I haven’t played Divinity 2 yet...but I gotta say I agree with the OP here. The combat is fun, at first, with all the cool status effects and what-not; but eventually those effects get really old. I slogged my way to the end of the first game, then decided to try again last year when 2 came out and halfway through I…

I think the team aspect is key and ignored too much.  Far too often the movies focus on one or two characters at the expense of the larger story; the best X-Men storylines generally include angles for all of the characters.  Most of the movies only feature different individual fights, mutant-a-mutant; showing them…

I feel compelled to point out that the eyepatch wasn’t just a gag for the video. Here he is performing live:

I’m still baffled as to how they are so confused about this point. Even if Artifact was manifestly superior to its competition (it is not) the barrier to entry is going to turn away basically all online CCG players; only a handful with big disposable income would be able and willing to shell out cash for entry and…

Awww, did the wittle super power’s feelings get hurt?

Have you seen anything else like this in the games industry recently? A big budget game with a crazy story and some interesting ideas for movement and combat? Laugh all you want about how ridiculous it is, but what else is there with this sort of budget and this sort of ambition in the games industry right now?…

I mean, have you been in his ass?  It’s fantastic!

As always in these discussions I have a simple question: “How, exactly, do you want the IAAF to regulate who can enter the women’s categories in sports?”. Same for any athletic event that differentiates between women and men. If there were no regulations, then a man could declare himself to be a woman, race as a…

Utah has a swiftly growing Mexican population, roughly 21% last I saw.

I want to see those in a game!

Baseball is thrashing about trying to react to a changing sports landscape in general.  It’s not that the baseball “meta” has gotten stale so much as it is that the game is no longer appealing to young potential fans.  Basketball and soccer are eating baseball’s lunch, and the average age of a baseball fan continues…

Potentially unpopular opinion: The best song from that album is “Lonely Day”.

There’s a technical distinction in how “disorders” are treated compared to addictions. In a disorder, while it may have some of the same symptoms as an addiction, the root cause is not rooted in the activity. For example, have you ever met someone who has Obsessive Compulsive disorder? They feel compelled to perform…

*does some mental math* Yeah, as long as traffic isn’t bad I’m 15 minutes or less from hookers.

I’m sorry, what the fucking fuck?  Did he have a stroke halfway through this sentence?  Is he brain damaged?  Does he dose himself with LSD?  Where the fuck does this even come from?

Can you construct your own?

So I really liked the first Dead Island, believe it or not. The story is a mess and it’s got some bugs, but the game mechanics are pretty great. It’s basically Borderlands, but melee-oriented and with crafting. Did you find a cool katana? Slap some batteries and wires on it and now it’s an electric katana! The…

It’s not an RTS, but Pandemic Express lets you control a zombie swarm against other players:

So...a crazy idea here.  We should reform hockey in general.  Given the new knowledge we have of CTE, it’s pretty clear hockey, as it stands, is bad for the brain.  No more fights, no more legal checks in the boards.  A cleaner, less violent sport.

So the Japanese McRidb? A meat sandwich that is not actually made of the thing it’s named for and is actually made of shaped meat?