spider-man and demon souls are pretty sweet exclusives. demon souls in particular is already a substantial game and the production value of the remake looks out of this world. 

witcher 3's blood and wine expansion is so fucking good, though—it’s worth it to power through the main campaign just to get to it.

i’m playing amnesia rebirth this weekend. i’ve already started in, about a third of the way through, i think. very atmospheric and surreal. i like it a lot!

i don’t think this will be another anthem. for one thing, the marvel brand is precious to square and crystal dynamics, and square is knowing for nurturing and even full-on revising its online game if necessary. 

Bloodborne would be more thematically appropriate I think 

It kind of sucks that everyone is so dependent on “streamers” to ensure a games popularity these days. Surely there are other ways of marketing a game than paying uneducated losers on twitch.

The PS5 never promised back compatibility beyond the PS4. This was never some expectation on my part. And while there are a few exceptions for older games I’d like to play on the PS5 (Metal Gear games prior to 5) the PS4 generation had so many genre defining classics that I don’t miss the older stuff. The reason the…

i think there are some obvious resolutions to these conundrums:

and probably the mithraic people based their anti-gravity technology off of the snakes that originally inhabited the planet, prior to (presumably) traveling to earth long ago.

this is sort of a joke response, but didn’t we just see that the planet is full of holes? i’m not sure it has much mass. 

i think the snake can fly for the same reason the necromancer can fly—because the necromancer’s technology is derived from the creatures on the planet. the mithraic people are obviously from this planet to begin with—hence the visions of cultists on the planet in pre-history, and the religious symbolism on the tarot…

i think we’re doing it a disservice by suggesting it’s not hard science fiction. i think there’s more to the story that’s yet to be divulged. but we’re stuck with characters who have a very, very limited point of view.

i think the story has a bit more thought put into it. i think there’s a whole secret history regarding the Mithraic religion’s involvement on this planet, and especially how they clearly designed the androids using research into the snake/dragon creatures that once dominated the planet. this would explain how the…

i love that patchouli-scented celtic-ish opening music. it’s the only credit sequence i don’t skip. 

i believe the point of the “temple in the desert” is that who is kills is completely random. it’s a random broken machine that these idiots interpret on religious grounds.

Salim is also the voice actor of Bayek, the lead character in Assassins Creed Origins, and it is one of the best vocal performances I’ve encountered in a game. Unfortunately the game’s story is rather below average, but its worth checking out for its beautiful world building (Ancient Egypt!) and his character. 

i bought a switch after a year. that’s the earliest i’ve ever bought a console. i may get a ps5 earlier, as long as the back-compatibility is solid. but i waited a solid seven years to buy a ps4 pro.

My heart bleeds for Japan!

because he’s a goddamn perfectionist. a perfectionist could give themselves a heart attack over painting a fingernail. it doesn’t matter how superficially simple or complicated something appears to be. to a perfectionist, their job is their religion. 

he doesn’t work at HAL Labs because, like a lot of completely irreplaceable, aaa-grade talent, he actually makes more money on better terms negotiating contracts for himself. no one wants a smash bros. game without his involvement.