I’m not entirely sure how these “eternal loot shooter treadmill” games are supposed to make money in the long term.

I know. Thank you. MOVING ON. ;)

What I took out of this, a few million triangles in:

“Is Tried Of It,” hmm?

Party Royale’s limitations on building

The music for both games (by Solar Fields in both cases) was SO GOOD.

I will forever appreciate Shaun’s codex entries in III for the British (or, more likely, a Canadian writer’s, but close enough) perspective on the American Revolution. Cuts through so much of the self-aggrandizing pomp we usually get about it.

Or, god forbid, an asterisk.

It’s perfect, really. Covers all bases. Christmas? Easter? Flag Day? Whenever you release it, there’s a holiday for you!

Devs: Choice between male or female protagonist!

I spoiled the hell out of myself for this game (as a newbie), and it honestly helped. Sometimes spoilers are useful: they can help you make informed decisions, or take the “oh god what now” plot pressure off so you can pay more attention to how the story’s being told and the interesting details along the way, or warn…

...oh, hi, there, Babs. ;)

I appreciate that as I scrolled down past the Top Stories widget, what I saw was the article about the Tonberry, “Knife Child Terrorizes Local Sector.”

Paul & Storm wrote an entire song about Robert Baker. It is called, appropriately enough, “Nugget Man.”

Why I never, ever, ever turn on voice chat in the very few multiplayer games I play unless I already know everyone else on the line, exhibit #8,463.

Agreed. More often than not, I want to know at least the broad strokes of what I’m in for before going in. It’s not spoiling my experience to be able to make an informed decision, and sometimes it just plain takes the pressure off so I can pay more attention to how the story’s being told, the performances, the nuances…

Same. They’re really doing fun things with it all.

As it happens, on the subject of Azula’s hair: Grey tweeted this just a couple hours ago. ;)

As for Sarah, suddenly all I can hear in my head is Troy Baker as Snow in FFXIII calling “Serah!” a lot. Now I guess we know her secret alternate-timeline backstory.

Speaking of the kids in the game: every time Oates opened his mouth, I found myself bracing for the inevitable appearance of Hall. But it never came.