Nerdy confession: I call my girlfriend my "Guardian Force".

I have mixed feelings about this game. On the one hand, it haf some of the most beautiful and creative environments I've seen in a game. But the plot was a mess and the battle system more or less came down to spamming guardian force summons.

Yeah and we'd agree with you that mainstream scifi does feel a bit lazy with their aliens at times. I also think that, at least in Star Trek's case, sex appeal is a factor lol. The people behind that franchise continued to want aliens that the cast could actually hook up with. Not that you can't have sex with a six…

I'd disagree with you that's it's necessarily easier in video games especially in an mmo where you need to make sure items look right on all the playable races. I agree that it would be cool if you could play as a thirteen foot tall octopus but how would you wear the boots that dropped during the raid? Doing the art…

I felt the critics were pretty harsh on this one but Baz Lurman has a pretty divisive style so it was expected. Most of the reviews I read went straight into ripping him apart. Personally, I loved how batshit crazy and vibrant this movie was but if you don't like that kind of music video style I can seriously see it…

Makes sense considering how overpriced their mobile ports have been. Charge 20 bucks for a game you made 15 years ago as opposed to charging 60 for one you've spent two years and hundreds of millions on. Even if you sell vastly fewer copies of the first option, it's going to be more profitable or, in the very least,…

Most people I know heavily mod their own UI's anyway. Out of curiosity, if you could make WoW more like a recent mmo which one would you pick? I'm asking because other than GW2, most of the mmo's I've seen come out lately feel pretty similar to WoW's hotkey heavy mechanics. Heck, even Elder Scrolls looks like it's…

Eh I'm more behind updated graphics. There's not much they can do to alter the fundamental gameplay mechanics, other than add more content and redesign character systems. I'd much rather see the old character models get updated as they look terrible, especially in comparison to the new items and environments. Half the…

Blizzard can probably keep this sub based for a while just as long as they show the stockholders they have other products in the pipeline that will make up for the loss. I expect we'll hear a lot more about their next mmo, codenamed "Titan", at Blizzcon this year. Blizzard's been touting it as their next revolutionary…

ABANDON SHIP!!!!!

And the great part about Tolkien's LOTR trilogy is you can honestly pick up Fellowship and easily follow what happens. They're really two stand-alone stories. The problem I had with the movie is it keeps trying to shoehorn more stuff in the with the necromancer, Sauron, and other plot points from LOTR that make the…

I feel prequels are often a sign that the franchise needs a break or has been truly mined for all remaining conflict. Often people turn to prequels because the central drama at work in the series has been resolved and they have no way to make a compelling sequel. The Gears won, Kratos has killed every deity in…

I'd argue this is a result of how great the casting and costume design is for this show. They really nailed the look of a privileged, mad ruler.

Raid Leader: Is someone getting a phone call?

This is actually a pretty common and misinformed perception of population growth in the world and what it's caused by. People having two to three kids in developed countries is not what has lead to the immense population booms in the world. It's the fact that people were still practicing the same family plan they did…

I almost wish there was some way to give my character a satisfying ending in Skyrim. I feel like I've done all I can with him but these types of games rarely offer a satisfying conclusion because they're so wonderfully open ended. Nevertheless, it would be great if there were some "final quest" you could go on.…

I completely agree. TES's greatest strength is that is makes the player character feel significant and the world, no matter how small a region, feel vast and complex. When you add thousands of players into that setting, it no longer has that weight.

Totally. I had a blast playing WoW when my freinds were still in the game. However, once they left, it just became an RPG with bad combat and a really lame story. Beautiful and vast, nonetheless, but still really boring.

That's a good point. There's hypersexualization and then there's just adolescent fantasy.

Ya know. I've been kind of on the fence about switching to android lately, but after so many incidents like this I think I'll certainly be passing on future iOS devices. So long, guys! I'm going to look at all the gay love scenes I want!