I’m a grown man that plays as a female character in just about any game in which I have the option (save for a few games where romancing characters is a key feature of the game and where that choice would force me into romancing male characters). I personally don’t think people should find that disturbing.

Just you. Having a modern setting goes against what these games are about.

This is probably somehow Larry David’s fault.

It's your bad? So change the headline, maybe? "That's my bad" is meaningless. And it doesn't matter whether the headline landed or not, what matters is that it did not adequately represent the article. I came here expecting a contrarian take on the subject and came away disappointed.

The fuck is up with that headline?

Counterpoint: “Metroidvania” is just fine, has been around for decades, and is an established term that refers to a specific genre of game. Specifically, one in which you’re placed into a maze-like world that requires getting powerups to advance, and once you do, the door is open for incremental backtracking and…

The vernacular is established, and will remain until people no longer find it useful.  You’re fighting this fight about 15 years too late.

If they cut Pokemon refresh but included all the other pokemon, nobody would care. It was a side gimmick most people didn’t use.

This is because of greed and laziness. Nothing more.

But that would require work and money. And game freak doens’t want to do those.

“This is something to remember. The people at Gamefreak who are working on this game are spending months and years of their lives developing this new Pokemon adventure.”

It’s like everyone was arrested during the development of that season.

You should listen to the podcast, but short version: There’s a big difference between burning down the Red Keep and indiscriminately killing civilians. This would be a whole different conversation if Daenerys had gone straight for Cersei, killing innocents in her quest to kill the woman who usurped the throne and…

You may be right that NYC has set itself up for decline, but bringing in Amazon and giving them $3 billion in tax breaks is hardly likely to reverse that trend.

Even though it would have been redundant, I think Amazing Spider-Man 2 would have worked if it had eliminated Electro all together, and focused solely on Harry Osborn becoming the Green Goblin. I do love the “mumblecore romance” stuff in it, though. Still, that opening scene is one of the worst in any modern superhero…

Trevor Bauer sure seems like a twat.

Boo hoo. She had to be an adult for 5 months for a shit ton of money. My heart goes out for her.

I get the point and good for her for taking it seriously, but I don’t think that makes her invulnerable to some harmless internet snark. 

I think you’re taking my joke way too seriously. I’m just poking fun at the idea that a 20-something having to be slightly more responsible is some massive sacrifice.

Yeah Sophie, it’s called a job.

Wow, what a massive sacrifice for this highly-paid, beautiful actress to only get fucked up occasionally. I can certainly commiserate; as part of my preparation for the role of middle-class office worker I’ve had to stop partying completely.