I just finished Nier:Automata and I'm a little divided on the game.

The romance plot in Wonder Woman also serves a wonderfully meta point: Wonder Woman as a character, like Jesse alludes to, is unique in that her character doesn't really follow the more modern template of just being a 1:1 subversion of sexist tropes/flipping of the traits we associate with female characters.

I head the same thing, which is another nice reprieve from completionist anxiety.

I will be playing Yakuza 0, my first Yakuza game. I'm loving it so far, particularly the way the pacing and scale of the story unfolds.

Isn't ignoring the other points of his comment, because of a regressive element within it, a contradiction of what we constantly tell people who complain about social justice critiques of media, i.e. that a regressive element doesn't mean you have to reject the show as a whole/that there isn't still something…

I got this game to play with my girlfriend but I'm afraid to play it as I feel like you can only truly enjoy it fully while you're still trying to beat it and I wonder if it will feel as special with only two people.

The movie really does have more nuance than people are giving it credit for.

"Rushed" - I don't think that word means what you think it means CBSN.

I had to do a double-take when I saw the program guide description of this episode. This is very not "woke".

To me one of the most defining characteristics of both Japanese games and anime is their willingness to implode the idea that thematic consistency requires strict aesthetic-tonal consistency.

I guess Bane always did have a bottom/sub look to him.

This was exactly the issue I had. If there was ever a game that could have benefited from a toggle HUD button…

One of the best decisions I made with The Witcher III was to turn off the HUD. It made me appreciate both the craft and scale of the world more and feel like I wasn't just doing chores of ticking everything off a box.

This is great reporting and all, but what we really want to know is how can it serve as a metaphor for the Trump administration?

I believe its a type of artisanal sea salt.

What can I say, I'm woke as hell.

Honestly, everything I hear about this game sounds so generic, aside from its "wokeness" and cool setting. Setting wise, different window dressing is still just different window dressing. Even the cathartic release of seeing a strong female lead/cast doesn't appear to be part of a more substantial narrative.

I don't think it means that, and the reviewer even calls it "ham-fisted riot grrrl". It does mean though that a game that portrays "almost" all men in the first act as being insecure/weak/etc is cathartic within the context of how most AAA games categorize its male/female npcs. Basically, the game takes into account…

There aren't enough games based on situational set-ups, particularly where you're someone who is unequipped for the situation they are in. Even games where you start out as an average Joe trying to survive invariably end with weapons and skill trees. Indie games have brought the idea of more focused locales and plots,…

I hate this idea that being a dismissive asshole should be graded on a sliding scale of how successful that person is, or that it is a rite of passage for certain industries.