When I went on the trip, Yusuke showed up and I spent an afternoon with him and Ryuji trying to pick up chicks. In a just world, it would've been the opportunity to finally seal the deal with Mishima; the game almost teases you with the possibility that he could be a gay romance option, but nope. He just gets sick…

Woah, Hifumi can come with you to Waikiki?

"Oooh, the tender touch of a soft butt…"

Also: Lala Escargot should've been a confidante, straight up. She's charming, is one of the few adults in the game to both respect your character and understand healthy adult-teen dynamics, and she offers you the best part-time job in the game. I don't know what she could offer as a confidante—maybe alternate costumes…

The first appearance of the vulgar sleazebags is so cartoonish that I can't be offended. The game knows it's ridiculous and lets you play along knowing it's all in good fun. Their second appearance, though…

Wait until you see the game's opinions of gay men.

And someone was telling me that you get the 100,000 yen back eventually and she saves you time ranking up other characters, so…

Dueling hot takes!

Her Nuclear abilities deal Technical damage to anyone afflicted with certain status effects, so I suspect she's more generally powerful as part of a party that leans on ailments.

Yusuke's treatment of Ann was less "sleazy" and more "oblivious to social graces." Yusuke is a straight-up asshole when it comes to his art, and it's not clear to me if the game wants to have him overcome that or just play it for laughs.

Lotta hot takes in this article.

As someone who actually liked Prometheus—and most Ridley Scott movies, honestly—and who kinda likes Alien 3 and kinda dislikes Blomkamp's output, this is basically the best news about all of this in a long while.

Really shows the difference in importance that these three men place on sex.

Neverwinter Nights 2 is better, anyway. And also had great manuals.

I still have my Master of Orion 2 manual. Stuffed to the brim with character.

Yeah, she's bonkers. The last time I heard her was a call-in interview with a local radio station. It went…poorly. They didn't have talk radio on that channel for years afterward.

I used to be…OK, well I was never that guy. But I watched it right up until the talking bar rag episode. Something died in me that day.

Well, this sounds like a bad idea. Wasn't part of the problem that Roseanne herself got increasingly crazy and demanding over time, resulting in the terrible and insane final season? She hasn't gotten less crazy.

Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Infamous Second Son… Lot of options at this point.

Sounds like good stuff all around! Is any of this on Comixology, out of curiosity, or otherwise available in digital formats?