Meh. I can understand why he invented Tauriel. LOTR really is a great sausage fest. As brilliant as Tolkien is, he really didn't know how to write women. On the plus side, we are treated to the theme of the Sylvan elves. Upon closer inspection it is actually a disjointed version of the theme of the Lothlorien elves,…

A lot of the stuff is very nuanced and you would probably miss it if you aren't a fan of MMOs. For one, the five players Akatsuki killed were 4 healers and a caster. A couple of crits could down any of them. She waited for the caster the charge up a spell so that her Assassinate would land a critical and she could…

I would say that the themes it explores is the complete opposite of SAO. In SAO the source of tension was the fact that your life was on the line. The dangers were real. In Log Horizon, you just respawn at the cathedral. But that carries heavy implications in that you are trapped in the world. The source of tension is…

Shiroe, the main lead of Log Horizon, realizes early on the implications of having a population of smart, strong immortals with no goals or basic needs that have to be addressed. Thus, he sets about a plan to build a society from the ground up—to both control and give purpose to the players trapped in this new world.…

Needs more Marin Karin

This is really funny considering the Persona series is non-canon to the Shin Megami Tensei series. So the female protag is non-canon in a series that is already non-canon.

You know, when South Park joked that Xbox people don't listen, I honestly thought it was an exaggeration. It is really sad when South Park is no longer an exaggeration.

That's not how you spell Rowan! Yeah, I get what you mean. A lot of it feels cliche. I was hoping the characters would be written differently, especially since your starting two is a med school student and a metaphysical entity, but no. After the first dungeon they revert to cliche anime personalities. I also think…

I wonder if they will be taking an open world approach instead of the separate battle screen that the series has always done. It would be cool to see the flashy moves of the Tales series in a game that is something like Dragon's Dogma.

God, there are so many moments in Suikoden II. But if I had to choose just one... It would be when General Kiba accepts the suicide mission. Shu, your strategist, minces no words, he asks Kiba to do the suicide mission. Not only does Kiba accept it without hesitation but the only soldiers he takes were the ones from…

Something like Eternal Sonata?

The Shin Megami Tensei series has a strong, interconnected lore and while there are references to the other games, most of them are independent of each other. The Persona series are spin-offs, side stories of the world so anyone can jump into any of the Persona games with no worries.

Needs more Marin Karin

I remember when they showed him in Wolverine and the X-men cartoon. The only combat he ever did was flap his wings to create a gust that blew back Pyro's fireball. Then came his second mutation that gave his blood a healing thing? Man, they are forcing the angel motif on him a little too much. I think the most badass…

I like how Kotaku described the Tales series. It is JRPG comfort food. It does nothing new, it doesn't experiment, it doesn't push the boundaries of the genre. But it is a very well-made product (some better than the others though). Although the story and characters are rife with cliches, they do put a lot of polish…

Although it is a long shot, I hope they do not forget their old Saturday morning cartoon line up. The one place I've always wanted to see in KH is St. Canard, Darkwing Duck's city.

Advanced players of Cosmic Encounter can engage in stupefying levels of backstabbing. A player can gather so much ire that everyone treats them like the Reapers in Mass Effect and band together to take them down. The game is especially fun if everyone is trying for a solo victory instead of a coop victory.

It is weird how varied the tone of League of Legends is depending on the place. Demacia and Noxus is high fantasy. Frejlord is Viking-like with a splash of political intrigue. Ionia is very anime/shonen-ish. Shadow Isles is spooky and very Gothic. Piltover is... super heroes? It is like they couldn't decide on one…