The ideal strategy is to take north and south America and the pieces of Asia that connect to north America and then pinch in from both sides leaving Australia till last to conquer in one big rush.

Everybody everybody thinks that South America or Australia is Nez back. But everybody knows that you're going to go for that, so if you can take Africa, then you are golden. Because by the time you take Africa, they'll still be fighting over Australia or South America.

Yeah, clearly this dude is a paragon of logic.

Are there any references to Ray Bradbury around it?  Because that sounds like something out of one of his books.

Real, big-M “Maraschino” cherries, i.e., Marasca cherries preserved in cherry brandy, aren’t far off.

If the extinct bananas tasted like banana flavoring, maybe I glad they went extinct.

I think Origin takes this award over Odyssey for best/ignored Ubi release. Odyssey got so much great press post release from many sites. Origin was almost on par with it and has maybe the best Assassin’s Creed protagonist to date but no one talks about it or Bayek.

“Not sure why gender matters in a video game”

I just want to say Valkyrie Rising is a badass name for a gaming group.  

It’s a sad irony that the people most critical of all-girl gaming groups are the ones most complicit in fostering an environment that necessitates their existence.

.... you thought XCOM 2 was disappointing?

Pay equality effectively exists today. Earnings equality however, that’s where the real gap lies.

Instead of drawing a Community Chest card that gives you $20, instead Sam Barsanti writes a scalding thinkpiece about your lack of wokeness.

The AVC version would have you draw from a stack of cards where you get scolded for some moral failing recognitions thinks you’ve demonstrated.

This sort of tepid social commentary seems right in The (current) AV Club’s wheelhouse!

they’re just sharing Randy’s Epic account and he has to change the password every time they send it to a new reviewer.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

For anyone in need of support:

I’m already seeing the comments, so let’s be clear about something here:

“Cancel Culture” did not kill Alec Holowka. We don’t yet have the full picture of how he died, but it sounds as if he died by suicide, and had been suffering from a host of psychological and personal difficulties prior to that final, tragic act.

No…

Ah, indeed.  A case of mistaken identity.  My apologies.