Also acceptable.

Waaaay back when I was living in residence at school, I had a friend who listened to OCRemix almost exclusively. I had tried at various point to get into it, but somehow it just never really grabbed me. I think the fact that the majority of the remixes are techno/dance, which I never really liked, and that the…

Wise choice for number 1. I know Go Straight is usually the peoples' choice when it comes to Streets Of Rage 2's OST, but Dreamer and Wave 131 are my favourites. I could probably never compose a true top five without second guessing myself at every level, but off the top of my head:

Late fall/early winter is my favourite time of year, because I much prefer the cold to the heat, and I prefer night to day, so I don't mind it getting dark so much earlier. For me the holiday season is all about the six weeks or so when the cold is still exciting, it's windy and snowy but not miserable out, and it's…

Neat. This sounds like it's in the same wheelhouse as The Secret Of Kells and Song Of The Sea, in the sense that it's entertainment married to a teaching tool about little-explored mythologies. Integrating educational elements seamlessly into what is otherwise a straight-up film or game, rather than making a piece of…

I'm confused by the lack of Generations DLC too. I know Sega likes to throw everything in the garbage and make every Sonic game from scratch, but honestly if they just made Generations 2 with the same engine I would snap that shit up in a heartbeat. It would be a creatively bankrupt cashgrab for sure, but I'd be there.

Loving Rooftop Run in Generations is what inspired me to finally go back and play Sonic Unleashed. I was expecting the Werehog stuff to be boring levels that I would just have to put my head down and power through, but they were actually actively frustrating. Other than that, though, the daytime levels are actually…

I only played the 3DS version of Lost World, but the biggest fault with that version was that it was boring. The controls were actually really interesting, and a potential improvement for the series, since you had to hold down a button to reach your top speed. It meant you had more control over your speed, so you…

I'm pretty torn. I love the Persona series, and I'm hyped for P5, but most of the reviews I've read have emphasized this game's high level of difficulty and small safety net, and I don't know if I've necessarily got the skill or patience to deal with it. Plus, it seems like this title emphasizes the dungeon crawling,…

I saw this at TIFF and loved it to fucking pieces, my favourite film from this year's festival. Miyazaki long ago proved he's a genius, but he's a fascinating subject as well. The film wonderfully captures a man who is full of contradictions, but honest and coherent at the same time- he's alternately amused and…

I agree that going Templar is basically just a story thing that has little impact on how the game is played. As an ex-assassin it makes sense that Shay would keep up the freerunning and retractable blade-using that typify the assassin methods, but really once you've gone Templar the game doesn't change at all. Every…

I didn't encounter very many bugs at all, except for fairly standard collision detection and AI stupidity stuff. Nothing too deal-breaking, and nothing as beautifully hideous as Unity's toothy, bug-eyed courtesans.

I'm all about those shanties. Ubisoft released them as a standalone album, which I actually purchased with real life money, that's how much I like them.

Modern-day Assassins running around with a chalk bag on their belt and chocolate chip Clif Bars in their fanny packs.

I think one of the biggest criticisms that can be leveled against Assassin's Creed is that it hasn't really "evolved" much at all. From game to game the core experience is never improved, refined, or expanded, instead it's usually just the exact same game in a different setting with an extra handful of optional crap…

That link makes me feel slightly better, as I know now I'm not the only ostensible adult who can't tell birds apart.

Hey, that's actually really cool, I never knew about these little doods. Thanks for the heads up!

This game is a treat for anyone prejudiced against the French, since disemboweling French soldiers and sinking French ships makes up about 75% of the experience.

I played this for the first time this past year, and now I'm excited to have an opportunity to enthuse about it as though I got on at the ground floor. Mind you, I did play the inferior PS2 port, but I still got the gist of it. If I had gotten to it sooner I would have considered covering The Milkman Conspiracy for…

They did get one thing right about Canadian ecology: Beavers fuckin' everywhere.