Kirk, with today's Kotaku Melodic block (and this article in particular) you have not only shown how this Kotaku TV idea thing might actually be a decent idea, but also cemented your place as far and away the best writer Kotaku has.
I cannot express how perfect the point of this article is.
I feel like the author hits many great points in this piece, yet totally misses the target in a few other areas. Zelda would indisputably be made better through change. I'm not saying that Zelda needs to be more like (insert popular game here), but it could certainly learn a few things from its action/adventure/RPG siblings. I think the author is spot-on talking about the world. I would say that's the largest flaw in the series- far too much handholding. We are not allowed to make mistakes for ourselves.
That's one of a few areas I feel Zelda could learn from something like Dark Souls. (Once again, I'm not saying that Zelda needs to be Dark Souls, I'm just saying the developers could learn a few things about good design from that model). Dark Souls has zero handholding and yet still manages to teach you how to play it and how to learn from your mistakes.
As far as difficulty goes: Yes, Zelda needs to be more difficult. But I wouldn't say that it needs to go into the terrain that the first Zelda did. The author seems to be the sort of person who enjoys the old-school bang-your-head-against-the-wall difficulty of games like the first Zelda or Mario. Once again I would look to Dark Souls for inspiration: the game manages to be frustrating and extremely difficult, yet when I fail in Dark Souls, I'm always aware that it is my fault and not just bad luck.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Zelda fan. I just think that if the series got a shot of innovation in the arm that it could be much, much better than it is today.
EDIT: I'd also like to point out that another point the author misses is that while modern Zelda games are certainly not as good as they could be, they are still very entertaining games and are by no means broken. Fundamentally broken games do not earn massive fanbases.
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
There are a few movies that I love Cage in. But for every Matchstick Men or Raising Arizona, there are 5 Wicker Man or Face Off.
What's the Valentine's Day version of the Red Wedding?
Oh yeah, totally. The first couple books I was thinking "those Lannisters are all such total assholes (except Tyrion of course)". But then Storm of Swords hits and then suddenly you start realizing how Jaime thinks and that he's very self-centered but not all that bad of a person.
Cersei is, of course, still a total bitch.
I would buy the hell out of a giant Minas Tirith set.
I played through the mod and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but it's definitely not an experience I would pay for. It's a very unique experience, just not one that I think is worth spending money on.
Afraid I'm just going to have to wait for the LOTR ones. I'd love a Defender set for my Consular, but there's no way in hell I'm paying $90 for something that size.
I'd buy the hell out of a Minas Tirith set, but I haven't seen any pics of those.
Well, non-final build that he played aside, these games are absolutely not for everyone.
Wow Sci-Fi, you just keep digging that hole deeper and deeper. I am once again motivated to respond to your actions with a heart and resounding "Fuck you, Sci-Fi".
I don't think there's anyone in the history of film who was granted as vast a supply of good will from fans as George Lucas. And there isn't anyone in the history of film who has burned up that good will as completely as George Lucas has.
As much as I still love Fringe (it remains in my top 5 shows currently on TV, and as great as some of the episodes have been this season, I still can't help but feel that this season is a step back from the last couple of seasons. The whole decision to jump sideways into a 3rd and 4th universes just seems kind of unnecessary. Hopefully it'll pay off by the end of this season.
This seems... hmm... troubling. I'm trying to really see any sort of positive here and I'm pretty much failing. It just seems needlessly complex. Although if I'm able to keep consuming Kotaku articles the way I do right now, then I'm not going to complain.
McCreary is probably my favorite television composer (barring maybe Michael Giacchino). His stuff on Eureka and especially BSG is absolutely fantastic.
While I do think that the show is generally improving week over week, I'm afraid that it's fairly doomed by a poor main character (don't think she's acted or written well) and what I deem as general poor directing.
Which is a shame because there's a lot to like about the show and I'd like to see it do well.
So a friend just sent me a link to the trailer for this. Previously I had heard absolutely nothing about it.
As I was watching it, first impressions went something like "Bruce Greenwood... good... pseudo-horrory vibe... ok... director of Paranormal Activity? OH GOD NO"
As I was watching it, first impressions went something like "Bruce Greenwood... good... pseudo-horrory vibe... ok... director of Paranormal Activity? OH GOD NO"
All interest has been lost.
If any non-superpowered character could take on Wolverine, it would definitely have to be Brock Samson.
YES! Sexy Batman is one of my favorite Hark! A Vagrant strips. Almost as good as her Benjamin Franklin or Nancy Drew strips.
Actually, they just released a study saying that it doesn't exist. So take that alongside all the other studies that try and usually fail to accurately understand female genitalia.
