Variations on a Theme: An order of side-quests.

April 12, 2008 in Games
Tags: betrayal at krondor, emotions, planescape, quest, response, round table, side-quests, story, thoughts, world

Once again I dare to put words to the thoughts provoked by Corvus’ monthly round table. The red thread for April 2008 is Variations on a Theme, what is your favorite, or least favorite games, and what do they have in common that might be the reason for this?
Now, side-quests are usually disliked by gamers. [...]

Gaming as a chore

March 20, 2008 in Games
Tags: a slime appears, chore, fun, Games, gaming, not fun, response, sunk costs, wow

There are those games you just never get to finish, but you still play them. You do not play them because they are fun, but because you have to. You have, after all, paid good money for the game, and maybe even played it for a bit. Playing for these reasons are, in fact, to [...]

Blogs of the Round Table: Filling the void of voices

March 14, 2008 in Games
Tags: audio, brainy gamer, escape, fallout, Games, man bytes blog, mind, monkey island, response, round table, voice, voice talent, world

What you mean? Monkey Island 1 and 2 had perfect voice talent!
I came across Man Bytes Blog through the Brainy Gamer podcast. I’ve visited Corvus’ blog earlier, but now I’ll stay. Anyhow; he has got this thing going with inviting other bloggers, any blogger, to share their thought at a topic. I’ll toss in a [...]

The futility of thinking alone

March 13, 2008 in Updates
Tags: blog, questions, response, thoughts, update

I think a lot. I like to think.
As I delve deeper into what has been called the Blogosphere I get across lots and lots of information; thought and rants and reviews and discussions… stuff that make me think.
Reading, listening, watching. It all makes me think, but keeping my thoughts to myself is kind of limiting. [...]