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Comment on The Binding of Isaac by JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:22:07 +0000

If a game is frustrating, I pretty much always just give up. However, if it has really hooked me, frustrating is a-ok.

You know, I played Demon’s Souls, and I found it frustrating minus the fun. I’m sure it just took some time to get into, but I gave up after a few hours.

Comment on The Binding of Isaac by Diego

Diego — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:56:07 +0000

I’m always a little skeptic with criticism like “it’s frustrating and fun”, but I have to admit, I’m playing this one and it really is frustrating and fun.

Maybe frustration is not the best adjective, I think excessively challenging works better. People who played that demon’s souls (I didn’t) say the same thing, and I think I know what’s the difference between “good frustration” and “bad frustration”. Binding of Isaac is difficult, but every time I die it feels like it was my fault, it doesn’t feel like it’s impossible or that the game “cheated” in some way, and that keeps me motivated to try again.

Comment on Nokia’s innovation contest winner is a 4 year old puzzle game clone by Diego

Diego — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:10:42 +0000

That’s painful..
The website is offline, though. Maybe they heard complains?

Comment on Nokia’s innovation contest winner is a 4 year old puzzle game clone by JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:07:37 +0000

I know! Maybe Nokia is using an older form of the word we’re not privy to? As in, “vate” from the uh, Latin, meaning “to do stuff, or whatever”, with the Greek prefix “inno” meaning “who gives a crap”.

Comment on Nokia’s innovation contest winner is a 4 year old puzzle game clone by Dylan Duarte

Dylan Duarte — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:56:00 +0000

I’ve been using the word “innovate” wrong all these years!

Comment on Hard Reset reboots FPS genre by Hard Reset « Player 1 Ready!

Hard Reset « Player 1 Ready! — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:15:39 +0000

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Comment on Phone Story ban is a load of boring hype by In The Sphere: Luck and Success « BlueFur.com

In The Sphere: Luck and Success « BlueFur.com — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:32:51 +0000

[...] Bardinelli chimes in with his two cents on Phone Story, the iPhone game that got pulled from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” He [...]

Comment on NASA-backed MMO game in production by Diego

Diego — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:49:55 +0000

I didn’t know this Noctis.. although visually outdated it’s a fantastic idea. Let’s hope this fluctuation brings us Noctis V!

Comment on NASA-backed MMO game in production by JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:40:17 +0000

I’ve seen quite a bit more coverage of NASA/space events in the last few months. I hope it isn’t just a temporary media fluctuation due to the shuttle program’s retirement. We need to love NASA again like we did 40 years ago.

Did you ever play Noctis, by the way? One of the best exploration/space games ever made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctis

Comment on NASA-backed MMO game in production by Diego

Diego — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:29:35 +0000

wow.. I’m a gamer/physicist who loves orbiter (space flight sim) and pre ordered kerbal space program. And now this! What’s with this sudden burst of space stuff lately? I wonder if it’s related to Atlantis last flight and the whole media coverage.