The latest Stolen Pixels is up, which takes up a position contrary to the one put forth by Blue Oyster Cult in 1976.
I think we’ll take a break from L4Dumb now. After that, we’ll finish up the series.
Black Desert Online
This Korean title would be the greatest MMO ever made if not for the horrendous monetization system. And the embarrassing translation. And the terrible progression. And the developer's general apathy towards its western audience.
What Does a Robot Want?
No, self-aware robots aren't going to turn on us, Skynet-style. Not unless we designed them to.
Deus Ex and The Treachery of Labels
Deus Ex Mankind Divided was a clumsy, tone-deaf allegory that thought it was clever, and it managed to annoy people of all political stripes.
Programming Language for Games
Game developer Jon Blow is making a programming language just for games. Why is he doing this, and what will it mean for game development?
Trusting the System
How do you know the rules of the game are what the game claims? More importantly, how do the DEVELOPERS know?
And with that comic I am now going to have to fear the reaper. Thanks for making me smile this morning Shamus.
*Obligatory cowbell joke*
I’ve been a fan of this series so far, but I have to say, this comic got a cackle out of me. You had me at “sexist.”
And Louis is the only non-white, so killing him is racist, and I guess if you kill Bill you’re being age-ist. As for Franklin, I dunno, Meathead-ist ?
A comment on the note to the side of the comic…I think the reason that people in left 4 dead tend to ignore game mechanics is that L4D is one of the few games which actually inspires you to care about your team mates. One of the main ways that the game done is by not giving you a constant score count on your screen. You can’t see how many zombies you’ve slaughtered, but you can see your team mates health at all times. Because it’s always in front of you it’s more important than some number you won’t see til the end of the round. That, among other things, has taught people who play this game regularly to truly treat it as co-op, rather than a multiplayer game in which other people just happen to exist.
Maybe that’s just become my attitude in playing this game, but it seems to be fairly prevelant on the live community. I’d actually conjecture that it’s the reason you’ll find more women playing this game than others.
“Good news everyone, I’m OK.”
Here I was thinking it was gonna be a take on Blue Oyster Cult’s “Burning For You.”
I said it before, and I’ll say it again: if the pushbroom gets put in L4D2 as a melee weapon, I’ll buy it.