Splorky Fish

What exactly does ESRB rating have to do with anything?

Yahtzee didn't like a game? Shocker.

YES BUBBLE BOBBLE!!!

Cheers, Nephus.

I thought for sure that I was gonna be in for a long battle instead of thinking "well now this guy makes sense." In the interests of full disclosure (for fairness' sake), I'll say that I am a Christian, because I have similarly had too many "this can't be a coincidence" moments relating directly to Christianity for me to even think about denying it.

This has always been the basis for Christianity and many other religions: it is a revealed truth. We don't prove it by logic (although logic shouldn't be able to outright refute it), we see it in our lives. Maybe one day the higher power will give you enough can't-be-coincidences that point you towards Christianity, or maybe I will get enough of them to consider something else. But for now, this is where we stand.

I admit that the Bible can't contain the whole truth--otherwise, why would Jesus need to return? On the other hand, I can't help but think that God had a hand in it. If you give it due consideration, which is a lot because the books were written for many different cultures, it really is a wonderful book. And I will admit that my ability to comprehend God is similar to the ant's ability to comprehend cars. I'm not sure whether or not Muslims, Hindus, and even Wiccans might have some aspect of the truth, too. Like I said, who am I to pass judgment about what I don't fully understand?

Anyhow, in some sense it warms my heart that we have a somewhat amicable end to this thread, at least for some people. I didn't want a flame war to start over this, but now that the fire's sort of out, at least we can shake hands.

Nephus, anything can be cut down. Cutting a view down is child's play, defending a view is tough stuff. Hell, there isn't even a solution to Descarte's skepticism (all we can know is that we are selves, which doubt)that meets its demands head on...some even argue that all that we can know is that there is a doubt. Sure, you can hide behind the fact that your views aren't relevant to whether or not you have succeeded in cutting down another view, but realize that in doing so you have brought a gun to a knife fight.

I'm sure a lot of people are real impressed with your irreverence, because gamers like you and me are an irreverent bunch. But now you are up on a high horse all of your own, what with your cute tag lines like "Thanks for playing."

You're not quite acting like someone who thinks that "we are all equal on this little dirt ball flying through space." You seem to think that you have some understanding that these others don't, which is that their worldviews are crap. If you are right, that puts you above those who think that there might be a non-shitty way of viewing the world.

Oh, and ranting about your views on religion online for hours? That counts as spitting your religious beliefs into the faces of the world at large. Part of what you believe is constituted in what you don't believe.

But mostly, I'm just amazed how amped up you are after "winning" (read: not having anything better to do than stay on Joystiq for longer than Chrono) an argument that you deliberately made unfair by not stating your position.

You're right, Ibere. Only religious irrationally link video games with violence, anti-social behavior, etc. Because the book of Genesis tells them to (ironic, huh?).

Oh, and "religious studies professors" are almost always religious. That's why many of the intro-level religious studies classes at my school start out by teaching that all holy texts were made up by people trying to advance their own political goals, and explicitly refer to God as "imaginary" throughout the course, and take off points if you don't play their game.

So far, this thread has mostly avoided the temptation to enter a pointless religious flame-war that would bring out the idiot in all of us. Let's keep it that way.

This comment is not worthy of a $5k computer.

Ugh. I would quiver in fear and pray that only my lustrous, cascading locks of hair were defaced by the hail of gunfire.

Don't tell me that's not an appendage. My next choice was my wang. Not that it'd be getting any use if I didn't have my luminous mane to lure in the ladies. Based on the success of the diamond industry, I think it's just that they like how shiny it is.

Background: I am a die-hard Ninty fan. The only two consoles I bought in the last generation were Gamecube and Wii. Also, my main criticism of other gamers' opinions is "you're such a gfx whore."

Now that you know that, these ads made me REALLY want a PS3.

Just curious, how does Joystiq choose which reviewers to highlight in metareview posts? At first, I thought it seemed more focused on Big Reviewers (IGN, Gamespot, 1UP), but it seems to have branched out a bit. Do you focus on providing snippets that reflect different aspects of the game? Is it random?