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There it goes.

Poor Benin and Togo. Why so unhappy?

Not at all. You run into the same kind of distinctions with us Asians as well.

I tried to go back and play a femshep character, and I just can't do it. I was so sucked in by the lore, aesthetic, and open world-y-ness of the first game that having those taken out of the game bit by bit was hugely disappointing. With the ending being the story-breaking mess that it is, I couldn't get into the game

You're absolutely right, and I should have been more accurate.

Well:

Correlation =/= causation

Well, enough money in an economy to ensure a stable lifestyle, upward mobility, adequate health care, and education seem to go a long way, at least.


You sound upset at me. Sorry if I've said something to offend you.

As I said, just because they are intentional does not mean they are good.

It may be intentional, but that doesn't mean that it's good. Had the parallels effectively and compellingly carried the narrative that your destiny is about choice and how you deal with power/struggle/loss—in other words, if the films would have been successful and critically acclaimed without their connection to the

"Boy meets mentor" is, yes. But "Boy from the same planet meets the master of the same mentor and the same droid, has a romantic interest in the mother of the same girl (who happens to also be royalty), is too old for the training, has the mentor killed by a sith, blows up the big battle station in the end etc. etc."

Except for the "farm boy who is strong with the force meets the old wizard who takes him off world and teaches him the ways of the jedi" part.

I had always viewed the entire Dr. Horrible persona as an identity which Billy assumed not because he was earnestly bent on being nefarious, but so he could feel that he was important and succeeded in something. In the end, all he really wanted was Penny—that's why he wanted to get into the League in the first

You, sir, have found my second-favorite game ever.

*So* much yes.

New Homeworld?

What was the story in UFO Defense? And how was Terror From the Deep different?

I understand why they simplified so much; the game runs a lot cleaner and friendlier this way. But yeah, I miss the complexity of the older titles.