Jay

Still working on NMH on Wii. Also going through Gods of Thunder on VC (seriously, this has quickly become my favorite VC title and I bought it on a whim because it has a cool name).

Playing a lot of games on the PC lately: Just got Bioshock. Playing Ep. 1 of Penumbra Overture (this would make a freaking awesome Wii game!). Going through Fallout 2 once again for old times sake. And I'm still working on Witcher.

Out of the three gaming outlets I own(Wii, PC, DS), the only one that hasn't seen any love lately is the DS. But I want to get that Professor Laten Game. That looks fun.

That was great. A real gem.

I got lords of thunder and 6 hours of my life vanished in no time. That is one of the most Hardcore games I've ever played. It literally rocks.

I'm surprised that anyone would want their games to be censored. Can't you do your own censoring by choosing not to buy it?

I mean, I do my own censoring by choosing to mod you down. See how that works? I made a decision and I modded you down. You could make a decision and not buy the game. Same thing.

Why should everyone have to suffer for your preferences? The game was meant to look over the top. I mean, it's an artistic expression and I doubt that, if you find the over the top blood offensive in the first place, you'd even understand the point of the entire game at all. There is a lot to the story - and part of it is Touchdown's uncanny lust for violence. The whole message seems muddled when you censor it. It would be like cutting out the blood in Passion of the Christ - I mean the whole point of that movie was to bring torture porn to the conservative masses. Without the gore it's just another "jesus gets crucified movie". Gore can be an expression if used properly.

This game uses it artistically (and cartoonishly) to send a message. Manhunt did not.

Either way, I suppose the actual gameplay of the game is the same, but the story and artistic expression takes a major hit in my opinion.

If you're on the fence, I say you should still buy the cut version. The best part about the game is actually playing it - the art design is a close second in my opinion.

No More Heroes, Mario Galaxy, Tons of VC Games and Endless Ocean on Wii. The Witcher, Fallout 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on PC. Contra 4, Custom Robo Arena and Hotel Dusk on DS.

I'm tired of ignorant conservatives trying to make judgments on media they don't understand. Keep the politics out of it? Why should we shrug this kind of stuff off? That's how these injustices keep happening. Someone needs to bring them to light so that we can do something about it. Like it or not, politics affect games, therefore game sites should cover politics.

You know what's funny. In my original post, i was going to say Boondock Saints, but I was afraid no one would recognize it, and that would render my comparison useless - so I said Reservoir Dogs instead. But I meant Reservoir dogs when it first came out, before quentin blew up.

Pretty funny you mentioned that.

Now that I know Suda will have something to do with this, my excitement went up like 100%! And I was already looking forward to it because I played the last one.

Finally someone reviewing this game actually took the time to understand it. I liken it to movies - Titanic may have had perfect cinematography, perfect sound, perfect casting, perfect special affects according to the masses, but dammit, Reservoir Dogs (despite it's low budget and obvious technical, acting, and visual flaws and budget limitations) was just more fun, and therefore, in my opinion, a better movie.

Sometimes the technical shit needs to be shrugged off in favor of the complete experience. Sometimes rawness and energy get rubbed out when you go in to polish all those details. No More Heroes was a gritty, hardcore death romp and I think you gave it the score it deserves because you understood the intentions of the artist.

Nice review.

That sounds really cool. i have a niece who enjoys diving and I'm going to recommend it to her. I've never dived before so I couldn't see it from the perspective of a real diver.