A CoD game actually showing the horrors of war would be very interesting, particularly if it wasn’t all “shooty bang bang”. Spec Ops, despite its flaws, is the only game to really nail these issues. But let’s be honest, that isn’t going to be in Call of Duty. It’s too “big” of a franchise to show, say, American troops…

I too have been both credited and not for games, but if I was trying to build a reputation in the industry, I sure as shit would want my name on every project I did. I too am in IT now, but that doesn’t mean this policy isn’t shitty and that the industry shouldn’t unionize to shut dumb shit like this down (and while…

But...this is exactly the sort of s*** a union can fix! If you’re a SAG member and you play a role, no matter how small, you get credit;even if your scene was cut!  This ensures that actors and actresses get credit for their work, even if that work didn’t make the big screen.  In an industry where credentials and your…

Except the stealth sequences.

Fair enough on the first bit. My point was that the fights in Divinity take waaaay too long and don’t seem to reward you for doing something clever enough. If I do something clever, that enemy should be dead or under my command or stunned or something like that. Beyond all of that, eventually you get so many…

To be clear, I’m a huge RPG fan and have been for decades and I love turn-based combat. I love finding clever ways to do things. I can’t stand Divinity’s combat system though because when you do something clever it doesn’t pay off. “Oh you were smart enough to set up this amazing combo of different statuses on a…

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.