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5/16/13 4:05pm
Is he world of pokémon a huge open world to explore or a nice and compact place that lets you get from point A to point B quickly? Or could it be boh at the same time? Read on and find out.
5/1/13 4:26pm
Most stores stick to a single protagonist, but some change them out entirely. This can often be a difficult process, so lets'take a look at how it's done right.
sharkjack: Yeah, this article doesn't spoil anything past episode 12, but the parts it does spoil are best experienced in the story itself. If instead of reading the article, people get interested in watching/reading JoJo, then that's plenty satisfying by itself.
darkhyrulelord: Hmm....I need to experience some Jojo first before reading this. Apologies.
Molmoran: Oh cool, I've not heard of Oreshura.
The Jojo links, I think that's the guys I was talking about, although I also haven't checked them out. I have to put it on my "to do" list for this year.
The Jojo links, I think that's the guys I was talking about, although I also haven't checked them out. I have to put it on my "to do" list for this year.
sharkjack: Well, Kamina is the one with the dream, the one who climbs in the Gunmen, gets himself a rival who he also fights outside the Gunmen and he's the one who gets the girl. The anime never actually has him as the protagonist, but all that stuff is happening to him. He's the cool guy. He's the guy that makes awsome stuff happen. Others naturally follow him. All of that is carefully crafted from the start to push the series and Simon forward after his death. You can already see it in the little things happening in previous episodes, but it's exactly because a lot of anime don't kill of their cool guy that it works. They hid their reveal under the guise of crappy writing.
I totally know how you feel. I have a few friends who watch anime. I got them to watch JoJo with me and we had so much fun watching it together. Even now every now and again when something unexpected happens during a game we're playing, one of us will yell UUUVVRYYY and the rest join in.
I reccomend watching the first few episodes of: "Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru" or Oreshura for short. It's got a character that loves making JoJo references.
Also http://ls57tiger.freepgs.com/jojo/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4598 might have some of what you're looking for. I haven't checked the actual links out myself yet, so let me know if it's any good.
I totally know how you feel. I have a few friends who watch anime. I got them to watch JoJo with me and we had so much fun watching it together. Even now every now and again when something unexpected happens during a game we're playing, one of us will yell UUUVVRYYY and the rest join in.
I reccomend watching the first few episodes of: "Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru" or Oreshura for short. It's got a character that loves making JoJo references.
Also http://ls57tiger.freepgs.com/jojo/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4598 might have some of what you're looking for. I haven't checked the actual links out myself yet, so let me know if it's any good.
sharkjack: As the only animated part for the longest time, I can't really blame people. A lot of anime fans aren't into the manga and the anime adaptation tries very hard to act like a standalone story, downplaying the Hamon and all. It's sad though.
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4/25/13 9:13am
How different is linearity when you look at it from a developers perspective? Is GTA not as non-linear as you thought? read on and find out.
4/22/13 7:16pm
Linearity is often seen as a bad thing in games. Here I take a look at what makes you feel a game is linear. Maybe it isn't really the linearity that's the problem? Read on and find out.
sharkjack: Thanks man, linearity is one of those things where a lot of people mean slightly different things, and when people complain about it, it often comes down to you not being able to do what you've been let to believe you could do. The part I struggled with the most in this article was to actually pin down what kind of linearity I was going to talk about. I have another post in the works right now that deals with it from another angle, but this is what I believe to be closest to what people usually mean when they say linear, so I wanted to do that first.
FrankHaggar: I think linear games can be very fun like R&C: Tools of Destruction and Max Payne 3. It depends on how the game uses it to it's advantage. Nice read.
4/21/13 4:31pm
online discussions on games are often plagued by sentiments like 'that's just your opinion'. Does good game design really just depend on personal preference or can we build up an argument that everyone can agree on? To find out we must first clear up what exactly opinions, facts and preferences are and how they relate to one another. Read on to find out.
4/15/13 6:38pm
Hyoubu Kyousuke, AKA japanese Magneto is an ESPer hell bent on making the world a better place for ESPers by crushing the oppresive force known as 'normals'. But what if he actually got his wish? Is the world he dreams of really that great? Let's find out.
4/13/13 8:02pm
What do a speech about standing up for yourself and a speech about how worthless people are have in common? A lot more than you might think.
8/27/12 8:43pm
The Nerd played this game up to be terrible but was it realy? Read on if you want to find out why I disagree.
sharkjack: James has often said that the nerd's opinions aren't neccicarily his own. I think this is one of those cases. He wrote a fantastic die hard episode and the game needed to be presented that way to work. I think that's fine, but I also think this game deserves another honest look and so I wrote this post.
LightningandIce: I remember thinking the same thing the first time I watched that AVGN episode. James did make the game look liek crap, but at the same time, it seemed like it had a lot of depth to it that could really make it great. I'm sure it's flawed, but now that I have a more honest review, maybe I'll check it out.
8/24/12 10:00am
Maturity in gaming is mainly used in context to how old you need to be to play. This means games that go overboard on gory violence and sexual content are often rated mature (especially for the sexual content) and that tends to be the end of it. But is lots of blood and sex the only thing that makes you mature? Let’s take a closer look.
frankhaggar972: I agree, games , movies and any other kind of art needs to be what it really is and imbrace it.
8/20/12 4:06pm
just came back from gamescom, it was a lot of fun. I got my hands on the WiiU playing ZombieU among other things. Having my 3ds around provided me endless entertainment by constantly showing me people who passed by. It was a lot of fun
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Also this kind of mechanic is called Recursive unlocking, this article is really interesting and it covers Resident Evil's map journey. http://www.dreamdawn.com/sh/features/recursive_unlocking.php