Well then. At 6am on a Friday no less. Lots of unnecessary disrespect before the sun rises. Use your self proclaimed intellectual superiority for greater purposes.

I’m a brand new Overwatch player, but all of these games are the same. These exact issues arise in Paladins, FFXIV, and many others I’ve played. I’m one of the “rare” unicorn players that just wants to tank, or heal, as that’s where I get my enjoyment. It helps us win a lot of the time.

I wish a queue-like system…

King Smuggles!!!! 👑 👑 👑

As a longtime fan of Jontron, Normal Boots and the gang..

I wasn’t aware how much I needed this until you provided it to me, Luke. Gracias.

#BlackGirlMagic

Folks like myself have already gotten over the hype, and won’t even think about buying one of these until 2018. The launch lineup? Weak. System itself? Cool. Innovative. Storage? Worse than my cell phone.

I can’t get jiggy with this, Ms. Gita.

Not one lie was told during this post. Not. One.

Don’t have kids. Think you want kids? Be an aunt. Be an uncle.
Only trolls with children and those without will tell you to have them.

Nintendo is being extra Nintendoey this time around. I made a super smart decision to not buy a Wii-U. Another smart decision to not buy an initial 3DS, as they were destined to have 5003982 versions of it.

My 30+ year old gamer senses are tingling. I... I can feel the mediocrity from 1000 paces.

That’s such a horrible first year lineup for me that it might have single-handedly stopped me from purchasing this in year 1, Heather. I appreciate the info, but a $300+ tax tablet is not worth a new Zelda... then nothing else for months. A new Mario, then a multiplatform Sonic game I can buy on Steam.

Especially when…

So.. can a new IP to do rehashes of old IPs.

Heard, Microsoft.

I was suckered into buying ME1 and ME2 on Steam sale, foolishly thinking they would be identical to the ones I played on XB360.. and whew was I wrong. In order to get controller support, I’d need to manually mod system folders.

They’ve been sitting in my library, not downloaded ever since. I’ll be rebuying the trilogy…

What I’m disturbed by is that this father is just suddenly realizing this. Which is why it feels like a ploy for attention moreso than a concerned parent safeguarding his child from what he believes is archaic, harmful media.

It’s wholly disingenuous, and I’m a parent as well.

As a long time Final Fantasy Fan in his early 30's.. I have to say I agree a bit. There is indeed a burnout on the tropes and samey-samey-ness that you’ve encountered in 20+ years of gaming or more. (Hell less, even)

The RPG’s that have gotten me interested have been more about presentation/mechanics moreso than…

Only about 4000 more Gamestop equivalent hours until I can buy Heather this engagement ring. Good writing is a blessing.

I am fully enraptured by your commentary. I would pay you in avocados just to comment about my existence.

Have to say it’s been a pleasure reading your work Heather. You offer such a thorough, but real perspective I can appreciate.