Evan, outstanding stuff like always. I actually didn’t know that Dwayne McDuffie was behind Ben10; I mainly knew him from Damage Control and Milestone. Always a treat to find out information that enriches your understanding of great creators and artists.

Real talk: is there a fantasy/sci-fi/nerd-focused movie that Germain HASN’T loved? I’m honestly asking; lord knows I don’t have...an opinion of him as a writer, but his enthusiasm gets in the way of his critical apparatus sometimes

OH MY GOD, I had completely forgotten that Tenchi Muyo was a thing!!!

My stepdad of all people found a copy of Lensman in our local video store in Topanga Canyon, probably around 1993. When I was 10, it and Ranma were my only exposure to Japanese animation, and I was pretty fanatical about it. [ETA: Oh my god, and Tenchi Muyo!] So when I saw a movie called Akira at the same video store,…

Sigh. Wish it were possible to have something like this for PS4

I doubt it very much. There’s a LOT of snow and backtracking in the level I’m thinking about. No bodies just lying around

I doubt it very much. There’s a LOT of snow and backtracking in the level I’m thinking about. No bodies just lying…

Who’s this strapping young man at the top of the page? Why, he’s the very picture of virility and masculinity! He has the rich, lustrous locks of a young Warren Beatty. Surely such an active red-blooded person can be trusted!

Did you just not read the entries? Someone explicitly says just that

It was actually 2 that killed it for me. There’s some mission just after you get the Firehawk or whatever her name is, on the winter planet, and I just could NOT figure my way out of the loop I was in to move to the next objective. Uninstalled it immediately.

It was actually 2 that killed it for me. There’s some mission just after you get the Firehawk or whatever her name…

Agreed. I’m not even the biggest Borderlands fan, but this is a phenomenal deal

Agreed. I’m not even the biggest Borderlands fan, but this is a phenomenal deal

You are correct!

I was using it as an example to encapsulate everything. I’m not slagging on Chaos Theory at all; that game was a marvel.

I think I have to say VII, but nostalgia factors greatly into it. Midgard is one of my favorite locations in any video game ever

Definitely getting some Rayman Legends in with my SO, and some You Don’t Know Jack when friends come over for Friendsgiving on Saturday. PLUS! I think I’m going to either A. start Last of Us, or B. finish MGS V. Since I’ve DRASTICALLY cut back my football viewing, I’ve got a lot more time to play videogames and…

FF XII is the second best FF ever. People who talk shit about it should play it now, since DA:I basically stole its combat system from FFXII

Isn’t this closer to asking “handles highlights” vs “passing highlights”?

It’s WAY creepier than that. Large-scale evangelical support comes from the idea that when Jews fully retake Jerusalem, it’ll set off Armageddon and all the good Christians will be raptured up to Heaven.

Lyle disagrees:

Infamous Second Son was one of the most disappointing renditions of Seattle I could possibly imagine. They nailed a few specific landmarks, but didn’t get the topography, the shape of neighborhoods, or ANY of the major geographic sites down (WHERE WAS THE LAKE???)

Skip the cinematics (or make a sandwich while they’re happening), and just do the missions.