Bring laser weapons. Some people say lasers are underpowered and not worth it, but I find the couple extra points of damage they offer to be a HUGE help against early, high-health Chrysalids and Mutons. I give everyone except my snipers and heavies a laser rifle, including my assaults. They do better damage than a…

As far as I can tell, unseen enemies don't actually creep around the map killing civilians. The civilians seem to just either be on timers, or they have a random chance to die if they're out of your sight at the start of a turn, regardless of whether there are any aliens around or not.

My question is, why is prosecution for unpaid wages so rare?

That's seriously fucking gross. Props to Caruso for her awesome response in the moment, and to the people who are expressing their support for her.

I'm not an anime fan in general, but I do like some anime. Evangelion is a mixed bag, for me. I love the premise of the plot, I love a lot of the details and imagery. The angels are so messed up and surreal, and that the giant robots are actually huge monsters underneath whose armor is as much a control mechanism as…

Yep, a lot of games could benefit from stepping away from the galaxy/world-ending super plots, and going for smaller scale stories. Treat them like episodes of Star Trek or X-Files - smaller adventures with awesome plots and payoffs that occur in the context of a much bigger universe. This would give so many game…

Any game that up front throws out William Gibson and Blade Runner as influences has my attention. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this.

For a split, split second my brain made me read the title as "Aubrey Plaza", and I thought about how I would read video game press releases written by April Ludgate any day.

I feel like the some of the Silent Hill games could be considered fairly adult. Not because of the horror or violence (which I don't think necessarily make something "adult"), but because their plots deal with some pretty messed-up concepts. Religious fanaticism, sexual violence, guilt & redemption, mental illness...I…

YES, Killer7 was amazing. That would be my pick for an adult game, too.

Definitely agree with point number 1. This may be a case of millionaires versus millionaires, but at least the players work for their money.

I see from the pics people have posted that the helmet options for the soldiers actually look acceptable with some of the later, heavier armours. They certainly weren't designed with the beginning armour in mind. The first time I saw them I thought they were a joke.

Call me when I can play as Carl Sagan!

Hah, awesome, I never knew there was an unreleased original ending for this! The shots of the plants crawling through the streets are epic! I like it better than the happy ending.

I think you pretty much nailed it.

Your first mistake was thinking that these people give a shit about science. Or reality in general, really.

Well, all I'm going to say is that eight years after it's release, people are still talking about, referencing, debating and comparing new games to Half-Life 2. Will anyone be talking about Dishonored in eight years? We'll see.

Ah, awesome, thanks!

What the hell does Barney say, just before he takes off his combine helmet? I've never been able to make it out. "Oh yeah, I'm gonna get me *something something something* for this!"

Haha, that's amazing.