Even worse than the people who immediately jump to defend these people and their mistakes are the people who are adamant that there is no possible road to redemption.

Stop being so cynical. 

I don’t disagree. But a path to redemption should be possible.

I’m not convinced it did. I think their theory might have been based on Marlene telling them that her mother was infected when she gave birth. As we saw, her water already broke - and she gives birth about a minute after she was bit/infected. I don’t believe that’s enough time for the fetus to absorb anything from the…

I think that’s a fair opinion. I just really like the choice of not having Joel pull her off - or even see the scene of the encounter. I think it makes more sense, especially with them really playing up the sexual intentions of David. Victims, for obvious reasons, generally have those experiences alone with the…

I am so excited for Ghost Trick. One of the best OSTs of all time.

The just like to mess with Xbox owners. Didn’t they also deprive Xbox owners of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles after having released the Phoenix Wright Trilogy on Xbox?

So you accept anything with mechs being compared to TitanFall? Okay...

Samus deserves her day. Bonus if they give her a special “vehicle” that’s just her in ball form.

Is this a genuine question? I mean, around this time Beyond Good & Evil, Eternal Darkness, and No One Lives Forever 2 were released - all critically acclaimed games with FEMALE protagonists!

Even worse, this was around the same time when Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volley ball came out - in which they REMOVED all of…

That’s a pretty terrible review by G4. It’s the type that made me not take G4 - or Adam Sessler seriously for *years*.

That being said, I find it silly to take issue with the term “JRPG”. It’s descriptive - in that it suggests it’s a linear narrative - likely with minor side missions that have no effect on the overall…

Sure. But this is a fictional story told in the medium of television. We should probably stop thinking of it as though it’s happening in reality - because the point of that interaction is for Joel to see and understand that Ellie just went through some *real* shit - and has been violated to the point where human…

I definitely understand your point and can get behind the sentiment as a general rule. I just think, in this case, it was - somewhat - of a necessary evil for the sake of pacing - and the utilization of the medium they’re using. Is it manipulative? Sure. But it’s effectively so - in that it immediately gets that…

It’s not “a change for the sake of it”. They wanted to deliver on Ellie’s animalistic killing of David. Given her low body count in the show, I just don’t think the audience would be immediately accepting of Ellie going to town on David if there wasn’t that extra layer of creepiness and violation. Sure, if we had more…

You’d be surprised at how “cartoonishly evil” the leaders of these kinds of cults/groups are IRL.

Eh. I disagree in this case. The show needs to start laying the groundwork for Ellie to develop into the vengeful mess she becomes in Part 2. Our time with these characters is limited - and I just don’t see general audiences accepting Ellie’s animalistic killing of David if it came off as her killing him out of…

People love Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - yet, as an adaptation, it’s awful.

People seem to dislike Burton’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - yet, it’s way a way better adaptation (aside from the terrible backstory about Wonka’s father).

Not sure why it being photorealistic changes things. I think some people like playing games in familiar places. I recently played through a fan-made campaign for Left4Dead2 that (faithfully - at least as faithfully as one can within the L4D2 engine) recreated a chunk of Disneyland (‘Journey to Splash Mountain’, for…

Yeah, I definitely preferred the first one overall. 2 definitely felt more like that old original Xbox game ‘Breakdown’ with a Condemned skin over it. Which made for a fine game - but a bad sequel to Condemned. 

The only thing that creeped me out in 2 were the toddler dolls that I mentioned.

You would have a point if these were third-party testers who worked off-site and had little-to-no interaction with NOA employees. However, it’s clear that they were working directly with them - and they actively called out a couple of NOA employees.

Still, I’m surprised this kind of stuff was still happening in 2017.…

First time a game ever jump-scared me was Resident Evil when the dog jumps through the window for the first time. I was 10 and playing it before school at 4am. I immediately jumped up and turned off the PlayStation. Absolutely terrifying at the time.