I’m a big fan of the mutually condescending arguments on Kotaku that spring out of lapses in reading comp. Anyway, nice article!

This is actual common practice (from my experience circa 2006-2008). As is bringing small gifts of any kind whenever visiting someone as a guest.

1) That man does not owe you anything. You’re not entitled to a new video game or an explanation or anything else

Dear Cecilia. I see you have made a lighthearted statement on the internet. Please see below for my ten-page, point-by-point counterargument, sprinkled with ad hominems, which I have posted below and also mailed to your office in hard copy. Please advise as to when I should expect my apology.

I only ever listen to your videos. Sometimes I even put my phone on the other side of the room so I don’t accidentally catch sight of any of the images. Other times I connect it to my Dolby 5.1 setup and lay back on my couch and think, “Yes, this is exactly how this media was meant to be enjoyed.” But there’s no way…

Have taken the day off. Got the little thing plugged into my TV. Two and a half hours in. Jazzed.

Agreed!

For these things going forward, just wanted to suggest that if you have time to transcribe highlights from these discussions, would be much appreciated. I tend to sneak in Internet during the day at times that podcast listening wouldn’t really be feasible.

Excellent analysis.

Question: I couldn’t play this game on PS3 for any extended periods because I had roommates and was deeply ashamed to be seen playing a game with these character models (read: the breasts). Reviewers also didn’t prepare me for that. Is Odin’s Sphere like this or better?

Note that’s 730k words written is not the same as 730k of quality sufficient for publication.

What about the winter biathalon, which involves cross-country skiing and then shooting a rifle? That’s basically teaching people how to be Pierce Brosnan James Bond.

This was delightful, thank you.

Buddy, I don’t think the ad hominem is called for here! It’s an interesting article. You may think the thesis (by having textures upscaled, the art lost its soul) is overblown, but the low-res graphics of the original definitely creates some interesting effects on the scene composition that I would never have paid…

I’ve seen it around enough—can someone please explain to me the genesis of the joke where it’s Jason’s fault when games are delayed? Or maybe Jason can write an article detailing its history and evolution with some insider sources. I’m flexible!

As someone who loves video games and is strongly rooting for the genre as it continues to grow in terms of narrative and writing potential, I effing hated this game. Bah! Even thinking about it now annoys me. It did a lot of things right and had a lot of neat ideas, but eff if the effing characters weren’t effing the…

“Alternately, he could have priced into his fee adequate compensation to safeguard himself against the potential loss of goodwill from being associated with the immoral images in Defendant’s scripts.”

It’s true—if they could just make it faster, eliminate loading and add a random encounter slider, maybe shift to wide screen, it would be perfect. I still like the visuals. As is, it stands as both one of the greatest games of all time and yet borderline unenjoyable because of the frequency of the random battles and…

Nintendo “fan,” you say??