tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post1566822141234522934..comments2008-11-21T19:10:01.828+13:00Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614781669653308454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-32598671789212056442008-11-21T19:10:00.000+13:002008-11-21T19:10:00.000+13:00Iroquois: I like your blog too.<BR/><BR/>Blogging apparently is much like passing notes in class which say "Do you like me? Tick one: yes/no."Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614781669653308454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-33829868979480121982008-11-21T03:36:00.000+13:002008-11-21T03:36:00.000+13:00In summary: 8/10Wrestlevaniahttp://viow.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-23896234618629774092008-11-21T03:17:00.000+13:002008-11-21T03:17:00.000+13:00What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?Mitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-70435666064849058452008-11-21T03:01:00.000+13:002008-11-21T03:01:00.000+13:00An essay, perhaps?<BR/><BR/>I wonder - did people see Duncan's <I>Fallout 3</I> piece that also appeared on Gamasutra as 'a review'? (eventhough it was on Gamasutra, which, as we all know, is in the more swanky neighbourhood of the net.. ;) )<BR/><BR/><I>"To me, it seems a little like complaining in a film review that the usher was rude."</I><BR/><BR/>Not the best analogy, I'd say. Bugs in a game are more like seeing bits of special effects missing while watching the film, or pieces of dialogue that are unintelligble - you can see where they should be, the filmmaker somehow missed it and maybe he'll get around to adding them in a later edition. Now I'll stop because in fact the whole game/film analogy doesn't really work that well.. :)qrterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028863153825150258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-49358679927756791592008-11-21T00:51:00.000+13:002008-11-21T00:51:00.000+13:00Maybe having a name for these kinds of pieces that differentiates them from a review would help. Something like the videogame equivalent of an 'opinion piece' in a newspaper.Ben Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-84660208566449890712008-11-20T23:19:00.000+13:002008-11-20T23:19:00.000+13:00Interesting post. I almost refuse to mention bugs, DRM or other nonsense in reviews, unless they are absolutely crippling. To me, it seems a little like complaining in a film review that the usher was rude.Daniel Goldinghttp://subjectnavigator.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994860125811067919.post-43256005753253360972008-11-20T21:21:00.000+13:002008-11-20T21:21:00.000+13:00I agree.<BR/><BR/>I find the pro-con-list style of game review really tiresome. But that doesn't mean you disregard the game's successes and shortcomings. What kind of issues (positive and negative) are important in a review are really relative to what the game is trying to accomplish, what kind of fun it's trying to create. <BR/><BR/>Like, in Boom Blox the animation and sound are total crap, but it really doesn't matter. The graphics and animation of Everyday shooter are amazing, and it does matter, it matters a lot. In almost any case the tightness of the controls and the stability of the code is going to be a prerequisite to the game accomplishing anything noteworthy.<BR/><BR/>Aside from this there's the whole review-versus-critique thing, which I have never really figured out. But if you just want to analyze some aspect of the design or some idea behind some feature of the gameplay (critique) I don't think you're duty-bound to discuss the art style. <BR/><BR/>PS I really like this blog.Iroquois Pliskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14324582950813408440noreply@blogger.com