Comments on: EDGE online: we shamelessly allow marketing people to write game commentary http://toase.net/2008/11/19/edge-online-we-shamelessly-allow-marketing-people-to-write-game-commentary/ Love/Hate Video Games. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew http://toase.net/2008/11/19/edge-online-we-shamelessly-allow-marketing-people-to-write-game-commentary/#comment-476 Andrew Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:10:03 +0000 http://toase.net/?p=557#comment-476 Thanks for the recommendations. That advertorial wasn't a total waste of time though, because I found out through the "Mystery Adventure Games" website that Microïds will have Still Life 2 ready for early next year. I plan on checking it out, if only to get closure for that really annoying cliffhanger ending. Thanks for the recommendations. That advertorial wasn’t a total waste of time though, because I found out through the “Mystery Adventure Games” website that Microïds will have Still Life 2 ready for early next year. I plan on checking it out, if only to get closure for that really annoying cliffhanger ending.

]]> By: BigJim http://toase.net/2008/11/19/edge-online-we-shamelessly-allow-marketing-people-to-write-game-commentary/#comment-475 BigJim Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:08:20 +0000 http://toase.net/?p=557#comment-475 God I should really proofread my comments more (the irony of course being that I used to work as a proofreader). God I should really proofread my comments more (the irony of course being that I used to work as a proofreader).

]]> By: BigJim http://toase.net/2008/11/19/edge-online-we-shamelessly-allow-marketing-people-to-write-game-commentary/#comment-474 BigJim Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:06:31 +0000 http://toase.net/?p=557#comment-474 Haha I read that article and it is as awful as you've described. Sadly, the golden age of Day of the Tentacle and its ilk are well behind us, but there's still plenty of good stuff out there (much better than those awful Dracula games that keep getting churned out). If you're looking to hop on the Adventure Train these days, there's probably no better place to start than the revitalized Sam & Max series (the complete first series is available in boxed retail nad new episodes of the 2nd season are available through Telltale's website). I would highly recommend this, as well as the Penumbra series (although that series hovers dangerously close to Survival Horror). Haha I read that article and it is as awful as you’ve described.

Sadly, the golden age of Day of the Tentacle and its ilk are well behind us, but there’s still plenty of good stuff out there (much better than those awful Dracula games that keep getting churned out).

If you’re looking to hop on the Adventure Train these days, there’s probably no better place to start than the revitalized Sam & Max series (the complete first series is available in boxed retail nad new episodes of the 2nd season are available through Telltale’s website). I would highly recommend this, as well as the Penumbra series (although that series hovers dangerously close to Survival Horror).

]]> By: Just a couple of things http://toase.net/2008/11/19/edge-online-we-shamelessly-allow-marketing-people-to-write-game-commentary/#comment-473 Just a couple of things Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:26:49 +0000 http://toase.net/?p=557#comment-473 [...] First thing is Edge Magazine. My complaint with them stands and I won’t read their magazine until they change it. I want to know who writes the things I’m reading. Just like I want to know what’s in what I eat, I want to know the source of what I’m reading. That Edge continues not to give authors their due amazes me, but hey, that’s their thing, go with it. That is until you do something like this: [...] [...] First thing is Edge Magazine. My complaint with them stands and I won’t read their magazine until they change it. I want to know who writes the things I’m reading. Just like I want to know what’s in what I eat, I want to know the source of what I’m reading. That Edge continues not to give authors their due amazes me, but hey, that’s their thing, go with it. That is until you do something like this: [...]

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