Okay, can I just point something out? A lot of people are pointing out that Hollywood and the media culture in general has lost sight of creating original ideas. That the business is overloaded with sequels and reboots. Given, on the service this is absolutely true, but do you want to know what else are adaptations or…

Yep, Extra Credits is pretty rad.

You've got a good point, but because of this.

Okay, guys relax! Mass Effect always had something of an illusion of choice. I do really feel like your choices matter, but it's definitely more of a metaphysical difference. The differences in cutscenes and actual mission objective may not be entirely different. But the events outside of them definitely are. Can I…

Yep, it kinda sucks. But I'm pretty sure it will pass as the fad changes. I really do think Bioware will release something like you want, or if not there is always Project Eternity or something else. Those games have had such a huge effect on the industry, I think it'd be pretty crazy if we didn't see something like…

That's an interesting perpective. One I honestly hadn't really thought of. While Ashley's total makeover is pretty objectionable, I'm just gonna go ahead and point out that every woman in ME1 had the same body shape. So it did make sense for them to have a makeover of some sort.

Yeah, that makes sense. RPGs are totally not dying, CoD's multiplayer has plenty of RPG elements. Skyrim was a huge success. Borderlands is essentially Diablo with guns. Why the crap does anyone think the RPG is dying?

I think all those points you made are perfectly valid, I also love the sense of hugeness and connectivity that ME1 had. Saren is truly one of the great video game villains. Despite all my ragging on it, I really like ME1, I just sometimes feel as if people blame any perceived shortcomings on them going to EA, which I…

Man, I need to play through Origins... I would actually sort of agree with you. Conceptually ME1 might be the best game, it has everything the next two games had, but with a wider world, it's just so haphazardly designed, the game's own scope is it's undoing. There are too many different elements for them to be…

And that totally means there's no customization. There might not be, but there are so many games without any character customization, and there doesn't seem to be any reason there wouldn't be choices.

What evidence do you have that EA ruined the series? And what evidence do you have that this next game will be bad? SERIOUSLY, There is possibly some evidence that EA has taken too much control from Bioware (some lead designers and the doctors leaving) but that doesn't mean it's definitive fact. And what wild evidence…

I believe EA didn't send out review copies until the release date, so all the game journalism powers that be just got it today.

I think we're pretty much on the same page, the one thing I would say is that Bioshock is totally a thrilling game, it's also all the other things you talked about be it's a exciting, visceral experience on top of all the deeper emotions it provokes. Yep... that's all I got, thanks for talking.

I actually don't feel the same way. I can see where you are coming from, the songs rumbling hard hitting guitars are certainly a barrier from connection to the world, and quite different from the quiet contemplation of "Will the Circle be Unbroken", but at the heart of the harmonies is a tight, punchy blues riff.…

I'd say that most of the time that's unfair. Game reviews drastically affect game sales. If a game is unknown and reviewed in the 70ish rating on Metacritic it doesn't end up selling that well. I'd say the exception to the rule is with massive francise like Resident Evil. If Mass Effect 3 or Skyward Sword had opened…

Maybe, they might be waiting to see how well it sells on the Wii U to annonce anything concerning the service, or simply haven't gotten it implemented yet and want to make the launch window.

That's pretty much what I was going to say.

Lee and Jenkins? I see what you did there.

No, they wouldn't. That's similar to making a Spider-man Game an FPS, or Call of Duty a platformer. It would betray the basic nature of the property. Much of their audience, namely kids, retro gamers, and people who are just fans of super good game design, wouldn't buy it because it is such a reversal of the joy they…

This made my day, Thanks for sharing that incredible joy with a small part of the internet.