I would have to say it isn't that you couldn't do exactly that, but this game tends to hit you on a visceral level that watching someone else play through it wouldn't give you.

Ever since Black Ops I've decided to just forgo the Modern Warfare games and play strictly CoD produced by Treyarch. Their campaigns and overall presentation are just better than the stuff Infinity Ward is pumping out. Which is funny because they're presenting essentially the same game? Anyway, I'm shelling out for…

I'm excited. I have nothing else to say. I've always been a story guy so this looking right up my alley.

Zombie Gangster in GTA VI or I protest.

Yeah, and I look forward to playing through those character's stories. My point was that it wouldn't be too difficult to integrate a female playable character into the games, you know?

It's not exactly entitlement. I don't think people are telling them they have to do anything, but it's well within the realm of fanbase reasoning to wish for a change (like I said, the rumors fanned the flames) and be disappointed by more of the same. Which is not a knock against the creators. They're great, and I'll…

I think it comes from the expectation that with this "multiple protagonist" approach GTA V was looking to break the formula of the past. One of the ways they thought this might happen - along with some rumors late last year or early this year - was that a woman would be among the characters. It was disappointing when…

It could work if she was working muscle for the strip clubs. Not a stripper herself but hired muscle protecting assets. I'd love to see the inverse of the usual formula. You have people shooting up the strip clubs ala GTA IV, and then you have a woman shooting back and protecting the joint. Striking against rivals,…

Michael Arndt is a pretty fantastic screenwriter. I'll be interested to see where Disney goes with this.

Wonderful article, Patricia. I definitely have to replay New Vegas now.

This is a pretty good theory.

I'm legitimately disappointed by this turn of events. I was hoping that blonde woman from the promo ads would have been included up there because I'd, frankly, love to know her story. She looked like she was having the time of her life while getting arrested. Give us a thrill-killer, R*. She could have been a breath…

Was that Nick Offerman? That would be perfect casting.

Thanks for the reply. I'll pop it in this week. Hope it isn't too long because ACIII looks great.

I have yet to touch AC: Revelations. Do I need to really play through it, or can I just straight up skip it and watch the cutscenes on YouTube?

I fucking despise exclusive missions and whatnot. So unfair to all gamers involved. Have they mentioned anything about maybe getting these as DLC later?

Emma Rios was my first choice, too. Her work with Cloak & Dagger was fantastic, and it made me pine desperately for a continuation of that story.

I do wish they'd cast someone Chinese to play the role, and maybe they could have him speak Chinese throughout - except have Tony's suit translate for him. I mean, if The Mummy could manage something like that, I don't see how Iron Man 3 couldn't do the same. But Kingsley is a superb actor. So I hope they manage to do…