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Penny Arcade - Comic - Biblicality
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Biblicality
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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...I don't like that Jerry's news post goes up hours after I read the comic, so I usually don't read it until the next comic comes up. SYNERGY, PEOPLE!
First favorite is spending hours in camera mode trying to get the perfect shot.
I like how you can add a second controller on the console that can trigger the capture mode so you can play and force someone to trigger snapshot mode at the perfect moment.
They do it this way to try to get people to visit the site twice each day a comic is uploaded.
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
In addition, the review also pointed out that the build that they played suffered from some pretty egregious bugs (blatant pop-in, framerate drops, audio cutting out for no discernible reason) which sound to me depressingly similar to those reported for the original release of Arkham Knight for the PC (also a WB game; what's up with that?).
I won't say that such a review reflects only the "interior geometry of [the reviewer's] skull". The reviewer didn't score the game ex nihilo; it was informed by the experience of playing the game (which encompasses a whole range of factors, objective and subjective, such as gameplay mechanics, graphical performance, control schemes, themes, voice acting, and so on). Yes, in the end it is mediated by the mind of the reviewer, but then again so is your own gameplay experience.
Clarification: Polygon scores are never picked by the reviewer. The review is written and several other members of the staff read it and agree on what score the written review represents.
That's good to know, though it the staff panel includes editorial staff then the possibility of it being selected on clickbaity grounds may be infinitesimally increased.
NB: I've edited my post since your reply, mostly to clarify my thoughts, but the sentiment of my original comment is (hopefully) preserved.
Call it early access, whatever. I paid for it, to play it early; and don't regret that choice.
* But I digress...
Watching someone (Splattercat) play it; I'm getting a "Red Faction: Guerilla" feel from the game.
If that holds true, I might wait for a sale; but I will very likely own the game relatively soon.
One question.
Now that youtube is a thing; who reads reviews? And why?
Given a choice of
"read reviews from a dozen smart people who know games; but may or may not like the same things you like"
or
"watch someone else play the game, being able to skip over parts you're less interested in to see how it handles"
No, I don't get reviews. I literally don't understand the concept as a valuable proposition in this day and age.
I have a better tool to do this, you might as well offer me a telegraph for my home so I can communicate with my family.
I'm sure it was a valuable tool in it's time; but that time seems to have passed.
I'm curious why you think this is the case.
Even with the games I have enjoyed watching people play, a lot of the time I have no desire to play them.
For me, it is a case of not wanting to watch someone play the game, because it would weaken, maybe even ruin, the fun and exploration if I have already seen someone else do everything. I would rather read or watch (usually prefer watch anymore) a review from someone to get a general idea of whether a game is for me or not. I do this because that way they do not spoil everything, and give me just enough of a taste to determine if I want to take the risk on a game or not.
Reviews are quicker, more insightful and can catch at bits that watching a game can't really convey such as game feel and immersion. Also reviews tend to spoil less for people who care about them.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
Watching a Let's Play video is just silly if you don't want the game spoiled. There are fantastic review channels out there that explain and show the advantages and disadvantages of any aspect far better than reading a like that says, "the controls were very difficult to handle."
Written reviews can be quicker to absorb (despite lacking detailed information), but if the reviewer shares a lot of the same preferences as the reader, then there is a lot more trust to be had in skimming through a written review than watching a 5 minute video dissecting the game.
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
That the person writing the review for Polygon isn't in charge of the score assigned to the game is not just a charge against the scoring system, but also a score against Polygon's editorial practices.
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I still like to read reviews, but it usually doesn't effect my purchasing habits.
It doesn't matter if they consider it a universal comparison or not, because the general readership and Metacritic will treat the scores as universal comparisons.
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I don't disagree with you, but holy shit...if only that's how grading worked when I went to school, I would have had "passing" grades on all my exams. College, plz...y u so hard?
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.