Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Fortune Cookie Widsom For The Day
There is a great difference between the man who does good and the man who does no evil; one loves justice, while the other may merely fear punishment.
Completely Meaningless Achivement
I am now Monster Hunter Rank 3, which means I can now get my ass kicked three times as badly as before. Whoo.
Press Conference
The highlight of the day was going over to the Uber-Pretentiously named “Red Dot Museum” which used to be the HQ for Singapore traffic cops until they moved somewhere else, and it got taken over by the Media Whores. Basically designers, advertising people and anyone else that tries to use art to make [...]
More Meetings
Aside from the usual work at the magazine which mostly consists of tormenting the new intern (”BOY! WHERE’S THAT COFFEE?!?”), the only other activity of note was a monstrously long meeting to discuss the video game documentary.
Things are moving along and with any luck this thing will actually wrap up when it’s supposed [...]
How Jack Thompson Believes Video Games Work
If you don’t know who Jack Thompson is, the short version is, he’s a lawyer in America that’s been getting a lot of attention recently for the theatrical way in which he attempts to stamp out the evil influence of video games. He’s sued Rockstar (creators of the [...]
Signs That A Game Is Genius
Okami was just picked up yesterday and the game has already clocked close to 14 hours. I run into a game that compels me to play like this maybe once a year. Or every two years.
Good Game In Progress
Picked this up this evening and canNOT put it down, probably one of the best overall games of the year for the PS2, though I know I’ll love Guitar Hero 2 more for the music, I have to say that all-around, taking in longevity, creativity, variety, level design, control and sheer–yes, dammit, [...]
Busy With Stuff
Went to a meeting in the morning to discuss more TV things and now have a bunch of TV stuff that I have to take care of.
It’s official, I was definitely more interesting when I didn’t have so much work.
Getting Picked On By The Government
Thursday ended up taking a turn for the strange when I got a call from the GameAxis editor who is currently IN FREAKIN’ JAPAN, because HE got a call from the MDA, otherwise known as the Media Development Authority of Singapore. In a nutshell, they are the censorship [...]