The PS3 that the vast majority of people owned had no backwards compatibility, and worse, its games can’t be backwards compatible going forward. My comparison is as simple as that. But hey, the fact that your model cost twice as much as mine is a big factor too.

I bought a PSPGo at launch. I had a modded PSP for a long time and was pretty used to being all digital so I went for it. I owned it about a month before I sold it.

“PS VR2 won’t be backwards compatible with the old headset’s library of games”

Not a PC master race argument. The opposite in fact. A cheaper standalone product exists in the market (Quest 2) which makes it a lot harder for a lot of people to justify buying a more expensive wired headset with less use cases and a smaller library of games that are going to cost more per game. This really only…

The problem is the market for this is a niche of a niche of a niche. If someone wants to jump into VR why pay $550 for a tethered device that can only work on PS5 when they can pay $400 for a standalone headset that can also work on PC as well? If someone wants high end VR why go PSVR2 when there are multiple…

Good. Because here is the thing: I would buy this Day 1 if they committed to supporting PC. I have a PS5, I like it, but I don’t foresee using the VR headset on that enough to justify the cost, but an foveated rendering, eye-tracking lightweight, high-res headset that I could also plug in for PCVR? Easy purchase at…

100% a better version of Bill and Frank’s story. I remember a moment of thinking “Shit, Bill’s gonna vomit the shit up and survive and hate himself”, assuming he would still be alive when Joel and Ellie arrived. I’m sure it’s not easy to subvert the expectations of the people who played the game while still telling…

“People who designed attractive video game character surprised that people find him attractive"

It’s because he says Kiyru-chan in a very cute way.

It’s ain’t just the women, lemme tell you. ^_^;;

Yeah, “everything is bad, everybody is bad” is a cynical theme that can only drive the plot of a show for so long before it becomes a total slog (I’m looking at you Walking Dead).  You can still have good, positive relationships with other humans in a situation like this. You can still find happiness even though the…

It depends on which type of MS a patient has. Even today, it’s treatable, but there’s still no cure, and Frank makes a comment to the effect of “they didn’t even have a cure for this back then.” We obviously only see small snippets of Frank’s life, but his symptoms in the show could fit with secondary progressive MS…

So far, the show’s main changes from the games seem to come from a really genuine attempt to bring more humanity to the story (and to better leverage a medium where it is less important to have the player interacting with everything that is going on). I’d say they’ve done a great job, and this episode is a testament…

ALS is the epitome of terminal bud

ALS is always terminal, though. My dad is going through it right now.

That was one charming and deeply moving hour of Sunday night HBO indeed.

Opening blood rave scene in Blade more memorable than 80% the Phase 2 on on Marvel flicks. Maybe more.

The ironic thing is, once upon a time a new mainline Final Fantasy game would totally have been a good enough reason for me to purchase a new console. Square Enix has managed to squander away pretty much all of that goodwill in the past couple decades though.

Fuck me for wanting to give you my money for a game on a platform I already own that has shown it as a platform is interested in JRPGs especially of the scale and scope that FFXVI is likely to be. 

Exclusivity sucks (even the ones that might benefit me)

I am surprised this isn’t a slideshow lol