I don't know how I hadn't considered that yet, but now that you've brought it to light you have genuinely put a bit of a dampener on this news.

I suppose the way I was thinking about it, if the money literally went entirely into the production, making the costumes and props and sets and all those kind of things rather than paying a "wage" of sorts for the creators maybe it wouldn't be so bad, but then I also suppose that is a highly unlikely scenario and…

I may be mistaken, but isn't it ENTIRELY legal to do things like this so long as it's non-profit?
Like how drawing fan-art is fine, but people can get a little dodgy about selling it at conventions and the like form time to time.

Glad to be of service c:

It's something I seriously had an issue with my first few matches in the game!
I've got over it now but seriously, I fell of the ship so damn often...

Anybody played Guns of Icarus?

I'm really glad to hear it still works well enough!
I'm not entirely blind in one eye, but I'm almost entirely reliant upon the right eye so things like 3D have never worked for me before.
I was concerned it might have some effect on the way the rift works but so far people have only been able to offer up speculation as…

If it means more people are exposed to Gravity Rush it's a good thing.

"Shadow of the Colossus, a modern day classic.."

There we go, problem solved!

Yeah, it's all true.



.... I'm probably going to do it anyway...

I realise that, and I'm not talking about wether the finished product is or isn't attractive.
I'm purely talking about the intent behind the creation.

No matter what you set out to create, there will always be people that disagree or who's tastes and opinions differ from your own or your target audience.

I think there…

Well, my main judgement on what an attractive male lead consists of are mainly inspired my group of friends that are almost entirely female.
They are all very fond of characters like Cloud and Vincent from FF7, Edward Elric from FMA, one of them has a thing for this guy called Jared Leto?
Oh, and Tony Stark.

I'm sure…

Well, I think there is an argument to be made that the men are designed more to appeal to men than women.
So you can run around playing as a big ball of testosterone and all.
You don't really see many "pretty" scantily clad males!

But thats all in service of the games inspirations with old fantasy novels and Conan-like…

Is it just me, or is by far the worst thing about this the sound the guy makes?

Click on the woman and she lets out a fairly typical pervy anime moan.
Click the guy and you get a heavy breath or a little "gruurh...." almost devoid of emotion.

Terrifying....

A few months wait to buy the full book for about £10 when all I need to read is the last quarter that costs a little over £2!
I could get it digitally, but my shelf will forever feel so empty...

I went around my local comic shops a few days ago in search of issue #4 but they were all sold out!
I got every other issue but the last damn one and it's nowhere to be seen!

Exactly!
Don't not do what you love, if thats what the artist likes he should be damn well allowed to put it in there!
It would be nice if they considered what everybody else likes too though!

Obviously there are cases where it serves a purpose, and the designs are effected by more than the personal taste of the designer…

It doesn't need to be directed at consumers to harm consumers.

My point isn't that Microsoft intentionally does things to harm the consumers that enjoy their products, but that there are so many times where I feel they just do not give a shit about consumers.
They make choices that mean they get more money, but at the…

I'm not a pc gamer.
I play games on pc from time to time, but I'm primarily a console gamer, 360, ps3 or wii, whatever the games are best on.

People have this attitude towards the DRM situation of "Well, it doesn't effect me so why should I give a shit?"
But you have to realise, there are a lot more people around who…

I get that they look very different and that there is a lot of deviation within their respective styles, but I'm talking about artist that are not even remotely considered a part of the anime/manga style.
I see a lot of deviation, but it's all still very recognisably anime/manga.
And I get that it's a cultural thing,…