(Just turned 30 a few weeks ago myself!)

It’s funny, because learning about themes and the absolute most basic literary analysis is something we do as early as elementary school in the States. I know I was in my school’s ~advanced program~, but I even looked at general school curriculum. As early as 5th grade, students analyze the structure of books to see…

It’s not necessarily just because it’s a stupid joke that makes it seem like they’re the butt of it. Maybe it was done on purpose, maybe not, but “dirty knees” is an actual racist thing that was used against Chinese and Japanese people, so this could easily read like that.

Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems like you’re conflating “every piece of media has themes and subject matter” with “this game needs to be About Something and have an Important Message.”

It seems like most of the work regarding story and characters went into lore and world-building than the actual main narrative, then...? That was honestly one of my main worries about the game. Besides the weird random transphobia here and there, the game’s marketing felt mostly like it was shouting about how…

Honestly, I’m legitimately surprised at how much I’m enjoying the game. For the most part, it seems fair with the amount of things you can get done with what the base game gives you, and then they give a decent amount of premium currency. I spent $5 on it a few days ago since I’d been playing it a lot (just started a…

I appreciate the nuanced take on this! I feel like people have knee-jerk reactions to the idea of DLC way too often. I get it—some of it is certainly predatory. Absolutely. When it comes to gacha-style/loot-box gaming, there’s definitely the issue of gambling and gambling addictions.

A significant chunk of people will have a decent gaming PC, sure... but a significant chunk also will not. That also doesn’t take into account that the PC audience is a lot more variable—for example, until recently, my bf played less-intensive games like Smite and Diablo on PC, but he didn’t play AAA titles like The…

I don’t think people go to video game romances, generally, to simulate deep, nuanced love. They go to get more characterization for their favorite characters, to see cute/funny/heartwarming scenes, and to simply have fun.

Definitely this. Seeing Kate Bishop get to actually do things is another draw for me, way moreso than the majority of the main Avengers in the game.

Wait, you can run fast enough to make it stop reading your movement? The fuck? You’d think they’d allow you to bike or something wtf. I didn’t realize the speed cap was that low.

I’m a bit mixed on that — going on walks and such is safe, after all. It’s being around people that’s the issue, but going on a jog around the neighborhood or going to a local park is fine. Even with people around, as long as you stay away from one another or wear masks, it’s still incredibly low-risk.

Halo isn’t in their list of backward-compatible games.

My point is, it’s silly to point at Nintendo like it’s the only company doing this. Nintendo’s previous consoles have had backward compatibility as well as ports. I’m not saying that Nintendo doesn’t sell ports or that they charge for old games—I’m saying that they’re far from the only one. You can’t play Halo,…

You’ve already gotten a few answers, but I’d highly recommend the series overall. They’re not open-world (other than Andromeda), but there’s plenty to explore, lots of character interactions to see, and plenty of ways to play the games. Mass Effect 1 is much harder to get through because the subsequent games improved…

We don’t know how the remastered trilogy will run, but considering the Switch is more powerful than the PS3 and 360, it can certainly at least run the original trilogy.

The Wii U was literally backward compatible with almost every Wii game, my dude. The Switch is the first time since the Gamecube that backward compatibility wasn’t a thing (due to the shift in physical media). “constant paid reissues” is a odd way to phrase “some paid reissues but also backward compatibility,” which…

Huh? I’m planning on a PS5 myself, but this seems like a weird take. As we continue to get further into newer console generations, the upgrades are going to be primarily in processing power for rendering, for lighting, for calculations to make for realism and more things happening on-screen. I’m pretty sure we’ve…

Not everyone plays games on their PC. Hell, I’ve been playing games all my life and I only really got into PC gaming within the last 3 years or so.

This, uh, reads a little weird. Nintendo’s handling of the 3D All-Stars collection was subpar, absolutely, but they’re not the only ones with paid ports and reissues. If we talk backward compatibility, the Wii U was compatible with Wii software, and the Wii was compatible with GameCube games, just as the 3DS was…