I encourage you to watch the original films and the prequels again if you have time. It seems like you’ve forgotten a lot about them. Luke Skywalker went from being a whiny youth who was clueless about the force in A New Hope to being a confident and emotionally balanced Jedi in Return of the Jedi.

The prequels could…

The character of Rey has at times been a lightning rod for controversy in the Star Wars fandom over the course of the troubled Episode VII through IX trilogy, not least of all because she was a woman, a pedestrian factoid that nonetheless drove some self-proclaimed fans into endless internet tizzies.

My bad for not noticing that your comment was from November of 2020 instead of this year. But thanks for replying, and I’m glad you got what you wanted without overpaying.

Imagine that it’s 1996 and that the Sega Nomad has been out for several months. One day, you’re flipping through the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly when you come across an article titled: “Sega Nomad’s Greatness Makes It Hard to Go Back to the Game Boy”. An absurd notion to be sure, but it’s very similar to…

“I would have totally went for it at that price”

I say “over-engineered” because it probably didn’t need to be the hulking beast that it is, especially when you look at the more powerful but smaller PS4. The design of the original Xbox One strikes me as their way of being extra careful about heat after the RROD debacle.

Why are we just now hearing that production on the Xbox One S ended over a year ago?

I bought my first ever mechanical keyboard this year: the HyperX Alloy FPS Pro. It has Cherry MX Red switches and feels great to type on. Also, it has a compact design for those with limited desk space.

It bothers me that they seem to instead be focused on copying the popular kids like Fortnite and Apex Legends with this “seasons” stuff. This is supposed to be a Halo game, not Rocket League.

“I bought my Switch, and presumably set up 2FA, sometime before 2017, and so those codes were gone now too.”

This was kind of a head-scratcher for me. The Switch launched on March 3, 2017.

If you happen to have a Hori Split Pad Pro connected to your Switch, this is a really solid case that accommodates it. Also, I love the moon theme. https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Controller-Protective-Carrying-Cartridges/dp/B08G87X88X/

Playing video games is about having fun, and what would be the point in telling somebody how they’re “supposed to” have fun? Do you love playing games on a console? More power to you. Are you more of a PC gamer? Great! Do you love playing fighting games and beat-’em-ups with an arcade stick? Cool! More of a pad…

Completely unnecessary in my opinion (not to mention a great way to tick off people who got an inferior Switch at some point in the prior year). The Switch and Switch Lite are selling like gangbusters and likely will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Games like Breath of the Wild 2, Splatoon 3, and Metroid…

Weirdly enough, my favorite video game boss encounter is in Mass Effect: Andromeda. Andromeda may have a mediocre story and animation issues, but its combat is actually quite good. In my opinion, it especially shines when you’re fighting the Architect on Eos. On Normal difficulty at least, it’s the perfect balance of…

Even though BioWare is front and center in the marketing for the Legendary Edition, what many people may not realize is that Blind Squirrel Entertainment is responsible for at least some of the work on it. They even have it listed as one of their games on their website: https://blindsquirrelentertainment.com/games-3/

Ho…

I’m definitely willing to wait, not least because this is the most underwhelming leap (more of a hop really) to a next generation of console hardware that I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been gaming since the NES era). I think Microsoft and Sony hurt their own next-gen hype when they released the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, and…

I’ve heard that including Mass Effect 3's multiplayer would have meant as much work for them as everything they did to overhaul the entire first Mass Effect game. That’s apparently why they chose to leave it out.

My guess is that a person or a group was tasked with finding a way to make the Xbox brand more profitable and this disaster of an idea is what they came up with. I imagine they reasoned that it would get many of the remaining Xbox Live Gold holdouts to jump over to Game Pass Ultimate since the new price differential…

I bought the first two films on DVD (including both versions of the first one) and then I just didn’t bother with it after that. By the time the third one came out, the gap between the second one and it had been nearly five years and I had long since lost interest. I might revisit the first two and see if I want to…

I’m with Ari. I want to “finish the fight” on this Deus Ex trilogy. I loved the first two games. The mix of cyberpunk atmosphere, rewarding exploration, satisfying combat, intriguing story, and player choice (violent or non-violent gameplay) was spot-on.