Considering all the super scammy looking banner ads on InfoWars (many directly endorsed by Jones himself) I'm going to go with "in it for the bucks".

Thankfully, in real life we don't have to pull out the rocket launchers any time things threaten to get (more) dull.

This conversation is brutalizing my productivity today, so I'm just going to have to say I strongly disagree. X doesn't get talked about enough and doing so doesn't take away from discussions of Y and Z. (On an overall level; you can totally make the case for the Killscreen review being wrong for giving Z and Y maybe…

Ironically, I think you are reading that sentiment into those reviews. I just re-skimmed the KS and BMD reviews and neither makes any mention of other critics.

I try to get out, but they just pull me back in.

I'll just leave you to duke it out with your strawman then.

It totally makes sense to drop the political reading down a few notches of importance (or ignore it entirely) when we're talking about something like Destiny or Superhot, but The Division is taking place in a real world setting with a lot of imagery that comes politically pre-charged. My whole point is that the…

No need to take it personally. I've also heard that it is great, polished fun in the abstract.

From what I've heard, the game bends over backwards to be apolitical, which just creates a thematic vacuum ultimately filled by the proto-fascism of shooting hoodie clad "looters" simply because the game system has put red numbers above their heads.

I think the main reason the many attempts at Punisher movies have all fallen flat, especially compared to this new version, is that he's simply not interesting enough as a solo character. He's Marvel's version Paul Kersey, which is a really cool dynamic to contrast with Daredevil's more measured vigilantism, but when…

There was also a strong sense that they were finally trying to tie their sprawling mythos together in 5 and failed miserably. All the stuff about finding the Progenitor virus is supposed to be a huge revelation for the franchise, but it comes off as yet-another-virus to build a RE story around.

I have a real soft spot for 8 & 16-bit era licensed games from the dreaded rainbow publisher LJN. Sure they were outrageous rip-offs back when they were full price, but now that you can pick most of them up for five bucks they make for a great evening of stupid entertainment. Some of them even have moments of…

What is even the story arc of the franchise at this point? I only ever played the first one where you had to stop the bad guys from getting the macguffin. Have they just been endlessly spinning their wheels since I left off?

Not on Steam unfortunately, but I've been super into a lo-fi horror game called Anatomy you can get on itch.io. The graphics shouldn't task older machines, but it's a little more esoteric than its contemporaries. (It's also like an hour long.) Still some fun mind screws going on; make sure you fire the game up again…

I was really thinking about picking this one up until I saw people on Twitter mocking its anachronistic writing. Saw a couple screen caps and yeah, it's pretty bad with the modern vernacular and style. Perhaps I'll wait for a sale.

The Internet is playing both sides again! That two-faced bastard.

More like… Gross… Point Blank.

Maybe we're supposed to read it sarcastically? Perhaps with a Christian Bale "Oh good for you!" after.

We officially live in a society where the Purge franchise has become super relevant satire. Good for The Purge 5's chances, bad for ours.

Find a way to make the fact that he's square and a little lame work, or go home.