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[Tyfreaky]

Kordras wrote...

NuclearBuddha wrote...

That Article wrote...

...trying to figure out how to woo a voluptuous four-toed alien who’s lived her life in a hermetically sealed spacesuit...

Someone needs glasses.  Or perhaps to just lay off the hyperbolic language.

Well... dem hips...

Gotta agree, the writer got that one right too... Tali's figure is rather exagerated, and volumptous.

She's no Samara or Miranda but... volumptous does not just mean big boobies.

[Mondo47]

Not a bad article at all, considering most outside-the-field journalism on video games tends to be done by either idiots, fundies-with-an-axe-to-grind or the random office chimpanzee.

[SarEnyaDor]

Well, the author is a gaming writer, has a series of gaming related articles.

[Zhaosen]

Good reading....and looks like she has some other articles to read there =D

[Spazticus]

I thought it was an excellent and informed article. That said, there was another valuable social skill the article left out, and that's the ability to punch reporters and mercenaries.

[Slayer299]

Haasth wrote...

Templar Lucas wrote...

Hmm, I wonder how the poll in the article will turn out...

Miranda is winning. This must be one of those rare moments where Tali is losing! 
30% voted for Miranda! What an outrage! (Fine... after Tali, I'd probably pick her too...) 

That was then and this is now, Tali's crushing Miranda right now . Tali's leading the poll with 41.7% vs. Miranda's 23% GO TALI! 

But to the article, (which is the point of this thread), yeah, it was really nice to read an actually researched article on computer games that was minus the annoying histronics I'm used to seeing about sex, violence and the collapse of civilization that they are bringing about.

[WilliamShatner]

Miranda above Leliana and Morrigan???



This shall not stand!

[Tyfreaky]

Daeion wrote...

I didn't know I had to spend hours developing and tending to my ME1 LI's to be successful in ME2...

Again she never said that... she said that you had to develop relationships to suceed and that if you played your cards right you might get some ****:

Winda Benedetti wrote

You’ll have to figure out how to earn their loyalty and their respect. You’ll have to figure out how to motivate and inspire them. And you’ll even have the opportunity to win their (digital) hearts and woo them
into your (virtual) bed. (These are, after all, Mature-rated games). Ultimately, the choices you make about how you treat these characters will drastically affect how the games play out and how the stories end.

What is it about the word relationship that immediately makes everyone thing "Ohh she is saying I have to have  LI to complete the game"

You people do know that every single person you know is in some kind of relationship with you?
It might be friendly, plotonic, professional, even hate... but its a relationship.

Im going to stop now before I have an anurism... thats why I gave up writing professionally so very long ago, people only see what they want to see.

Modifié par Tyfreaky, 16 février 2010 - 04:44 .

[RedNanaki]

The article also links to this other article about ME, which is just plain amusing:

http://web.archive.o...l&comments=true

Modifié par RedNanaki, 16 février 2010 - 04:37 .

[Merci357]

well, I'm suprised how informed and open minded that article was.

[Spazticus]

RedNanaki wrote...

The article also links to this other article about ME, which is just plain amusing:

http://web.archive.o...l&comments=true

Consider the source. "Your opinion matters" there only if you're to the right of Atilla the Hun.

[epoch_]

The tali legion has spoken. check out the poll now. mwahaha

[Doug84]

Raygereio wrote...

Abirn wrote...
See this is called journalism, You get all the facts then write your story based on the facts you have collected. Somebody at fox news should really be taking notes.

Ah yes, Fox News. I bought Mass Effect at their recommendation; the word "disapointment" can't even begin to discribe how I felt when in fact I couldn't alter Femshep's breastsize to DD's and beyond (trust me, I've looked for that option) or sodomize or rape anyone to my heart's content.

But enough about that; a fairly well written article about a videogame from a non-game-news-source, by someone who actually played the game (s)he's talking about. I do have some issues with the article, but I'm impressed.

Indeedie! And I wasn't allowed to rape the council. WHAT A JIP! Fox needs to be sued for false advertising. And don't even get me started on the Asari - for a supposedly all female race, they sure as hell don't seem interested in Shepard's man sausage.

[Daeion]

Tyfreaky wrote...

Daeion wrote...

I didn't know I had to spend hours developing and tending to my ME1 LI's to be successful in ME2...

Again she never said that... she said that you had to develop relationships to suceed and that if you played your cards right you might get some ****:


[qoute]Winda Benedetti wrote

You’ll have to figure out how to earn their loyalty and their respect. You’ll have to figure out how to motivate and inspire them. And you’ll even have the opportunity to win their (digital) hearts and woo them
into your (virtual) bed. (These are, after all, Mature-rated games). Ultimately, the choices you make about how you treat these characters will drastically affect how the games play out and how the stories end.[/qoute]

What is it about the word relationship that immediately makes everyone thing "Ohh she is saying I have to have  LI to complete the game"

You people do know that every single person you know is in some kind of relationship with you?
It might be friendly, plotonic, professional, even hate... but its a relationship.

Im going to stop now before I have an anurism... thats why I gave up writing professionally so very long ago, people only see what they want to see.

You titled the thread romances, don't get upset at us for bring that up as the relationship we decide to mention.

[stillnotking]

See what happens when you have an actual journalist write an article, rather than a Faux News one?

[Crowwalker100]

Good for MSNBC they have finally found something they can report on truthfully and with some knowledge of the subject.. Goes to prove boys and girls that if you fail enough you will get it right in time.

[NICKjnp]

Haasth wrote...

Templar Lucas wrote...

Hmm, I wonder how the poll in the article will turn out...

Miranda is winning. This must be one of those rare moments where Tali is losing! 
30% voted for Miranda! What an outrage! (Fine... after Tali, I'd probably pick her too...) 

I put Liara in the other section.  She was my ME interest and I didn't want to cheat on her.  My main shep has her as his love interest.

[Tyfreaky]

Daeion wrote...

You titled the thread romances, don't get upset at us for bring that up as the relationship we decide to mention

I tittled it romances because, most of the first page and half of the second page were about a comparison of the games romances to real life.

But your statement put words into the authors mouth that SHE DID NOT SAY and was very clear on. That was your jump in logic not mine.

If you want to talk about the romances finek, thats what the thread is for. But saying that the author stated that romances were important to completing to the completion/success of the game is in no way shape or form what she actually said.

Edit: Changed the title of the thread. Lets see if that stops people from misqouting/subverting what the author actually said.

Modifié par Tyfreaky, 16 février 2010 - 04:57 .

[Spazticus]

Crowwalker100 wrote...

Good for MSNBC they have finally found something they can report on truthfully and with some knowledge of the subject.. Goes to prove boys and girls that if you fail enough you will get it right in time.

You speak with some authority on this. Do you work for Fox News? Oh right, their commentators didn't get their Mass Effect facts right, nor played the game.

[Zhijn]

Hahe even the writer mention "daddy issues". =D

Good read tho.

Modifié par Zhijn, 16 février 2010 - 05:12 .

[Abirn]

Crowwalker100 wrote...

Good for MSNBC they have finally found something they can report on truthfully and with some knowledge of the subject.. Goes to prove boys and girls that if you fail enough you will get it right in time.

Did you know facts have a well known liberal bias.

[MerinTB]

Good article.

[Llandaryn]

And though these games may have players trying to figure out how to woo
a voluptuous four-toed alien who’s lived her life in a hermetically
sealed spacesuit or trying to convince a pointy-eared elf with ripped
abs to go for a role in the hay,

Gah!

Must... suppress... grammar-****... tendencies...

Good article, though. Obviously written by somebody who's enoyed the games.