What's nice about Urban Dead is that you can roleplay as little or as much as you like, contributing to the (now-considerable) mythos, or merely observing it as you pass by. UD's also great if your play time is limited or you don't want to spend hours in front of a screen. I recommend anyone even remotely interested in MMOGs, traditional roleplaying games or turn-based strategy give it a go.
And you could do a lot worse than joining The GMT - just tell them Mardigan sent you!
- Wrestlevania
In response to "It's OK to Advertise - If We Like You" from The Escapist Daily:
Even if marketers knew exactly how to make gamers happy through advertising, they're won't stop there. They'll continue on until they figure out the tipping point where putting in more advertising will not just reduce revenue from units sold because people are turned off; they'll push it to the point where that loss of revenue is no longer offset by increased marketing revenue. Like how sports adopted the 'TV time out'; real-life games found the audience will put up with a break in the action, and went so far a change was written into the rules for advertising.
Never disputing that people have to pay the bills and might make an unpopular (i.e., value negative) ad inclusion if it means net revenue increases. Just can't buy the explanation that gamers are more fickle than the general audience. The general audience saw added value in putting a rock inside of a box that had the words "Pet Rock" written on it, so, I just can't buy that the gaming segment is more fickle than a general public that will buy a rock if you put the right label on it.
To me, it seems they're, ahh ... 'Jumping to Conclusions'.
- Cheeze_Pavilion
In response to "The Official Game Character Versus Game Character Thread" from The Escapist Forum:
I'm going with Riddick [over Hitman's Agent 47], no contest. Also, I'm going with the "Pitch Black" Riddick (more mysterious, more dangerous, and less humane), not the "Chronicles of Riddick" one. 47 is cool, but he still seems to operate within human rules, Riddick, on the other hand is simply an animal.
And, I was thinking, Cloud would stand still and Link cut him up while "waiting his turn" and probably crying too... yeah... crying. Emo punk with his crazy hair.
How about (doubt anyone is familar enough with the first character) Goku vs Superman. Both have comics, cartoons, and games.
- Blaxton
