Tag: toys

No Love For the Glove

By nomediakings on March 18, 2004 • ( 1 Comment )

The line between gimmick and innovation is sometimes hard to draw. Game purists look down on specialized peripherals, and while I like my shotguns and dance-pads in single-purpose arcade games, I rarely think they’re justified in a multi-purpose home system. Maybe I know too many people who bought […]

Too Damn Talky

By nomediakings on August 28, 2003 • ( 1 Comment )

Games are often criticised for not having any plot. What isn’t given much consideration is whether it’s possible for there to be too much story. The Longest Journey (Funcom, 2000) made me think about this a lot.