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9/2/12 8:36am
Just spent a while typing up a blog post only to have the site "eat" it when I hit save. Not impressed.
8/4/12 11:37am
thedarkorb posted a new Blog Post.
Thedarkorb counts down his top ten favorite games from his favorite gaming franchise.
thedarkorb: Oops. Thanks for pointing that out and thanks for reading.
ekolis: FF2 was released in 1998? That's gotta be a typo...
sheepysean13: No problem, I enjoy reading the community blogs, you sometimes find some brilliant gems like this.
thedarkorb: Glad to know that FF VI is still a favorite of so many. Thanks for reading.
thedarkorb: I really need to replay FF IX, it's been far too long. Thanks for reading.
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6/26/12 6:38am
thedarkorb posted a new Blog Post.
thedarkorb laments the mistakes and failures of the current generation of consoles and gives his thoughts about the future of Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony and console gaming in general.
thedarkorb: I originally wrote this for my Gamespot blog back in early April this year. I think the fact that neither Sony or Microsoft announced anything next gen hardware related makes my predictions about a PC console future more likely. If it doesn't happen next gen it will be the following one. It's the only logical course for gaming hardware to go. In the same way I wouldn't be surprised if the Vita is Sony's last dedicated handheld device and it's successor will likely be an actual touch screen phone like the iPhone but with a Playstation logo on it somewhere.
6/16/12 5:59pm
I'm not dead, just busy. Will migrate more blog posts from my Gamespot when time permits.
5/29/12 1:43pm
Craig wrote on thedarkorb's wall.
Thanks for coming to the g1 community! Make sure to use your wall to communicate with others in the community and also share your videos and blog posts. We look forward to having you here.
Craig: score. that's what we do :) glad you could make it and I hope you become a big part of the community!
thedarkorb: Thanks Craig. I've actually been enjoying Screwattack on and off since 2006. It's a great site and I hope it continues to evolve in positive ways.
5/28/12 5:22pm
thedarkorb posted a new Blog Post.
Thedarkorb shares his thoughts about the frequent misrepresentation of our favorite hobby.
DXKramer: Very nice article.
The problem nowadays is that parents use video games as a babysitter, and they are not noticing what the kids are playing as well. I was in GameStop about...two months ago and I saw a kid who had to have been no more than 12 with his mom, and she was about to get from him, ready for this? Mortal Kombat. THE GAME IS RATED M FOR A REASON!
The problem nowadays is that parents use video games as a babysitter, and they are not noticing what the kids are playing as well. I was in GameStop about...two months ago and I saw a kid who had to have been no more than 12 with his mom, and she was about to get from him, ready for this? Mortal Kombat. THE GAME IS RATED M FOR A REASON!
5/27/12 11:02am
thedarkorb posted a new Blog Post.
Thedarkorb laments about the element of chance and how poor implamentation of it can break a fantastic game.
thedarkorb: Thanks for the kind words. I didn't mention Mario Kart as an example because I've never really played Mario Kart myself. Partly because I was never much for Mario games and partly because I mostly stopped playing Nintendo consoles after the SNES.
Lloyf: Very nice article. I think random chance introduces an element of risk which can be helpfull in making a game more engaging and immersive. However, when it's taken to far and chance becomes a more important factor than skill it's not good at all. I was surprised you didn't use mario kart blue shells as an example. You could be in first and about to cross the finish line when an unavoidable blue shell puts you in 5th.
metalmonster13: Hey that'd be cool man, I'd love to see more of your stuff and hope others will as well.
thedarkorb: Well, I might spend some time reposting other things I wrote over on Gamespot in the coming weeks.
metalmonster13: Heck, I got heaps of views every once in a while when I was starting out, the Screwattack community is pretty damn awesome from the few years i've been here (on and off) and what I remember.
I'm just wishing all the new people will consider looking up new blogs every once in a while just for the sake of it, not for views, but for discussions and such ya know, I've noticed many blogs go unnoticed, for example, the Short Reviews thing I did the other day.
And hard games have never put me off, so I will get both of them!
I'm just wishing all the new people will consider looking up new blogs every once in a while just for the sake of it, not for views, but for discussions and such ya know, I've noticed many blogs go unnoticed, for example, the Short Reviews thing I did the other day.
And hard games have never put me off, so I will get both of them!
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5/24/12 8:39am
Thought about joining Screwattack for a while now. Considering moving my blog over from Gamespot as that site is really going down the tube.
