Let’s not forget that this was a 7-2 decision, so fully 77% of the court could have written it. Moreover, the basis of Scalia’s argument was essentially “video games are puerile garbage that none but the most childish would take seriously” so it’s not exactly like the man was a fan.

Cancer is terrible, and though I’ve basically never agreed with Mr. Bain on anything or enjoyed his work, this is still sad and I wish him the best. Stepping off of social media is almost certainly for the best, considering how polarizing he can be.

I think perhaps the most damning indictment of the culture that orbits video games is that “hey, this scene where you drug one of your friends without her knowledge is in poor taste” somehow became controversial.

Fallout: New Vegas is far and away my favorite game of the last decade or so, so definitely count me in among those who would love to see another Obsidian Fallout game. I’m not counting on it happening, because Obsidian is smaller than they were and they’re also fairly busy now.

Since Dunkelzahn heroically sacrificed himself (thus removing him from continuity) a while back, I’ll have to go with-

I really wanted to like Dragon’s Dogma, but I feel like I must have been playing it the wrong way since it just felt like a slog. I mean, to traverse the world you end up fighting the same enemies over and over again (e.g. Wolves, which hunt in packs) and though they pose no threat to you beyond a certain level but…

I think the real problem with the YES/NO system modeling casual recommendations is that when you recommend a game to a friend, you have some idea about what they like (since you’ve probably discussed games before). So if “Shootmans 4: The Man Shoots” comes out and your friend asks if they should get it, you’re going…

Brooke Lynne’s Sticks and Cones was so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.

At least now we’re less likely to confuse him and the Bioware guy, since one is working on games still and one isn’t.

This sounds familiar. I’m pretty sure I went through all of this in 2008-2009 when the (numerical) sequel to one of my favorite games of all time, wasn’t really doing it for me.

It’s such a strange off-putting phenomenon when people who genuinely adore a work that is a smart, charming, thoughtful, and positive piece of media, and turn around to be frankly incredibly toxic towards people who don’t like it as much as apparently they are supposed to.

I mean, there’s nothing objective about how people feel about a game and if the editors here didn’t like it that much, then they didn’t like it that much.

Fallout 4 *really, really* needed the sort of “screw all you guys, I’m taking over” option that New Vegas had.

Good to see the Ubisoft blacklist is effective </sarcasm>

Revised order for the reposted version and a couple of years of thinking about Fallout.

Now I’m going to have this in my head all day, so I thought I should share:

This highlights to me what makes Fallout 4 so disappointing. As background, one of the reasons that I adored the first two Fallout games to the extent that I did is how well they mimicked the tabletop roleplaying experience without having to leave your home or coordinate with your friends. You could replicate that…

I think the Xbox One and PS4 entries are missing some mention of the “lack of free multiplayer” as this differentiates them from the other platforms on the list. Certainly there are benefits to a PS+ or Xbox Gold subscription, in the form of free games or discounts, but you still have to pay a subscription fee just to…

No Lord of Destruction? No Throne of Baal? No Old World Blues?

I’m assuming that the DE:HR that’s offered for free is not the director’s cut (which was released on the 360) but the original version with the terrible boss fights? Or are they giving out the superior version?