I am also an American and also a huge sci-fi fan and proponent of technology. But you and I are in the minority and our ilk is shrinking. We have a few refuges in popular culture but that's about it. Beyond that public opinion is distrustful of intellectualism, resentful of frivolous technological research (ie just…

Look at it this way, though. What Miss Universe contestant would ever admit to enjoying nerd culture? You won't gain supporters among the judges for being unique or original (as much as they would like you to think) so there is no advantage with in the contest to admitting you're a woman who enjoys nerd culture. This…

Mech Warrior Online is pretty sweet. The matchmaking is a little..... off and it seems to be one of those games locked in a state of "perma-beta" but it is F2P and not very pay to win so it's quite enjoyable.

What Japan doesn't get is America hates mecha and we hate sci-fi. We have no drive to make such frivolous advancements in technology not only because we lack even the most lukewarm passion towards such endearing but because humans and hand grenades work well enough.

Art style, world building and writing trump graphics every time (in no particular order). I actually feel like in recent years games have become less sympathetic and able to relate to a larger number of types of characters and situations and I think it's partly do to our lack of exposure to a more selection of…

It's actually more likely they'd buy it just so no one else can have it. Not only would it be one less competing brand name on the market but it would be one less game that could prove gamers aren't a bunch of morons who crave "I Win" buttons in bland and sterile environments. I mean do you know what would happen if,…

If someone buys Homeworld they had had better do something with it. It's a fantastic game series and it's well over do for a new chapter or reboot..... just please not EA and please for the love of Christ don't dumb it down into some bland, accessible and marketable piece of shit.

Because everything needs to be dark, gritty, depressing and full of doom, gloom and ultra, vulnerable characters, right? I mean doesn't all that make a game more realistic anyway and isn't realism always better period?

I love how almost none of these are in the US. "Oh, but all those curves and what not are just a waste of money" someone will no doubt say, "do you really think a company would want to waste money making something like that?" So then why did all of these buildings get built? Be they government or private funded why…

The problem with so many reviews is that they fail to look at a game with in the context of it's targeted demographic. There will be a JRPG and it'll have a clear target audience but the reviewer will just keep trying to review it like it's some big budget, Bioware RPG. Why doesn't it have branching dialog? Why is…

But don't worry! Your life armor ball will be completely unscratched!

I kinda want to hop in side and have some one roll it down a hill..... but the lack of padding makes it look less fun than it would be dangerous.

Right but to what end? Do Americans really have such low standards that adobe flash can become the king of animation? Are the Japanese just much more picky and "ungrateful" than we are when it comes to animation quality? If every animation company in Japan chose to cut animation quality to save money all at the same…

Chicken ball! Gotta find that Chicken ball! Don't stop until you've got 'em all, the 7 poultry balls, it's all you gotta do to have your wish come true!

And it's all still hand drawn. Why did we stop doing that in the US? I mean don't get me wrong those new Pixar and Dreamworks films look amazing, and all, but what's up with the lack of decent animation these days? Why's everything gotta be down in CGI or in Flash?

I a both shocked and offended that Tales of Graces did not make the list. The Tales series is known for it's fast paced combat and decent character interaction. It's also one of the few JRPGs to feature male leads who are old enough to be the daddy of most other JRPG protagonists.

I pair Black Widow, for her target mark ability, and a scrapper, for when I have to face the invisible woman or spider man.

God why is that me in the morning? Blind, crotchety, shuffling, arms tucked up and in like a T-Rex and totally uninterested in any invading space marines until I've had my coffee.

Reminds me more of Roger, from American Dad, the way it shuffles.

I'm so sick be being beaten by the same team of the Human Torch and Captain America. I was hoping that the article was talking about balancing the more abusive builds, or something. But seeing as how those builds can cost money......