MouthlessScreamer

There's not enough cowbell in this game. For shame.

There's not enough cowbell in this game.

There's not enough cowbell in this game.

My favorite aspect of Bioshock is without a doubt the atmosphere. It is rare for a game to ground itself so securely in a believable way through audio, graphics and world interaction. That alone is difficult enough to merit praise in its own right.

But when the world is so beautifully dark, creepy and fantastical while still maintaining its believeability? That is an accomplishment that few developers ever achieve in their gaming lifetime.

It's up on gametrailers:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2924

I think the most horrible decision so far is to include their application into the games themselves. Why do I have to have Halo 2 up just to view messages? Unless I'm missing something?

All those screen shots have the actual 'dashboard' embedded into the game client.

This isn't very practical and would be the equivalent of film studios not letting certain theaters get reels of their film if they sold tickets to minor. All it does is pass the buck even further back which is exactly the opposite of what's needed. What next, developers being forced to avoid certain publishers that deliver to said retailers?

Not to mention that the feasibility of relying on publishers to regulate this would be a nightmare when taking into account financial predictions/forecasts, shipment allocations and budgets, etc.

The responsibility needs to be passed to the parents, not further down the chain. Just my 2 cents.

Those odds are looking pretty damn good right now, but I seriously think that it's going to change fast, especially as more people know about this.

Hey so, when can we start a joystiq.com annoyance? I'll add one to the list - the fact that I can't just have a damn login/password to post, and that it takes forever to have a post show up. Whee!

It's 4th quarter in terms of the fiscal year, which usually begins in April.