It's all in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and 'Subjective' is fast becoming one of my favouritest words. Much of last fortnight was occupied with a spectacular U-turn and really quite feeble caving in, where I ended up impulse buying Bioshock from a supermarket one lunchtime. See, well, everywhere else about five months ago for a proper review of that, but I found it to be one of those rare but truly awe-inspiring moments that don't come up nearly as often as they should, in my gaming life.
It also somewhat polarised me in a long running debate I'd previously shrugged at; why don't MMOs look as good as A-list single player games? I'm sure there are very good reasons, but I've never quite known what those might be, and previously, not cared that much. It was just The Way It Is; that MMOs are somehow allowed to be behind the times, sub-par, that they were somehow a different breed, and that to care about the 'pretty', was somehow beneath me as an MMO Gamer; superficial. Now, having had my perceptions of what gaming in general can be altered somewhat, I'm not so sure any more...
Anyway, more examination of Perceptions, disguised as formless rambling, here!
The Van Hemlock & Jon Talking Lots Show (Ep16): In which Various News is molested, and a fortnight of Being Molested Back is harrowingly recounted! Space Viruses! Plane Crashes! Supervillainy! Ruminations on Decrepitude! All this and more awaits!
Speaking of Perceptions, here's the Rantgasm we dissect with our brightly coloured plastic tools of Pop Psychology:
Age of Conan: A Post Mortem Analysis
And yes, I know I already linked it in the last post. It probably is pageranking masquerading as catharsis, but one has to respect that kind of sheer determination to unburden...
I remember when this used to be a blog. Ho hum!
Edit: Oops, nearly forgot:
Our Jita Competition Screenshot is here:
And was won by Stuart, with a nearest guess of 589 pilots. Gratz!