Right. But it’s part of the game, and I played in English. And it’s unfortunate that they got a shoddy localization, but it still didn’t reflect well on the game itself.

Eh, the female protagonist was handled so lazily in the original anyway. It started out using gender-neutral pronouns in dialogue, then gave up a few hours in and started just using “he” for everything. It felt sloppy enough that I would rather they have left it out if they weren’t going to put the bit of extra polish…

I feel like Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines was headed in the right direction. The area around the eyes might have been a bit TOO rubbery and emotive at times, but they really focused a lot of time on making the face and in particular the eyes very expressive. It was far from perfect, especially given that outside…

Great perspective and food for thought. Some lovely fanart, too! I like that some of it seems to be showing Link kicking butt regardless of the clothing... there’s nothing wrong with using it to portray Link in a specifically sexy fashion, but I think it’s really cool whenever someone draws a character like that in a…

It’s weird. I grew up playing this series from the very beginning, and leading up to this release, I would not. Shut UP. to my husband about how excited I was to play it because it looked so scary.

It’s weird. I grew up playing this series from the very beginning, and leading up to this release, I would not. Shut…

Yeah, for sure. And it was frustrating for me because I could tell they put SO much work and effort and thought into it, and it was so deep and lore-heavy, and so I really wanted to like and appreciate it... and it just wasn’t happening, and I almost felt guilty for it. Glad you like Numenera better!

I stuck with it... I guess fairly far. PoE, that is. The difference between that and Numenera is night and day. Hope you enjoy it!

I just started this... I completely forgot I had backed it. So far, I like it a lot. I was worried it would be like Pillars of Eternity, which was so friggin’ DENSE and took itself so seriously that it felt more ponderous and dusty than anything else. I haven’t even fully explored the main city, but I’ve really…

I was kind of shocked. I found the Porygon upgrade item the day the patch released and was thrilled (not that I have anywhere near enough candies to evolve yet), but then nothing. There’s a stretch of street where I live that is PACKED with Pokestops, and three loops around that with my husband riding shotgun with…

I feel your frustration on stories and media that put the responsibility of “saving” non-white communities and people on the wrong targets. Growing up Native American back home in Canada, when I hit junior high, I and all the other predominantly First Nations kids had mandatory monthly meetings with the school…

Well, you’ve definitely got my appreciation for it. I started another Sun playthrough fully intending to learn how to breed seriously, but I do not have the head for it. Getting all your castoffs works just as well for me!

Interesting. I grew up playing the original Pokemon, but stopped buying handhelds after Emerald, so when I picked up Pokemon Sun with a new 3DS for myself prior to Christmas, I had no idea what all these Pokemon were (still don’t; half of my Wonder Trades are just me going “What is THAT?!”), or why I was seeing so…

This makes me sad. I’ve been a big fan of Pokemon Go because my husband, who is in his 40s and never touched a Pokemon game in his LIFE, got really addicted to it, and it’s a lot of fun to go out hunting through local theme parks with him... I’ve been playing Pokemon since the very beginning, so a new shared interest…

Jinkies. I looked at the preview photo and was like, “Sister, how the hell did you get your eye makeup that good?” BUT THEN!

I started playing this last night. Great atmosphere. TERRIBLE voice acting and facial expressions. Like... stunningly bad compared to the rest of it. For a game that spends so much time putting faces right up in yours, it does an exceptionally poor job animating them to convey emotions. It’s like watching putty that’s…

For almost a decade I made a living as a video game journalist. Now I work in publishing. It’s a whole new world, and it really underscores to me how little the average person knows about how games are really made. The testing company we use for our games (who we tap after we’ve done our round of beta testing and…

I just wanted to say the line about the town’s title made my husband and I laugh. Cheers.

I picked this up a while back. My issue with it is that I like all the talky stuff, where you’re trying to say the right things to the right people without tipping your hand and wondering how it’ll come back to bite you, way more than the PRESS A PRESS A Batmannery, which I acknowledge is a personal preference. But as…

I picked this up a while back. My issue with it is that I like all the talky stuff, where you’re trying to say the…

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