Oh I like them for their looks as well (Bowser and Samus look soooo good) but as someone that also plays their games you can’t ignore the fact that they are starting to hold back A LOT of content behind a high priced paywall. As I said to someone else about Splatoon and their amiibos:

As I responded to someone else:

Sadly what is consumer friendly is not necessarily business friendly. If they offered that amiibo content as DLC then what incentive is there to go buy the amiibo? But maybe they’ll do some kind of timed exclusive and release it months after the fact online. Or they could join the rest of the gaming companies and…

Yes. But now you want to invest in blank NFC chips and a NFC writer in order to circumvent the lack of amiibos in the market? Seems like a lot of work for the average consumer.

Plus, doing a quick search online, it’s apparently not that simple. Reading the amiibos is easy enough but if you need to write back then it’s…

When it comes to content, it really is subjective. For you it may not be worth it but for myself it drives me insane that I have costumes and content I cannot unlock unless I wanna shell out thirty or fifty bucks to scalpers for a particular amiibo.

As the platform itself is rather new, Nintendo is still getting it’s…

I remember that they were doing this but I’m worried about how exactly they are going to do this. Are they going to be packs? Like a Smash Bros., Mario, and Fire Emblem pack? Cause you know that they aren’t going to sell them separately which means you might have to buy multiple packs to get that one or two amiibo…

Think about the complaints people have when other companies—game companies less celebrated than Nintendo, less seen, for whatever naive reason, as a force for good—tie extra missions or characters or costumes in their games to whether you pre-ordered at a certain retailer or bought a season pass. Those companies…

Godzilla: Half Century War. I own that and the first collection of Daredevil from Frank Miller and I just got those a few weeks back.

I am not a comic book reader but thought Death of the Family would be my start. After weeks of picking up the main books on release day I finally get to the final issue and realize that I wasted my time and money.

Two years later and I finally bought another comic book. IT WAS THAT UNDERWHELMING.

Hmm, guess I need to listen to more Drake then and avoid this game.

Just wanted to say hi Doc and glad to see these articles keep dropping. Always a pleasure to read.

Eh, somewhat relevant.

What the fuck is this and is there more?!

I would think so to but I have seen it myself firsthand. My ex girlfriend used to be part of a group where this was unfortunately the norm. She was a few years younger than me and was not used to getting attention and the guys of the group took advantage of that fact of not just her, but the other females in the group…

But Zilla was a giant iguana.

And I really enjoyed the idea of Zilla where he was more of an animal than a metaphor for destruction. All of his actions in the film were based on his animal behavior which was a nice take on him and his design was a reflection of that more "realistic" aspect of the creature which is why…

Still can't believe some damn plane's took him down in what amounts to a tiny net.

But at least it led to Cyber Zilla!

This is a pretty badass version of Zilla/G.I.N.O. Making him more slender and sharper brings out a more feral side to him that would be perfect in a R rated film where peeps die.

O well, one can dream.

Same here. Pretty sure everyone in the house heard me.

I read it long ago when I was much younger. Going back and reading it now is eye opening to say the least. Such well written absurdity. I'm maybe fifty pages in and have laughed out loud so many times it's making it worth it so much again.