Posts tagged rants

GDC09: Highlights from the Game Critics Rant

by Justin McElroy (Mar 27th 2009 6:30PM)

Though it seems like game journalists have a fine platform on which to project their opinions, it's rare that they get to directly address the game developers they cover. Just such a chance was provided by this year's GDC rant session, which let game journalists talk about games and their own ...

X3F rant: TF2 needs times limits, please!

by Richard Mitchell (Oct 19th 2007 6:30PM)

We're not much for rants here at X3F, but every once in a while rants must be made. This rant is about the multiplayer FPS du jour, Team Fortress 2. This rant goes out to everyone who thinks it might be a good idea to set up a game of Team Fortress 2 with no time limit. For the sake of all that is ...

Why fanboys make for poor marketers

by Ludwig Kietzmann (Aug 16th 2006 8:55PM)

There are plenty of signs that indicate when a letter has been thoughtlessly composed by a fanboy and the latest one to violate our inboxes boasts nearly all of them. Punctuation and grammar are horrifying and alien concepts, logic is tossed away like an explosive javelin and any semblance of ...