Prince’s biggest contribution to my life:

I really hope pseudo-MMOs like Destiny and The Division aren’t the future of gaming. Publishers are going to start fleecing us hard if that becomes the universally-accepted sales model.

I made up my mind months ago that I won’t be watching the new series. I read ASOIAF before I saw the TV adaptation, and loved the detail of the worldbuilding, and its uncompromising rejection of traditional storytelling techniques. I enjoyed GoT on TV, being impressed with its ability to maintain a high level of…

“Technically nothing has changed”...

How is the new one any more appropriate than the old one?

This is an April fool, right? Nobody ACTUALLY sits down to wipe their asses, do they? I’m kinda scared now

WHAT?!

NO! Put it away! DO NOT listen to this until you find it in the game for yourselves. Then you will forever remember the full weight of its meaning.

Humanity points +1 for the day.

Does Mario Maker not have any functionality for keeping your levels saved locally? It doesn’t make sense for your creation to be completely gone just because Nintendo decides it doesn’t want it online for whatever reason; that’s absurd.

Archery in Oblivion was awesome. Aiming high and sticking a missile in that deer from a hundred yards away encapsulated one of the best bits of the game.

I played loads of Oblivion but to me it’s still the weak link in The Elder Scrolls. It failed to capture the unique magic of Morrowind, favouring a very safe, colourful medieval Europe art style, and the easily-exploited leveling system meant that it was both advantageous to stay weak and immersion-breaking when you…

Windows 10 is working okay for me but I’ve yet to see how it’s an upgrade from Windows 7. It’s nice enough aesthetically, but having to tell it it can’t spy on me and put all my usage data on the internet was galling. The update process seems more janky too.

When I was about 11, I brought Rebellion’s manual to a cricket match. It was like a bloody novel. I didn’t really understand or enjoy cricket at the time and I figured I’d dig into one kind of esotericism over another that day.

I LOVED 1998's Rebellion, and I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. I’m impressed by how well the tabletop game has managed to nail down some of its central ideas.

Two months ago Kinja blogs couldn’t shut up about Ronda Rousey. Oh how quickly the tables turn.

I don’t think it should surprise anyone that Microsoft wants to establish a greater level of control here. It’ll take far too long to gain traction against the likes of Steam though.

Damn you to hell Nintendo, for making my perfectly good original 3DS just not good enough anymore.

What happens if someone grabs Mewtwo by that handle on its back?

Could someone please tell Square Enix?