Why is Kanye dressed as the Riddler in that picture?

This story seems to combine two of my least favorite cultural patterns:

If you’ve ever wanted to play a Chinese fantasy game with imagery that you don’t typically see in games inspired by medieval Europe or mythological Greece, then Warm Snow, available on Steam, is a great place to start.

I dunno about “every white person doesn’t play properly understand how to respect cultural background, even if that background is their own.”

I’m sorry, but I have no idea what this is supposed to mean: if something is subjective, it is, by definition, not an objective truth. Yes, westerners will never understand the emotional impact of colonialism in the east, but that has nothing to do with studying the effects of colonialism, or learning the culture, the…

In role-playing games with predominantly white players, even with the most intricately built worlds there is still a lack of connection between the cultures they play in and the way they play their characters. The characters (and people playing them) are untouched by the world in which they exist, with most of their…

I don’t know what it is, whether its the compositing or color grading, but something makes this look cheap for some reason, it doesn’t feel like a big budget show, instead feels like one of those old direct to video type things like forward unto dawn, etc...

There is another factor here: those animations are a big part of how players get to know characters. In the long stretches of gameplay between the scripted scenes, body language is everything. So would it make sense for Alloy to suddenly have a different gait?

I imagine Microsoft has been waiting to buy either ea or activision for a while just looking for the opportune moment and the bludgeoning their stock price took motivated both sides to come to a deal quickly.

The conspiratorial part of my brain now wonders whether Microsoft was fanning the flames of the Activision controversy to bring the price into their range and create a narrative for their massive reorganization of the publisher. It’s just as possible that they are simply taking advantage of the disarray to advance…

Didn’t Carpenter play some role in making FEAR 3? I thought his relationship with games wasn’t only as a player.

Well, that’s more time than I plan to spend with an open-world game, even if it’s as consistent and clever as something like The Witcher 3. But if this studio wants to spend lots of time and money to make like fifteen dudes incredibly happy, then why not? It’s no skin off my pretty nose if I get like 30% completion.…

But Democrats will handle the pandemic better!!

Bioshock Infinite is one of my favorite games (like top-3), but I definitely get the impression that it succeeded in spite of itself.

Levine is perhaps most famous for 2007's BioShock, a first-person action ‘em up that was unquestionably a milestone game in the industry. Previously he had been a key figure in the development of all-time greats like Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, and Freedom Force, working with Looking Glass and his own…

I know this contained mere seconds about The French Dispatch (I’ve read the full review and related coverage) but it’s telling that the sole rationale included here is its set design and visual composition. Basically it looks good.

After the best picture Oscar for Return of the King, the Academy and critics seem to have decided that no big budget movie (and especially no genre movie) was worthy of critical praise.

We get it, you have a superior film taste that few will understand but there are other movies outside of the world of the pretentious film reviewer that are allowed to make best of lists.

Ender Lilies is well worth a play.

Great list, but I totally disagree with the order. Death’s Door should have been way higher up.