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April 25, 2011
A few thoughts on Portal 2
While I still have it fresh in my mind I want to put down my thoughts about the single-player campaign in Portal 2. I haven't played any of the co-op, primarily because of the mysterious, ongoing problem with the PSN. However, I completed the solo campaign, and while I agree with many of the criticisms Michael Barnes made in his review at No High Scores, I greatly enjoyed Portal 2. I don't think it's a 10/10 masterpiece, but it is a very good game.
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Labels: Portal, video games
April 19, 2011
Capsule: Beyond Good & Evil HD
Status: Complete, achievements 100%
Put this on your (virtual) box: The image is mightier than the stick!
Most Intriguing Idea: That years of word-of-mouth would produce a strong market for an up-rezzed version of a largely ignored game
Best Design Decision: Making the protest signs more legible
Worst Design Decision: The camera behavior, especially in the Slaughterhouse area
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April 11, 2011
The classic Alzheimer's aggregates are linked
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April 7, 2011
The trouble with Tripitaka
During the "Females on Female Characters" panel at PAX, Susan Arendt argued briefly in support of Tripitaka (Trip), a character from Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. This appreciation seemed bizarre to me, so the moment stuck in my mind. Enslaved was a gorgeous game with phenomenal voice acting, decently expressive gameplay, and very bad writing, of which I thought Trip was a prime example. The game apparently wants us to like and sympathize with Trip, but she struck me as a perfectly reprehensible person in general, and seemed to represent patriarchal stereotypes more than she undermined them.
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