I’m not playing it as much as I was playing Civ V at the same point in its lifecycle, which seems odd given how feature complete it is. There’s something about it which isn’t quite clicking, and I don’t know what that is. Hopefully it’s just a lack of leaders and minor playstyles I have interest in that are missing (I…

Freya is indeed great but, I mean, she’s a rat lady. Imagine how Square might choose to dress a bunny lady ;)

Yeah, 14 is a rare exception. The MMO Final Fantasies have some pretty amazing armour designs mixed in there. The single player games the series is known for, not so much.

So true. I’m in love with the Valkyrie, but for her combat style, not her physical appearance. She still looks absolutely badass, but whereas games like Final Fantasy will choose to have a spear-lady wearing next to nothing and aim the design at 14 year old boys, For Honor has made Valkyries look absolutely…

“So far, people are finding Unown in somewhat ordinary cities, such as Sydney and Milwaukee, which means you’re not going to need to break travel to Mayan ruins or something to see them.” 

To fill people in who don’t know, it’s rosacea. Common symptoms are red cheeks, flushes, spots, and spider veins in older sufferers. Retired Man Utd. manager Sir Alex Ferguson is a famous sufferer, but it’s an incredibly common affliction, minimum of 5% of Americans have it. “That guy/girl is clearly an alcoholic” is…

Holy shit, no one was negative about it but you STILL wanted to defend it from imaginary negativity? You care far too much about your hobby...

Yeah, you’re right, Overwatch isn’t TOO bad about it. Dota2 is even better (most outfits can simply be bought rather than gambled for, and player trading is amazing), but they still slow down unlock progress to encourage purchase, and many games don’t even do that much. ESO and SWTOR are disgusting with gamble crates…

Yeah, exactly. And on one hand I don’t think I’d even mind all that much if you could buy exactly the characters and outfits etc you were interested in. The cost of game development has skyrocketed over the years, while game prices have stayed fairly constant by comparison. It’s why I’m okay with DLC (though not…

It does affect gameplay though, to an extent. It’s easier to see in games that adopted this model post-release, like The Elder Scrolls Online or SWTOR. A lot of these items (mounts, armour styles, cosmetics etc) used to be either purchasable with normal game currency, or be rewards for quests or achievements, but are…

The rate at which the model is being adopted makes me think it won’t be much longer before laws are in place to regulate it as gambling. Hopefully at that point developers will start to think more morally (especially when they need to preface their games with gambling warnings and start making players aware of the…

Thing is, why does it have to be funded by gamble packs? Why can’t players choose to help support the game’s running costs by buying exactly the things they want, for the characters they like? That’s when you start to realise it’s not quite as innocent as it might first seem. It’s a very predatory and exploitative…

It’s more obvious in games that have switched to this model instead of launched with it. Take SWTOR or The Elder Scrolls Online - you used to buy mounts with in game currency from relevant vendors, or earn new crafting styles through actually crafting, or unlock new cosmetics through the achievement system. You know,…

Then you’re in denial of being human.

What a mess. One of these parties is making Trump extremely proud of their use of “alternative facts”.

Yeah it’s difficult. Legal age in the UK is 16 which makes things even worse :S I think it’s important to understand there’s a difference between feeling attracted to teenagers and actually intending to act on that attraction though.

And inside you’ll find some stairs. At the top of the stairs will be a desk. You know exactly which desk I’m talking about. The same desk that’s in every single building in the entire game. You’ll loot a pencil from inside it, and maybe a desk fan from on top. Then you’ll go looking for the next desk.

That is exactly the kind of idiotic logic that got Trump elected in the first place. “I don’t have a job so we should ban immigration” is the kind of backward logic that proves you haven’t even slightly researched the impact of immigration and global trade on economy and job creation. A lot of my country voted for…

You only have Trump for 4 years. 8 at most. I have Brexit for the rest of my life =(

Lucky! Where do you live on Skye? My dream is to retire there, possibly Kyleakin. Places like Loch Coruisk and the Quiraing are probably the most beautiful locations I’ve ever seen.