares senses that you've opened Pandora's box and ...

Does this mean "Not fun" should also be stricken? I think simply saying a game is "not fun" is pretty much enough of a review to talk me out of something in most cases. It's certainly possible to use ...

Silent Hill 2 is a horrible game but I still finished it which is saying something, I guess.
I, on the other hand, think it's a brilliant game, but refuse to keep playing it. I agree with all of your ...

"Fanboy" only useful in ad-hominem/straw-man situations.

Kenta Cho makes math fun with L.A. 2: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/flash/la2/

"The miracle never happen"
[url=http://www.joltcountry.com/trottingkrips/hrs.html]The phone never ring.

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/06/indian-mythology-inspires-new-game/]Heads up!

If Arjuna has a "dancing" minigame, I think I'll have to get it.

When X "Composes" Y, that means Y is made up of X.
When X "Comprises" Y, that means X includes Y.

The statement "The Taito catalog is comprised of very joyful games" is totally wrong, but only on ...

Oh, Chromotron is exquisite agony. I just started up a game, and I approach each level I unlike thinking, "Oh God, I hate this level."

It would be a fantastic game for the DS. Drag and drop all the ...

So, does anyone have any idea what [url=http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-i2-49-en-70-1mvk.html]Dare Demo Dekiru: Rubik's Cube & Chuugen Tachi is supposed to be?

Many planes have "cigarette lighter" DC outlets that you can use to charge up iPods or DSes if you have the right adapters. I use [url=http://www.igo.com/default.asp]these guys very successfully to tr ...

I'm in episode 4, and I haven't had much problems with logic. But I have had big issues with the penalties attached to the life bar.

Adventure games are mostly about getting nowhere. You have to be ...

As some might have noticed (okay, just Shaper), I've been away from TGQ forums for a while now.
Same here, really. Made it back for the tail end of the issue, though, and I intend to stick with it.

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an official release would always be the hope (as i'd love to actually own a real, English-language copy of this game), but it would appear as if NOA really has no idea what to do with the game. at th ...

There are six GS/EBs within six miles of my house, and I cased all of them by phone. The phone responses the day before ranged from confirmed numbers to honest ignorance, to insulting refusal to say a ...

sales rankings are very common. it is uncommon, however, for book fans to use sales numbers in their online disagreements with each other. generally speaking, especially with literature or "artsy" stu ...

But it's curious that you can't even preorder the Wii, nor is there a product page for the PS3 at all yet.
I just talked with the manager at my local EB and she said that they had a conference the mo ...

TMNT is replaced with one from Half-Life.

so, someone verify aderack's crazy thesis for me. i've never seen the full wayne's world movies, so i don't know if there's anything to this. one of them had bohemian rhapsody in it?
I suspect the in ...

[url=http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/nihilism.png]A comic for Dhex.

(spoiler colors because people who intend to act as judges are asked not to discuss the entries until the judging period has finished. i
I think it's a better idea to split this into a separate spoi ...

Let me also say that the the board game of Doom is pretty fun, once you get into it.

jumping flash is a first-person platformer. and it's really swell. it's a playstation game (there's a sequel, to make up for the fact that the first game is so short).
It is also a gas gas gas.

what makes the movies you like bad?

well, they're not good movies. they're generally one dimensional and shallow. often with large explosions and/or catchphrases. they require no patience and ask ...

I'll just say it. I don't like the game very much without infinite health.

but dude, the suit was pretty barbie-figured to begin with.

samus originally looked like this:

http://media.gamestats.com/gg/image/nes-metroid-box_160w.jpg
But in less than an hour, she looked ...

i really gotta work on my farces.
I totally called this.

Does nobody read [url=http://henryjenkins.org/]Henry Jenkins's blog?

The recent [url=http://www.henryjenkins.org/2006/09/astroturf_lonely_girls_and_cul.html]Lonelygirl15 article has a lot of differ ...

Well it's not just how great he is as a talent, it's that he starred in famous films about yakuza. It's an authenticity thing, not just a language thing.
It's not an authenticity thing, it's a casti ...

We all submitted for that list, but it's very much up to Dave how things run in the end. But all the editors sent in favs, and I think the list was compiled from that, with Dave's choices counting as ...

Bottom line: Psychonauts plays nothing like Super Mario 64, but still has better writing and graphics. Although, I personally would argue that SM64's positively bare-bones overarching plot is a point ...

HawkPeng79 is a

Interesting! Well regardless of who made it, it's a pretty sweet game. Lets talk about how cool it is.
Oh, Chromotron is exquisite agony. I just started up a game, and I approach ...

On topic and off at the same time, This game is pretty damn amazing. The website is Chinese, but it really needs to be a DS game.

-Wes
Oh FUCK no!

HawkPeng79 is a [url=http://www.silverspaceshi ...

I just got my paper copies, and the thing looks gorgeous, both the color cover and the black-and-white insides.

I'm terrible at practically every shooter (first-person and otherwise) that I can think of. I still really enjoy them. Infinite lives, infinite health and super-easy modes are my friends.

So ... I guess it's been quiet here lately because of the new issue? I can't wait to read it.
I like to think that everyone's squeezing the last drops out of summer. I know I'm trying to.

Jonaya ...

Dear Wes,

Could you please boycott the crack? This thread seems to be crazy.

Sincerely,
EASpouse.

I think his objection has more to do with the fact that the game is telling him immediately if he makes a mistake. So, if you weren't sure about a particular block, you could just poke it and the gam ...

You probably are aware of this puzzle type, but Picross is amazing. Mario Picross came out for the B&W Game Boy in America and Super Mario Picross came out for the Super Famicom in Japan. I wrote ...

As some of you know, I like puzzles, on the computer and on paper. So it was sad that Nikoli's Puzzle Japan closed at the end of August. Polarium, which I know have. But beyond that, I'm having a hard ...

Apparently the Babel Fish puzzle in HHGttG had an evil twist too, if you didn't solve it right on your first attempt, when you did work it out the vending machine would have run out of Babelfish !

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http://www.sporktania.com/monkey-island-death.jpg
This was my favorite moment of the game, and I didn't even find it until my third playthrough.

a_plus, what are those pics from? It looks cool, (is it a Space Quest game or something?).
It is. Number three, I believe.

You know, the "Villi People" level of Earthworm Kim 2 might just qualify as well, with its mournful use of "Moonlight Sonata." Just be sure to ignore the bizarro gameshow at the end.

i'm a little confused as to how a sword can hold up to a lightsaber but not being invested in star wars at all i'm sure there's some sort of explanation that's probable enough.
It's a vibrosword. It ...

It would be so awesome if each image had a mouseover* that told you what it was, because I am often left wondering.
If you desperately have to know (and I know that I have had this urge before), try ...