Mentioned it elsewhere, but it’s not about the developers, it’s about the executives and shareholders. They decide how long a game stays in the oven and how much money gets sunk in extra development time. Nintendo did right by their employees, so good on them.

To Ian’s point that crunch represents a failure in leadership? Bullshit. I’m guessing your not very familiar with the development process. Ever hear that idiom about best laid plans? That basically epitomizes game design. Even the most cushioned development schedule can go wildly off course. And it comes down to the…

I’m not sure if the directing award is where you aim your ire. I’d liken it more to movie directing. Sure the organizational skills of the dev management goes a long way to avoiding crunch, but at the end of the day Neil Druckman wasn’t the person demanding a tight deadline, it was the executives and the shareholders.…

That’s my hope, along with Barret Mii Gunner and Red XIII assist trophy!

Agreed. Not the least of which is because I want Jaina to be canon despite the near zero possibility.

Rogue Squadron Finally!!!

*Ahem*

All those shows an none of them are about Dr. Aphra? Get your shit together Disney!

Mario must’ve said “Mama Mia!” And ol’ Seph took it as an insult to mother. 

Or you can do what my friend does. Wait till someone says next battle is their last, then go over to the spectator bench in the arena to take a piss and make everyone wait. Every goddamn time.

Oh shit your right! Gonna need to make a lot of space on the shelf for his sword to fit.

Who sells more DLC? That’s your answer.

Followed that line with

He should’ve impaled peach while kneeling.

Because Sephiroth is more popular than all those characters. He’s probably in the top 5 game villains of all time and I’m a fan who adores Kefka (though he’s basically a Joker ripoff). Sephiroth probably sells the most DLC out of any other FF character. 

Followed by Bahamut Zero and Knights of the Round summons.

The only fighter who can tea bag himself!

My thought as well. I’m excited for Seph, but Tifa had great potential as a nimble brawler. I wanted to dolphin uppercut somebody into the sun.

Nothing I love more than a story about down to earth immigrants, who through hard work and determination become wildly successful only to be completely corrupted by money and raise their children to awful, shallow and insecure adults with the whitest names imaginable. Truly the American dream realized. Imperialism won…

True, but it would be like if Ford came out with a retro-inspired GT using the same materials and technology from the 60’s and people pan it for being a dated look in modern times.