RollinThundr wrote on May 15, 2013, 13:55:

Techie714 © wrote on May 15, 2013, 11:35:
You people bitch so much about trivial things...Wait this is Blues..Nevermind..lol

No that's pretty spot on. Whiniest group of gamers on the internet.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on May 8, 2013, 14:37:
Ahh yes, if it's an attractive woman, she obviously got where she is because of her looks. If those who think that did 5 minutes of reading on Jade Raymond, they'd know she actually worked quite hard and is well regarded in the industry as an exceptional project manager. But she's cute so that must be why right. And people claim there isn't a sexism issue in the industry. Christ.

This isn't Jessica Chobot we're talking about here. Look her her game industry "origin story", compare it to Raymond's and spot the differences. They're rather significant.

Verno wrote on May 8, 2013, 14:10:

Yakubs wrote on May 8, 2013, 14:04:
Considering Bioware's staff has the sexual maturity of an 8th-grader, I wouldn't use them as an example.

Maybe but they employ people in positions regardless of appearance which was the point.

Verno wrote on May 8, 2013, 13:52:

Prez wrote on May 8, 2013, 13:48:
I am sure she is hard working and passionate about her job but I kinda suspect that she wouldn't be where she is now if she were not such a pretty lady. Nothing wrong with that; it's just how things work, right or wrong.

Oh I don't know, Bioware for example has some women fairly high up who I don't find very attractive. Gaming as an industry has grown up a lot in the past ten years. Being attractive certainly never hurts your chances I suppose though.

Wolfox wrote on Apr 11, 2013, 11:15:

Wraith wrote on Apr 11, 2013, 09:28:
The world has moved on since then and while Flashback was barely acceptable for its day, right now it - and Another World - are ancient relics best forgotten.

"Barely acceptable in its day"? It might as well be my favorite game of that generation, and easily in my top 30 games of all time. I don't know if it aged well (because I haven't played it in what, 12 years now?), but it was pretty awesome back then, and it was a commercial and critical success.

Then again, its sequel ("Fade to Black") was not nearly as good. But the box it came in was awesome.

Omni wrote on Mar 28, 2013, 13:56:
Revamp the combat in Assasins Creed and it might be worth playing.

Kajetan wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 10:04:

Yakubs wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 09:59:
When everyone is blasting EA for lying, let's not let Maxis off the hook here. They deserve just as much indignation for this mess of a game release and it pains me to see them potentially getting away from this without much damage to their reputation.

There is no difference between EA and Maxis. Its the same company. EA only kept the Maxis name for brand reasons.