Whatever scant criticisms I had of the Marvel Universe were blown to dust with half the universe. Infinity War delivered. Big time. I got caught up in the narrative of these characters and for a while I didnt care about which actor had which contract and who had a movie coming up - for a moment I was just as stunned…

Cancer may not but we’re not cancer. 33 is still incredibly young to be going through what he’s going through.

Some people respond to the inevitable by continuing in their routine, and settling into the familiar. It’s a coping mechanism. I know, because I do it a lot.

Smetiems it actually helps. I lost my mom slightly over a year ago. She was the centre of my univerdse and we were the best of friends, so losing her crushed me in a way I hadn’t imagined I could be crushed. I noticed that talking about it - about her - making jokes about her and keeping her memory alive...rather than…

Ive never really been a fan either - not for a good OR bad reason he’s just never been on my radar really - but it’s terribly tragic that at such a young age he has to grapple with something like this. It sounds like he has a love in his life that can help him go gently into his sunset, but what a tough, tough hand to…

Such a great song. Still one of my favourite songs years after the last time I’ve seen Hana Yori Dango.

Erm?

I think part of it is as you get older, even moderately so, we want to cling to relevance and human interaction in a world that increasingly places value solely on youth. You’re only worthwhile and relevant if you’re young and vibrant and extroverted, in our society. Hell, in most societies. Those without scruples can…

50 DKP MINUS for not going with “players are coming back in HORDES”...I mean it’s a zombie game the cheesy jokes write themselves.

You actually don’t HAVE to play 1 or 2, it does a pretty good job of getting you up to speed loosely, and the story in 3 is vast enough and well-explained enough that you don’t need to play 1 or 2, but you can if you like. Also its hard to go back and play 1 and 2 with how good and solid the gameplay is in 3.

You know there were dozens of ways to make your comment without coming across as snarky, arrogant, and derisive. It’s almost like you actively avoided all of those ways.

I’m not even sure it added anything to map at all, but it certainly added some replay-ability for me, but to each their own.

Zatanna is always the right answer. Never mess with a magical chick.

Slowly and leisurely working my way through the Champion’s Ballad in Breath of the Wild and playing a bit of Stardew Valley as time allows. For some reason this year has been one of slow, discovery-based games for me, and going in 2018 my enjoyment of them is only increasing.

I bought Witcher 3 GOTY Edition so technically I bought some DLC, and I bought the Season Pass for Breath of the Wild, so I’m in for $20 I guess?

Just don’t buy it. That’s what I did with Battlefront II and Shadow of War. Plenty of other games out there to play, and I’m not so enamored of either storyline that I have to support this predatory business model.

Dude people were saying this as recently as the Nintendo Switch. People love to crap on things before they’re released cos no one calls them out on it if they’re wrong, but they can crow about it if they’re right. Personally I like it when new stuff is awesome. I’m a tech optimist I guess, I just love all the stuff…

Well people were extremely skeptical about iPad as well and look how that turned out.

Nier: Automata is one of those “must-play” games that sadly slipped by a lot of people in my gaming circles. I recommend it to people the same way I used to recommend Witcher 3 - go in blind. Completely blind. No guides, no internet, nothing. Don’t look up tips and tricks, just experience it.

I’ve never sold any of my cards, been collecting since 1995. I’ve traded away some profitable pieces here and there, but I still have the majority of my early collection. I’m curious how much its worth these days...could probably get a nice little sum for it. If I’ve learned anything it’s to always, always, always…