SAM'S PROFILE

@Yeaster: Yeah, just having, maybe, a sign above the door for the Sorcery and having one or two NPCs say where the Sorcery is rather than talking about demons would help. I was fine with them being talked about, it gave you the impression that the world turned with or without you, and for once all their dialogue didn't revolve around your adventure. It was refreshing.

@WIP: I'm not a programmer. Nick picked the name Code Monkeys, but I'm on a Games Art & Design course, so I just do concept art and game design theory (and a little 3D). Can't speak for Nick or Asa.

@Max: Thanks for the compliment =D Your game 'won' the podcast because... Well, bar the length of the demo, but it left us wanting to play the rest and that's a demo's job. Give you a taste and hook you, then cut you short while your wondering what's gonna happen next.

I gave most of my feedback on the Halloween contest, and I didn't really have any complaints. Just felt like there wasn't anything I could say that I'd not already said. Other than that I don't think we mentioned much about the game because we didn't want to tell people where to go and what to do before they played it.

@Anaryu: We literally were on MSN with each other talking about the game like "Did you do the bit with the Grim Reaper yet?" "Yeah, yeah, I'm now playing as the girl!" "Oh, me too!" and didn't realise we were playing different games.

As for the ABS... It really did remind me of Mr Mo's SABS system. I did feel it was a little weird to have a tutorial that explains what HP is, even if it was skippable. Equipping spells was the last of the tutorials. It really didn't feel different to the regular SABS bar the health bars and such looking different.

I might give the equipping skills tut another look, because either I didn't get it - through comparing it too much to Mr Mo's - or it was badly explained. It was one of the first games out of the set I played, so I'd need to play it again to double check.

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I too, say Ruptured Souls takes the crown here. Rei's entry was very solid, but Ruptured Souls, for me, had a better atmosphere and plot - and I was far more immersed in it and interested by it than I was Elegy's Eve.

Max, you're right, Demon has taken too long - should he ask to be a judge in future I'll firmly say no.

Kudos to everyone in this topic, seriously!

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This movie was filmed in my hometown (Pittsburgh) and I recognized almost every single scene!

And yeah, the movie was pretty awesome. Seth Rogen was definitely very funny as usual, and the other cast complemented each other well.

Holy shit! Shame you didn't bump into any of them.

@ Tau: It's really good, trust me.

@ Chaos: I think Chasing Amy's was better "I can buy fags, a bunch of guys who just crave cock, who just plain fucking need it! Dykes? Fuck that, everyone needs cock!"

In response to Asaleri stating the gaming industry is in trouble due to the current economy, I'd like to point out that entertainment - particularly video games, movies, books and other forms of escapism, have their highest sales when the economy is roughest.

Just look at Monopoly, for example, that came out during a depression, and because it centered around spending and gaining a lot of money, people used it as escapism and everyone went and bought it.