Hi! I'm Ian/4knuckleshuffle. I'm FIDEEN NOW BITCHES and your average stereotypical gamer. I like books, videogames, pen and paper RPGs, Warhammer 40,000, and other such indulgences. If this profile seems like my introductory post, that's because it is!
Avatar Origin: On my friend's forum, I changed my avatar one too many times, which pissed him off enough to set it to this and lock it. I've grown to like the image.
Brawl FC: 0559-6443-8754
Kingdom of Loathing Name: DagonEnHydra
Steam: shoggothontheroof
Looking forward to:
No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle
Diablo 3
Muramasa
Sin and Punishment 2
Resident Evil 5
BonerQuest
Samurai Shodown Anthology
The next Zelda
Favorite games:
Action RPG: Diablo II
JRPG: Earthbound
Western RPG: Neverwinter Nights
Tactical RPG: Shining Force
Action/Adventure: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shmup: Starfox 64
Horror: Resident Evil 4
FPS: Doom
2d Fighting: Samurai Shodown 2
2.5d Fighting: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Puzzle: Tetris
Simulation: Blazing Angels
RTS: Pikmin
Racing: Mario Kart 64
2d Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
3d Platformer: Super Mario Galaxy
Parser Adventure: Escape from Monkey Island
Point/Click Adventure: Riven
Text Adventure: Leather Godesses of Phobos
Wii: No More Heroes
N64: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
PC: Diablo II
SNES: Earthbound
NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
GC: Paper Mario: TTYD
I Like Playing As:
Yoshi in Mario Kart
Toon Link in Brawl
Necromancer in Diablo II
Wizard in NWN
Luigi in any
core Mario Game
Galford in Samurai Shodown 1 and 2
Mai in King of Fighters, due to boobs
Currently Playing:
Metal Slug
Samurai Shodown 2
Wii Fit
Phantasy Star 2
Metroid Prime
Shining Force 2
Maybe some other shit, but I can't remember.
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Kotaku's "love/hate" system is ok, but it's not needed if the actual review contains the love/hate system intrinsically. Although I'm on the edge, I still support the 1-10 system because it's just a guideline as to how we felt, as a reviewer, about a certain game.
It's the fanboys who ruin it, when they don't look at a site's review system and see that a "7" means "good".
Haha, I've been around enough to discern that about you, but I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents!
I have a friend who scales his scores out of 76
Please, please, please someone do this.
Eh... I regard "professional reviews" and critic's scores about the same as I regard someone's blog. It's simply an interesting read and one person's opinion.
Sacred 2 got skewered in the ratings... but it's a really great game - but then again, that's only "my" opinion! :)
But I don't use numbers. If you're gonna drop any amount of money on something (or better yet, are going to invest any serious amount of time in a game), at least spend ten minutes reading a review. A score says only so much. Why, does it tell you if the controls suck? If there are many glitches? If the characters are boring? Etc.
I also don't like using numbers because I can't get a feel for what's X/10 or whatever. I can just give you my opinion on it all, but that's it. *shrugs*
While I can't say Jim is biased (I know this is a joke-blog, I'm just sayin') he is a whore for those hits/comments/views/etc, more so in the past few months.
I don't mind the scores attached to the DToid reviews because there's plenty of meat to them. If I can dig in and get a real sense of why they chose to gave the scores they do, they don't bug me. I don't use scores in my reviews, as I want people to debate or vibe with my opinions and not my "judgement".