This Week in the Metaverse: I blazed through the second Palace in Persona 5, but the boss is giving me quite a bit of trouble. I'm going to have to shuffle my squad, distribute situation-appropriate accessories, shift strategies… blah blah blah JRPG minutiae. I quite enjoyed this dungeon's gimmick, however slight, and…

It's true, we're so vain!

Kingdoms of Amalur was this game for me. I latched onto it because I was tired of brown, gray, and brown being the dominant color palette in Western RPGs for most of the prior decade. So a lovely, brightly colorful world seemed like just the thing to screw around and fight jerks in. Turned out being pretty was just…

Let me get this straight. Does anyone here not have amnesia?

One of these days Pat will run out of things to write about Life is Strange. Thankfully, today is not that day.

Damn it, not enough movies feature plots that can be described as "a grinch-like heist."

Woah there hitler

Admit it, you're just trying to build up our collective Persona level.

This Week in the Metaverse: I'm pushing to the end of the first Palace in Persona 5, and having a grand old time. I love the wackadoo premise, which makes it seem like I'm playing through the adventures of the Japanese branch of the Psychonauts. And since I love Psychonauts, I'm very happy about that. I am also amused…

That's true of every game.

Indeed. Also, I highly recommend playing Psychonauts! It's keen!

I'm about ten hours into the game and have just realized how much the central premise echoes that of Psychonauts, what with the invading troubled people's mental landscapes to fight their personal demons and whatnot. Fortunately I love Psychonauts, so this revelation has only increased my enjoyment. I'll be playing…

President Nixon?

That's not a nice thing to say about Carmen Electra!

I'm okay with not seeing him in tights, thanks.

I'm not falling for that again!

Sounds about right. He's definitely more of a Hobgoblin than a Luthor.

Wait, the universe "we all inhabit?" We were in the Marvel Universe all along? Oh God, Galactus is coming.

My rule of thumb is that any unfamiliar phrase of the construction "[location/nationality] [noun]" refers to either a sex act or murder. It's… not the best rule, actually.

We will also accept "Speaking." and "There is now."