It created so many jobs. Laborers, laborers, guards for the laborers.

The recent Wolfenstein reboot is a fine example of this, giving me both the opportunity to shoot giant Nazi robots while also being surprisingly engaged with its core cast of characters and alternate universe.

Cold Mountain was never going to become the next great romance film on account of how weird and unpalatable (by design) it is.

You joke, but then one reads the Wikipedia entry and "Ben Lashes is Grumpy Cat's manager who also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat."

The first time I saw the still images for this, I mistook Bryce Dallas Howard for Jessica Chastain.

Yeah, familiarity with JRPG tropes probably goes a long way towards easing one into the wide range of tones.

The story and dialogue completely worked for me so I guess I'm just a big ol' sap on the inside, but you might try switching to the Japanese language track (as I used/am using) if such things are bothering you.

Circa my last save game, one of my legions is about to get trounced by three giant Seleucid armies.

The PC version seems to be selling like gangbusters so maybe, just maybe they'll take a lesson from this and we'll one day see a proper sequel. Probably not, but I can dream.

It's pretty neat, if you're familiar with the "Darth Mod" series of modifications for the Total War series, the developer is the same guy responsible for those.

This weekend I'll be getting back into the swing of my Rome II campaign for the most part, fighting the dastardly Seleucids as my empire expands eastward and periodically swatting back those pesky German barbarians from venturing into my Gallic territories.

Rams, unquestionably man's greatest foe.

Nuance and interesting things to say in my AC? I think you overreach friend. It would unquestionably make a rich and visually interesting setting though.

The years leading up to the Boshin War would be pretty much perfect for an AC game. A great deal of social and political tumult and a whole lot of the major figures in that era didn't end up seeing the end of their efforts.

Yeah ACIII was weird in that it basically didn't engage with its main character as a native American at all beyond going on your magical spirit quest, and how could you use that setting and that lead character and not set up Joseph Brant as an interesting and perhaps persuasive counterpoint/antagonist?

The game runs fine on consoles, the complaints are all arising from the PC port which is supposed to indeed be incredibly lousy on the optimization front and chugs even on high end rigs.

The lack of a codpiece button was an unforgivable failure for the series' Renaissance outings.

There's also the problem that the closer the events get to the modern day and more recognizable the historical figures are, the sillier the entire concept starts to seem.

I'm not sure the standard clientele would properly appreciate its literary bonafides.

This weekend I watched the classic Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, but really the majority of my time was dominated by gaming with a touch of Rome II and a whole lot of the highly enjoyable Valkyria Chronicles.