Maybe it’s because I don’t have a 4K TV (and I won’t be getting one anytime soon), but I’m fine with my original Xbox One. I think games look great on it (especially Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War 4, and the remastered Bioshock Infinite). Would it be nice to have an Xbox One X? Sure. But for me, it just isn’t…

The first Silent Hill movie was a pretty good disappointment. The atmosphere was nailed and the story hit all the right beats, but there were certain things about it that just didn’t work.

Some of the best times I had with Mass Effect: Andromeda involved exploring beyond the barrier on a map and going all the way to the map’s rendered edge. I did it on three worlds: Kadara (my favorite), Eos, and Voeld. Something interesting that would happen when I went far enough beyond the barrier was that my two NPC…

I’m hoping for a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster too. I had hoped that they would announce it during the last N7 Day, but maybe they didn’t want to risk overshadowing the still-relevant Andromeda with that news. Since Anthem has been pushed back to 2019, this year’s E3 would be a great time for them to announce a Mass…

I don’t want the next generation to come around until at least 2020. This generation hit its stride in 2016 and has been going strong ever since. I want it to keep going until they’re able to make a truly impressive generational leap at a reasonable price. It’s going to take some serious hardware to make it so that…

I think its current $800 price tag would be fine if it were a standalone device. But $800 for a computer peripheral — even a really nice computer peripheral — is absurd. I’m sure the price has to be that high right now because of the cost of the components, but that doesn’t make it any easier for the consumer to…

I think that’s part of it. It’s obviously a lot easier to remaster an existing game than it is to make a brand new one from scratch, and you’re pretty much guaranteed profitability from ease of development combined with consumer nostalgia.

I love the backward compatibility we’ve seen on Xbox One. I never played Red Dead Redemption back in the day, but now I’m easily able to on my Xbox One in the run-up to the release of the sequel. And I’m now able to play the game at a rock-solid 30 fps thanks to the more powerful hardware.

I want to see the reboot Lara Croft in the Switch Smash Bros. I think it would be great. She could do that grappling move from Rise of the Tomb Raider to get back over to a ledge. A bow and arrow could be her ranged weapon (which could be charged for a harder impact) and her pick axe could be her melee weapon.

I still have a long way to go in FFXV’s story. I’m enjoying the game so far, but one thing I really don’t like is the weird barriers to exploration. If you want to hike all the way up one of the small mountains in the game (or large hills — whichever they are), the game won’t let you. There are cliff faces surrounding…

He contradicted himself. A “grand design” implies a designer.

I agree that Human Revolution had a better story. I like Mankind Divided primarily for its exploration. I found a major side story early in my playthrough just by exploring.

I may never uninstall:

We’ll have to agree to disagree on Twilight Princess. It’s my number 2 pick behind Breath of the Wild. Yes, Twilight Princess does have a dull intro. But once you’re past that, it turns into a compelling dark fairy tale with the most interesting supporting character I’ve ever seen in a Zelda game. Breath of the Wild…

Anime was a niche interest in America back when I was buying Street Fighter II V videotapes at Suncoast in the ‘90s. It’s not niche anymore. Even many people who probably wouldn’t consider anime one of their interests have probably seen one or two Studio Ghibli films.

Arctic Zero is the bland kind of healthy. Avoid it.

I’m playing through Final Fantasy XV for the first time too (Xbox One version for me). I’m liking it so far, but it’s such a complex game that it’s going to take me a while to learn everything.

I’m thinking that we’ll get a Prime 4 teaser trailer at E3 2018, and a 2019 release window will probably be announced. And we may get an HD version of the trilogy on the Switch by the end of this year.

What I want is for the video game industry to regulate itself. The ESRB has the power to do that (by slapping an Adults Only rating on each game with loot boxes that can be purchased with real money and negatively impacting its salability as a result). If the industry refuses to regulate itself (which has…

QUOTE | What we learned is that a large majority of parents don’t know what a loot box is, and even those who claim they do don’t really understand what a loot box is. So it’s very important for us to not harp on loot boxes per se, but to make sure we’re capturing loot boxes but also other in-game transactions. -…