Farewell, Ghost Sweeper.

Re: the article headline, Tim, perhaps your enjoyment will be further enhanced if you know that Barret’s borrowed-yet-adorable Peacekeeping Forces (I think that’s what the Shinra Company actually calls its military formally) sailor uniform is actually entirely appropriate and clearly inspired by a lot of 21st century…

Heather, I appreciate you for hinting at something I’d come to conclude as well—that the singleplayer experience (which was the primary motivation for me playing the game, as I’m terrible at Battlefield and generally didn’t like the beta for the first Battlefront), hints at doing something subtle, unexpected, even…

*squints very hard for a few minutes, despite this being on a computer*

Xbox One X’s. “Xbox One Exes.” For example, if you were talking about your ex-girlfriends or boyfriends, the same sound at the end.

Ah—lucky me, I use the app on Windows (and console), and not the website. It’s down, but no malware threat.

It’s worth noting that Spintires is sort of a spiritual survivor of the vehicle simulation genre crash of the late 1990s/early 2000s that eventually killed of a lot of long-running series (dominated by flight sims) such as Janes’ on the military side and Microsoft Flight Simulator on the civil aviation side. The…

In the United States, as far as I can tell this is euphemistically termed “internship” or “apprenticeship.” And yes, the salary is reportedly shitty (even before considering we in the US are in the middle of a 50-year-long debate on for-profit healthcare), or in certain cases, absent entirely.

Most obviously, the film Der Untergang (Downfall in English) was filmed partially in St. Petersburg, Russia, and by a German film company (and is filled with swastikas and probably the most famous cinematic portrayal of Adolf Hitler himself, probably a rather accurate one, unlike a video game). It’s a well known,…

Same number of different PS4 models, unless I’m forgetting something....

I’ll never understand how, in 2017, Microsoft still ships Xbox One controllers without built-in rechargeable batteries...

I’ll never understand how, in 2017, Microsoft still ships Xbox One controllers without built-in rechargeable…

As someone who “mains” Mercy and has since the beta (and, sure enough, isn’t good with other characters), I’m glad to see how many people in the comments have pointed out the obvious: Yes, Mercy may be harder to play now. But she does absolutely no more aiming than she did before her major revision (indeed, the…

Interesting—I remember a Halo: MCC that did work. Maybe we’re talking about a different game.

It’s tempting, but in my current lifestyle I really do need the timing functions of an electric coffee maker, especially given how long it’d take me personally to use a french press. I’ll have to stick with my drip cofee maker—but it’s not like it’s a Keurig.

It’s tempting, but in my current lifestyle I really do need the timing functions of an electric coffee maker,…

“America? 1996 called—you’re welcome.”

I’ll confess—as a expatriate living in the United States, my version of this list* is long, convoluted, frequently confusing even to me and features “cheese”, “gridiron football”, “<something> <something> Vladimir Putin” and “electoral campaign bumper sticker” more than once. Of course, like every Taiwanese person…

It’s an interesting question. I have family members who will not watch Marvel movies for any reason. “I don’t really like those comic book movies,” they usually tell me (I don’t think it’s an “American thing”, as I think they’re less likely to enjoy wuxia cinema too). And I can sympathize with that: after watching a…

Given that PlayStation Plus is more or less mandatory for PS4 (emphasis on more), with the free games being an occasional bonus, this looks like a good deal. Don’t forget to check eBay though, you can still find nonregular buy-it-now deals for $40.

Given that PlayStation Plus is more or less mandatory for PS4 (emphasis on more), with the free games being an…

Honestly, I was mildly surprised Sony got Team Ninja to make it exclusive in the first place—not for any scientific reason, just out of instinct. Hurray for being right, and exclusives sometimes turning out not to be!

Wow, that sucks. I had zero issue installing this on console the night of release (I haven’t tried on PC yet). Well, hopefully this gets cleared up promptly—half a year later, and Nier Automata still has weird bugs on PC (though at least most people can play it), otherwise I would’ve picked that up.