Recent content by Qhartb

Wow. I haven't checked in on what's been going on in the Guinness book for more than a decade (apart from seeing the "Video Game Edition" on store shelves), but this is not the sort of thing they're supposed to be about. They used to be about objective, measurable world records. "Fastest...

I didn't get the impression that Gordon was passed out for very long.

Portal: Prelude was okay. The flash version mappack was more fun. Prelude didn't really advance the puzzling, but upped the difficulty of the platforming several steps. Flash version mappack expanded the puzzling aspect. In short, if you liked Portal, you would like the flash version...

I liked people not fearing pyros for the same reason pedophiles like children not fearing ice cream trucks.

The description only mentioned the Pyro's nerf and left out the buff. Reflected projectiles mini-crit now. (Backburner was straight nerfed, making it even less useful. Flare gun is unnecessarily nerfed by decreased afterburn.) Crit-a-Cola is a Scout secondary weapon, like Bonk Energy Drink...

From a storytelling perspective, it's meaningless to kill off a character if the audience doesn't care about their life. It also cheapens what character death means across your fiction. (In L4D's case, player death being a very different thing from character death.) Killing a character want...

Screw the $25M ad campaign. Release the intro movie and prepare for instant hype.

Don't get the hype? IT'S TIM SCHAFER!

Finally! I was wondering why this was taking so long to fix. Aww. I wish I knew about that so I could play with it. Meh. Not really worth fixing. I liked the idea of "completely invulnerable except for one extremely difficult and chance-based instakill." I imagine the lulz from pulling...

I think it's intended. They want to avoid no-win situations when one member of your party dies.

Wait... TF2 with no unlockable weapons? Not even Blut+Ubersaw for the Medic?

I like king of the hill. I disagree with the comparisons, to arena, though. Both modes take place on similar, smallish maps and have short rounds relative to cp, ctf, payload, etc. They have completely different dynamics, though. KotH is holding off a constant onslaught (or being a constant...

It's surprisingly easy. You should do it.

Oh man, I'd be so freaking pumped if I really wanted to get this! But I don't.

I know I'd play it once. If you're serious about it, I'd suggest converting a small part of the game -- a 10-30 minute section perhaps, releasing it, and seeing if the interest is there for more. If you're lucky, it may even find its way into the hands of talented folks wanting to help demake...