March 2012
27 posts
On Mass Effect, and Video Game Replayability
My first thought upon finishing the Mass Effect Trilogy this week was “I really wanna start over and play the series through a different way!” My second thought was “I am kidding myself if I think I’m going to invest over 100 hours into 3 different games where I already know all the major plot points.”
I love the idea of choice in games, branching plotlines that let...
is the emergence of One Direction a sign the...
I dunno! But it does seem like the boy-band phases come alongside national economic prosperity. NKOTB in the late 80s, BSB & *NSYNC in the mid to late 90s, even the Jonas Bros. brief reign came during the equally brief post-9/11 bubble bounce.
I have no real evidence to back this up, but psychologically it does make sense on the surface. Once parents stop worrying about making ends meet, they...
To the Music Biz Smarties who might be reading...
In the last week or so, a handful of extremely popular and high profile albums have gone on sale at Amazon for $.25. By my count, 5 new albums: NOW That’s What I Call Music 41, Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Lady Antebellum, and today, Drake.
No explanation as to why or how, these deals end up leaking through my twitter feed, mostly through peeps I follow for video game deals. Anyone know...
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