Ken Rolston Comes Out Of Retirement With Big Huge Games

[Stargazey]

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/02/20 ... uge-games/

Yes, I read that blog, save the bile. Interesting that Rolston basically just quit Bethesda, in a roundabout way.

Wonder if that game's going to be any good.

 

[KreideBein]

Platform designations for the upcoming game have not yet been announced (though it is noted as a console RPG)

Can't say that I'll be too interested in it, then. It's too bad that he's not going to be making a CRPG.

 

[Volourn]

Sure, he is.

 

[KreideBein]

Sure, he is.

(I'm assuming that this is directed toward me.) By CRPG, I don't mean console RPG, I mean computer RPG.

 

[Volourn]

Same shit, different pile.

Consoles *are* computers.

Game over.

 

[suibhne]

Ahem. :wink:

 

[Stargazey]

Ahem. :wink:

Curses, foiled again!

 

[Chinese Jetpilot]

Didn't he and Bethesda have a falling out of some kind?

 

[Greatatlantic]

Wow, somehow that skull manages to look just like Pete Hines. I noticed you used the right hair though. Where did you get that face?

 

[Jed]

They Live, my friend, They Live.

 

[JarlFrank]

Same shit, different pile.

Consoles *are* computers.

Game over.

There is a fucking difference between a PC and the PS, XBox and anything Nintendo, idiot. Consoles might be computers, but they are not PCs. By CRPG she meant an RPG for the PC. Don't act like an ignorant dumbfuck.

 

[dagorkan]

By CRPG she meant an RPG for the PC. Don't act like an ignorant dumbfuck.

The 'C' in CRPG can mean console as well. Don't act like such a dumb little copycat nazi. "I'm just following orders" won't cut it. Heil VD!

 

[JarlFrank]

By CRPG she meant an RPG for the PC. Don't act like an ignorant dumbfuck.

The 'C' in CRPG can mean console as well. Don't act like such a dumb little copycat nazi. "I'm just following orders" won't cut it. Heil VD!

(I'm assuming that this is directed toward me.) By CRPG, I don't mean console RPG, I mean computer RPG.

Same shit, different pile.

Consoles *are* computers.

Game over.

Read your context.

 

[Vault Dweller]

By CRPG she meant an RPG for the PC. Don't act like an ignorant dumbfuck.

The 'C' in CRPG can mean console as well.

"Can" doesn't mean "does". What's next? CRPG also means cellphone RPG, because C can mean cellphone as well?

Don't act like such a dumb little copycat nazi. "I'm just following orders" won't cut it. Heil VD!

*rolls eyes*

 

[GhanBuriGhan]

RPG CODEX:

Raving Paranoid Grim COnsole Devoted EXtemists

 

[Micmu]

"Can" doesn't mean "does". What's next? CRPG also means cellphone RPG, because C can mean cellphone as well?

CRPG = cellphone rocket-propelled grenade

 

[Volourn]

CRPGs are for computers which consoles very much are. The only difference is that consoles are focused/specialized computer designed specifically (well.. that's kinda changing) for games.

Deal with it, FUCKAS SUCKAS!

 

[kingcomrade]

Consoles *are* computers.

Volourn I can't get my PSX to play my Starcraft CD. How do I install it?

 

[suibhne]

CRPGs are for computers which consoles very much are. The only difference is that consoles are focused/specialized computer designed specifically (well.. that's kinda changing) for games.

You're being deliberately obtuse again. You know very well that "CRPG" is a marketing term that refers specifically to computers, not consoles. You can tilt against windmills all you like in an attempt to fundamentally redefine this term, but it's hardly fair to make fun of other people for using the definition upon which maybe 99.9% of the market agrees.

 

[Volourn]

Not all computers can play all games. Not even on the PC. Dumbass.

 

[suibhne]

You didn't understand a word I wrote, did you?

It's okay, I'm trained to be sensitive to that sort of thing.

 

[kingcomrade]

Not all computers can play all games. Not even on the PC. Dumbass.

Thank you for disproving your own point.

 

[elander_]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

It's sad when Volourn beats you guys on an argument.

 

[suibhne]

Nobody's arguing that consoles aren't computers. We're arguing that "CRPG" doesn't mean "console RPG", and that "computer" colloquially means PC in this usage.

Otoh, Wikipedia seems of two minds on the subject: "computer role-playing game" does not include consoles to Wiki, but the Wikids also seem to think that "console role-playing game" is "often abbreviated CRPG" (which I've never seen before). W/e.

 

[obediah]

Same shit, different pile.

Consoles *are* computers.

Game over.

A better observation would have been:

These days, Computers *are* consoles.

Luckily there are still a few exceptions. I've been playing Afterlight and having fun with it. The strategy portion of the game has been improved quite a bit, and the tactical combat isn't too bad. I've been having a blast with my newly researched shotgun. My favorite combat moment was when I had two snipers laying on the edge of a ridge overlooking a village. A beastman threw a grenade at them which blew one of them over the edge. Good stuff.