I was literally 15 when I played MGS2 and I think it may have been the first time I ever played something and thought “this is pretentious psychobabble horse crap that sounds really deep and smart to stupid teenagers”.

20 years later...goddamn....Kojima’s prose and paccing may be questionable but the guy had his finger…

This is something I still want to see properly implemented in a Star Wars game with lightsabers.  It shouldn’t be how many hits you can take.  It should be a stamina bar that drops everytime a hit isn’t blocked/deflected properly.

Let me be clear that I say this as someone who *hated* the Last Jedi and fully embraces the labels of progressive, feminist, and socialist:

People are not making up or fabricating the stupid anti-sjw MRA crowd to lampoon valid criticisms of the movie. That crowd is just so absurdly awful and toxic to discourse that…

I for one am *INCREDIBLY* excited by the first person perspective because it gets me one step closer to my dream of playing this game in VR.

Favorite: Winter Soldier. Its equal parts superhero movie, political thriller. I got a chance to see this movie early and I immediately took to social media to proclaim that this movie would convert all naysayers who didn’t think Captain America *KICKS ASS*.
I remember the following Halloween I was in a costume store…

Personally: I genuinely think that the overwhelming glorification of the military is about a million times more insidious and worrisome when it comes to kids playing call of duty then any level of videogame violence I’ve ever seen.

If they do I could see it being a digital only release.

100% agree. On that note:

I’ve always maintained that step 1 to fixing this show is to drop Kirito as a protagonist and switch to focus on Klein. Kirito is just pure power fantasy harem wish fullfillment crap.

Klein is both extremely likeable and also makes for a fantastic audience proxy given his unfamiliarity with…

Honestly...this is not good news to me.

Sword art online’s biggest strength was its premise. Its biggest weakness was its characters. That doesn’t mean whitewashing and I’d be A-ok with asian leads...but I still maintain this whole project would be better served by taking the name, the premise, and some of the…

I mean, I get how the appeal of lets plays would take some explanation but with Esports its really no different then watching other people play any other sport. Why are people gearing up to watch other people play football this sunday?

You’re watching because its the *BEST* players in the world playing against each…

I live in Austin TX. There was a guy a little while back trying to start one up called AFK and then REKT but last I heard he ran out of money. There’s a fair amount of bars that cater to nerd culture around here but none specifically towards esports that I’m aware of.

Oh yeah! I remember I used to watch some streams from Battle and Brew for the NRS scene!

God that sounds like my dream spot. Where is this/what’s its name?

I would do unspeakable things to have a bar that catered to esports (especially fighting games).

I would *genuinely* consider building one if I had the capital or thought it would even break even. The thought of going to a pub during the next evo or capcom cup and knocking back a few cheering with the crowd is…

I’ve spoken on this before but:

One of the biggest failings of Mass Effect 3's ending (which they eventually semicorrected with the citadel DLC) was a complete failure to recognize the player’s emotional investment and attachment to its own lore.

The writer’s seemed to perceive that we would care about Earth…

Not just that: they’re also forms of regressive taxation.

I’m not saying I can’t handle something new and totally different from the original god of war games.

....I’m just saying that this game really shouldn’t be called God of War...or at least it shouldn’t have Kratos in it.

Seriously....you’ll be hard pressed to convince me this was ever the original plan for this game.…

Its a great...but its intentionally ludicrous because the entire point is to lampoon and parody sex scenes in action movies.

Videogame sex scenes are basically that scene but done unironically.

The racist part is not calling it a shithole country, its that he wants to keep people from those “shithole countries” from immigrating.

Edit: to be clear, calling it a “shithole country” in any context is still massively insensitive and offensive....just not definitively racist. Its the policy he suggests along with…

Question:

I like Superheroes as much as any other nerd...but more and more these days I’m having trouble reconciling my politics and real world beliefs with the world they inhabit (and no, I don’t accept ‘turn your brain off’ or ‘its just entertainment’ as an argument).

The Punisher is one of the most egregious…