It’s quite clear with Liara that they were trying to go for the bookish nerd type, not a younger woman. Mix in the fact that she’s never “really” your subordinate throughout any of the three games, and the sleaziness of her potentially coming across as younger is not as big a deal compared to Tali.

I adore Bastion and that hurts so much to read. It's not a good enough game to suffer through that at all. 

I’d rather see what Kojima was originally working on than him doing a licensed The Boys game, but I can definitely see the appeal in him taking on the absurdity of such a setting. It would be really cool to see how he takes on an actual “superhuman” society, as I’ve always found the takes from Japanese creators to be…

Was talking about this with a friend after the reveal, and while I really like the look of the game overall, the idea that this is veering toward No Man’s Sky territory is deeply unpleasant. I love a good spacefaring adventure, but I want them defined by well-constructed environments and not procedurally generated…

I'm honestly so hyped for this one. I loved the news that Trigger was setting up a team to play in this universe and that trailer is almost everything I wanted to see to keep me excited. Cannot wait to watch this one! 

It was a great moment to really kickstart an actual character arc for Thor as he had to reckon with who he is and the relationships he had. This trailer’s scenes of him and Jane interacting are great so far. It implies a lot of development to the characters and how they interact with one another that still builds off…

This looks so good so far. I really like the direction that Taika Waititi and his team have taken the character of Thor (and his part of the MCU) since Ragnarok, and I’m excited about the fact that it looks like they’re avoiding the biggest pitfalls of Jason Aaron’s Mighty Thor introduction (all the Original Sin…

Oh man, if you haven’t read it, The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss plays with this idea and is a lovely set of novels. Totally recommend for anyone who likes this sort of idea. 

The discussion around the predatory practices that Gacha titles include raises an interesting question in response to the earnings Hoyoverse has made. Would this same level of success for Hoyoverse’s titles been possible if they were pay-2-play games (as in a purchase, and you own the game) or would they have died off…

This was one of those reveals that, along with the entire ending of the film, just put a huge smile on my face and has made it one of the most fun experiences in a cinema since Marvel finished up their Infinity Saga.

I’m going to be totally honest. Between the YouTubers I’ve watched play some of the earlier portions of this game and now this reveal about the final boss, I clearly need to be grabbing this game ASAP. This is an amazing design for a boss. I always forget how absolutely crazy late-game Kirby gets when it comes to this…

Yes, it really worked in both actor’s favour as it really allowed them to have a genuine dynamic. If they had decided to develop a romance between them, I don’t think it would have ruined anything because they started off with such a solid friendship, but I’m glad they didn’t as it’s great to see Male/Female…

Naw, no fight. Total agreement. They have a dynamic that has no need to be romantic to be highly compelling on screen and seeing them work together as co-leads again on screen is going to be a blast.

It's funny though as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Breath of the Wild launched the same year, so it wouldn't have been too off for them to release both in 2022. That said, with how close the releases would have been to one another compared to the 8-ish months gap in 2017 is a genuine deterrent. 

Okay, so I’m not crazy that the Legendaries are too much in BL3. I thought I just sucked at the game because I lost a lot of enjoyment playing co-op with a friend who, because of these features, had us gaining Legendaries at such a rate that I was fully decked out with them by the end of the second planet.

I was totally thinking something similar. While the "reality" around it has more to do with modern culture, the fact that CDPR has included it, no matter how fitting, in another game of theirs after the Sex Cards from the Witcher is hilarious. 

Not necessarily. The problem with this mentality is that we’re taking Nintendo’s first party advertising style out of the equation. Their unique hardware is a huge part of how they advertise their games. I think the games would sell well on other platforms, but I don’t know if they’d have the numbers they do as first…

It was never a great idea, and honestly Aaron’s worst. I really liked the run overall, and think it was a fantastic way to reinvigorate Thor comics. Just still cannot stand how he went about giving her his name. 

Yes! I think that’s a fantastic way of describing it. There’s a lot of “ridiculous” action in those movies too from the others, but it was never played like you needed to catch it and know it happened so much as it was sort of “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” in its structure. I think it’s the overemphasis on making sure we…

It’s a solid trailer. I’m really excited to see how this all turns out. The costuming is fantastic and that really helps this out. I’m interested to find out more about what they do with the story. Also, I really like the CGI used so far too, that one beastie shown looked fantastic. That and the sets and settings are…