“when you can’t tell which is a side quest and which is a main quest, because they are both so well made, shouldn’t that be ideal?”

And then there’s the larger issue: it really feels like single-player play is being shifted to the back shelf all over the place, even though there’s clamoring for great single-player.
Even in games that offer both, the strong trend seems to be to brush off good single-player in favor of developing the PvP or MMO…

“don’t have the time, simply go trough the main quest and ignore the side activities”

The answer for me, at least, is that I only play the games that really, really align with my interests. That means setting, gameplay, genre, style, quality. The difference these days is that I hardly touch anything that doesn’t check every one of those boxes, where in the past I might have compromised on some if the…

“Nobody is saying don’t work towards a solution that keeps the environment clean”

“...they can’t accurately tell me what the whether will be next week or whether margarine or butter is worse for you. Science is not an absolute and we never have all the answers.”

Have some sympathy.
40 years of study, backed by even stronger results than anticipated just isn’t firm enough ground to stand on when you have no spine.

The MCU is different than the comics, and they’ve shown that they’re smart enough to build on their own strengths, not just utilize those of the source material.
Falcon has always been B-List in 616, and it makes sense there. MCU Falcon has an asset that his four-color counterpart doesn’t though: Anthony Mackie. That…

“He was frequently the guy who stood quietly aside as his dysfuctional teammates engaged in their soap opera nonsense, but stepped in from time to time to keep them from completely self-destructing.”
...or occasionally not intervene. God, I loved that about Panther. That, to me, was always what it looked like to be in…

What I got from your comment was “I don’t know anything about this character, and I didn’t read the article informing me about him, but I decided to post anyway about how over superheroes I am.”
Good story, bro.

I’m guessing that you’re either not into comics or don’t live someplace with many black folks. Superhero comics are very popular with African American young men and boys. They’ve even got their own little sub-subculture. The Marvel films are also very successful with that demo.

This is one of the problems with being a…

I’m not sure I could love this article more. The author manages to make real points while maintaining an off-the rails voice.

Wait... isn’t the new rule “everything counts? Does that include games? Does that mean it’s canon that Vader and Luke ran into each other on Hoth... and they didn’t show that scene in the film?

Poosicle...

That’s true, but it’s a problem that’s slowly going away. And in the meantime, yeah, men usually need to take the lead in straight courtship- but like everything else, you do that at the right time and place.

“that sort of idealism that would be Naive in anyone else... but they are simply so honestly good, that it makes you want to believe in it.”

That’s not the argument at all. Your point is addressed int he comment. The OP is making a case that recent changes are not for the better.

I really hope that we can grow some of the same sensitivity we have towards ancient European cultures as we’re moving towards with more exotic cultures. They still get exploited, but not as egregiously as we now do vikings and Celts. If you know anything at all about real viking material culture, most depictions look…

Nope, just historical recreationists from around Europe.
I have several Cosplayer friends and several recreationist friends. I’d say the mean level of skill in cosplayers is higher than that of recreationists, but at the highest levels the recreationists are doing astounding stuff like making the materials for their…

Oi. Vikings were an actual thing, not comic book or video game characters.
That last was a very cool costume, but it was no more viking than it was cosmonaut. Literally not a single item in that cosplay was even inspired by or inflected by the real culture that it’s appropriating the name of.