Tales from the Borderlands is competing with Ori and the Blind Forest for my favourite game of 2015. Which is mind boggling in a year that contains Fallout 4, The Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity.

Jedi Knight 3 had a pretty cool Hoth level.

I think you’re misunderstanding the reason ID2 is rustling jimmies. Almost every moment of Independence Day is worthy of a meme or in-joke. By itself it was perfect. The only reason that fans see to pipe a sequel twenty years down the line is for a cash grab, without regard to the legacy of the original.

I stole all the random crap from some lady’s bedside table, and MacCready said, “Nice work!”

Patricia, what exactly were you expecting from a $15 tetris game? A darker sequel with romance options, branching choices and a cliffhanger at the end?

Yeah, don’t count on seeing this one.

What exactly is meant by “items” in this context? The trading cards I get when I play an accredited game on Steam?

It’s unreleasable now. It would never, ever live up to the merciless hype.

What dyou reckon? Would it be easier to make a Fallout 1 gameplay mod from Fallout 4, or an overhaul mod from, say, Pillars of Eternity?

Agreed. I doubt it was a conscious effort to shut people up, just a happenstance indication of how Naughty Dog handles casting.

Having done the reverse is just evidence of what a non-issue this is.

At this point I think people are fishing for something to get upset about.. I’m sure Bailey’s performance will speak for itself.

Are you sick of Fallout 4 yet, Patricia? You’ve written dozens of articles on it in the last month in a vain attempt to slake our lust.

All I know is I was building a really nice settlement and they flew a vertibird into it.

I’m glad you wrote this, Patricia. It’s good to know your personal feelings about the game and its context, as opposed to the objective assessment you’re obliged to give in a formal review.

Best not think about the specifics of Star Wars designs too much. A TIE fighter is a monumentally stupid configuration for a fighter, since pilots can see almost nothing beyond a roughly 70 degree cone in front of them. They’re also structurally weak at the wing panels, provide massive targetable surfaces in the blind…

My mother was there yesterday and didn’t say a damn thing. I really wish Heathrow were as efficient as Changi.

Microsoft’s buying out of this game still rankles, not least because the 2013 game was my favourite of that year. Sorry Microsoft, but I’d much rather wait a year than spend a load of money on your console.

“You have too many roads.”

I’m really glad for you that SimCity 2000 helped bring your family closer together, and provided order in a period of chaos. I moved around a lot as a kid with my parents’ jobs, and games like SimCity were a similarly friendly constant for me.