I feel like MiniDisc for me is like 8 track for my parents - even though the format "died" years ago and I haven't listened to a MiniDisc in ages, I still irrationally keep my MiniDiscs and likely always will. I loved putting lossless audio on my MiniDiscs, and it was the first time that I was able to afford a…

Healing in FF XIV is extremely satisfying in a way healing in most other MMOs is not. Can’t put my finger on why, but I love my AST. 

I felt very similarly about progress in Diablo III. I had a friend who plays boost all my characters from 1-70...I literally stood there and did nothing. His argument, which kind of swayed me, was that the game really “starts” at 70 since that’s when you’re able to grind jigheramd higher Torment levels. He did have a…

I hear Battle Chasers is still on the eShop, Mr. Scrooge. 

I hear Battle Chasers is still on the eShop, Mr. Scrooge. 

I find it fascinating that we managed to take a nearly overwhelmingly positive article about a beloved retro product and within ten comments turn it into a negative pissing contest about completely unrelated companies.

Knowing the way Fallout 4 went I wasn’t really optimistic about the idea of a Bethesda game that the fans couldn’t fix in post. Patches and fan generated content are what really bring Bethesda games to life for me...and as soon as they said there were no human NPCs along with the lack of mods I kind of tuned out. This…

Patreon is less of a bubble since it allows creators to go directly to their fans. I think the future looks more like Patreon and Kickstarter than anything else. 

Less than two weeks...I’ve seen some companies where layoffs were announced THAT DAY and people were told to clean out their desks. It’s terrible but for anyone with a regular day job this shouldn’t be all that shocking. 

Welcome to the reality of having a job - just like anyone can be laid off at a “regular” job, content creators are starting to figure out that their industry is just as volatile and heartless as any other industry. One of the competitors thinks 6 months is a long time? Try working for a company for 8 years only to be…

This is what I got out of Ribbon’s comment “Ribbons has always been here”. My feeling was that Ribbons was actually part of the anti-zone, along with the Flesh Moths. I got the sense that the anti-zone, as a manifestation of the universe itself, could manifest as literally whatever it wanted. Both Ribbons and the…

I tend to agree with this. We can’t simultaneously say games are art and they provide meaningful narrative experiences...then scoff when people try to find deeper meanings within those narratives. Play Arkham Knight and try to tell me the writers weren’t grasping at deeper meanings than “Batman hit goons they fall…

She’s already quite good, she’s going to be REALLY good if her aim has been off for the top players this whole time. 

The Pigeot / idiot wordplay had me in tears. Love the wordplay haha

Yeah it’s not like there were two versions of 30th Anniversary Mario, or 3 versions of Mario, or hey remember the super lazy Amiibo Cards...

I mean I would offer The Witcher 3 as a counter example. There are a lot of side adventures that are NPC driven...but lead to either a situation where there are no good options or literally just plot dead-ends. There are whole worlds out there that the Witcher is not only not privy to, but completely unconcerned with,…

Im kindof in the same headspace as you but my game is Black Desert Online. It’s insanely, bizarrely, almost aggressively repetitive, yet I love getting into a monster grinding groove and just letting muscle memory take over. It's like you said, if your grind is going good and smooth it has a meditative quality to it.

Amiibos do kind of have an advantage in that they aren’t tied to a single game and they don’t have the expectation of doing a single thing. It's the one example of toys-to-life that actually seems like it has long term legs, even if they are getting into some wonky territory these days (the triple sized Detective…

My wife and I got our own Switches right off the bat...been smooth sailing ever since.

Im loving the ports. It gives me a chance to catch up on a bunch of games I missed or didn't have the time to get into fully. I have The Zodiac Age for PS4 but never fully enjoyed it because when I'm at home my wife and I are either playing board games or playing FF XIV online together. The Switch goes with me to work…

People donated the money to him. What he’s using it for is irrelevant - it was intended to go to him, so “rightfully” is the proper word. I would even suggest the word “legally”...