What weird framing. Makes it sound like some kind of a conspiracy? I think these scenes are definitely MEANT to be more interesting versions of loading screens. What do you think they’re hiding there? Artistic intent?

It’s an interesting balance to try to strike. The diagetic loading screens impose a certain majestic ponderousness to traveling on and off-world, which fits the mood of the game tonally, since Andromeda is about how difficult settling and space travel are when you’re first doing them. As players, we’re not really…

but that movie covers loading the ship. the “leaving the planet” aspect is just an in-universe excuse for the delay, and a way to avoid having to keep the outpost loaded just so you have something in the main window.

you can change companions at any forward station using the loadout panel!

You’d prefer a mass effect 2 style loading screen over a diagetic movie clip that serves the same purpose?

Have you tried the Xbox’s Copilot mode? I guess it lets you remap buttons across both controllers, so you can give one or two things to someone else to control while you do most of the game playing. It works in all games?

Because when Nintendo uses it, it’s in order to make a profit off of it. The meme only exists because of black writers and comedians, but none of them receive either compensation OR recognition for the intellectual labor they contributed to make that meme culturally valuable. This concern over owing people for the…

Libertine would also have worked. Cocksman?

Sure, but GDQ is also a major event. And with major event visibility comes major event responsibility. It’s basically a weekend long telethon, so holding the same expectations for runners as you would for any other charity guest star isn’t unreasonable.

Okay, now do a similar ranking for AOOO. How’s that compare and contrast?

You’re missing out on the pigeon dating game, though. Hatoful Boyfriend is great, and dark and twisty in a very 999 way.

They added a Story Mode to PoE a while back, so I would imagine that’s on the table if it isn’t in the game immediately at launch.

I don’t think there is a non-evil path. Evil is the bedrock assumption of this world.

Uh, speaking as someone who took a stab at BG2 without knowing anything about D&D or the Forgotten Realms, BG is a vital prequel to BG2, since it gives you a much longer learning curve. BG2 is baffling and unfriendly if you don’t know what you’re doing. PoE is much better about teaching you what to do.

“genuine accomplishment” seems a bit generous for having the patience to see a 30 second long congratulations screen at the end of an experience that aims to teach you nothing beyond how to play it. I mean, I like a lot of these games, but come on. NES games were at best enjoyable timewasters.

Mark Hammil is a prolific voice actor, and has worked on many video games, AND is a SAG-AFTRA member, so his situation is literally identical to a striking voice actors, though?

The difference is, when you stop working at a Pizza Hut, the company no longer enjoys the benefit of your labors — the pizzas you made have already been sold and consumed. With games (and movies, and books, and musical recordings), the publisher continues to make money off of your work for years after they’ve stopped…

there’s no particular evidence that trump would have had this particular series of meltdowns faced with any other opponent than hillary. who are the people who are going to defeat trump? the people that propelled clinton through the primaries: black people. latinos. women. all groups that sanders struggled and…

Oh, fun! The one I’d like to see is AI Austen. Very few attacks, but colonists become VERY focused on their relationships with other colonists. Parties and other social events happen much more frequently. Tech level is capped at industrial. Bereaved colonists are less likely to suffer depression, but single female…

The Ninja women have been working so hard for this over the last several years, and the show has been pulling hard for them all along the way. We’ve seen women taken down by the Flying Spider and the half-pipe Warped Wall, so seeing Jessie just sail through those like they’re nothing is a HUGE deal. Akbar’s HERSTORY…