I will say, I was the reason my Nana was a 37-year-old Nana (er, my mom was, I was the result), they’re not all bad!

My only response is...

I usually alternate years with the exception of MLB The Show, which does enough annually under the hood to improve the game beyond requisite roster movement and features. For instance, the hitting improvements where contact continues to feel more natural with how the ball comes off the bat, and making defense (by…

Well yeah, PC is still based on the last gen “minor updates at best” version, this has been an issue since New Gen.

I only play Franchise in sports titles, so NBA2K still laps the genre in such options, which is why I buy it. It’s wild you can Franchise with multiple decades of past league history when no other sports sim is even approaching that kind of dedication.

Recent fighting games offering blind accessibility options is equally cool

Eventually a game gets to a point where it can basically self sustain past its life cycle. MK11 got to a point where it could rotate in previous time towers for players to basically get a second chance to unlock stuff that they missed while freeing up staff to start focusing on the next iteration.

I work with a guy who we basically say he’s on “____ Time”; whatever the call time is, add 30 minutes before he shows up

Nitara and Reiko in the (pretty bad) 2021 movie were definitely names from the pile of “OK, we need characters fans will recognize but not so important we can absolutely splurge on fatality scenes offing them instead of the name characters that have to stay alive for sequels”

I don't think so, Tim

Makes sense, both Megan Fox and Nitara were the mid-2000s idea of cool, and that's why both evaporated since.

Yeah, definitely the first facepalm with this game for me since I’ve pre-ordered it.

Hell, the Target next door to me still can barely keep Switches stocked. If Nintendo can keep selling them at full price, I don’t blame them for letting consumers operate in “SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY” mode.

I’m just glad people finally realized it wasn’t Hayden Christiansen’s fault in the prequels, it was the guy writing/directing him. Also, if you’ve never seen Shattered Glass (also with Rosario Dawson!!), soooo good.

I play Baldur’s Gate for the same reason one becomes a vampire:

AV CLUB: B-

Really is a case by case basis. Sometimes it was way down the line, but I've also had first dates where it was basically that Skinemax cross dissolve into the bedroom.

“The latest NBA title from EA”

As long as we’re still getting Saw Patrol on the 29th