There was something vaguely heartbreaking about Red Tails. It's a story that should make for a rip-roaring high-budget blockbuster, there's enough historical subtext to fill a whole shelf of novels, it's a great time for a story like this, I have to think his heart was in the right place, etc.—and what we got was HOW…

Implied rapes?

Yeah, that name is basically ruined for me forever.

I was going to snark with "next, they'll be interviewing dead dictators" but then I realized that that was an objectively better idea than this. What were they thinking?

That seems like the "real" ending to this game no matter how you cut it: a decent start, a spot of hope, and then crushing, awful failure. It's a great game but sheesh.

Yeah, it's a bummer. I go AMS and full armor on everything I have over about 60 tons. My Dire Wolf is like a wandering bullseye for everyone in sight.

Me too. My next two mechs are going to be a Raven and a Banshee, I think. Some C-bills wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit. How's your Timberwolf doing for you?

Naturally-rolled four ones on Charisma…that's one of those characters that you just let him fly his freak flag high. Not much else for it.

Yeah. It does a great job of stressing "precarious" all the way around. I made knives early and started carrying them, and the first time I got caught on a thieving run, I got stabby. It worked, my man survived—but his "assailant" was totally unarmed, and might not have even fought for all I know. I've killed…

I need to get back into JC3. I loved it thiiiiis much when I first got it, but it did this thing where 50-50 chance it would either launch or BSOD my computer for some reason or another. But I really enjoyed it when it loaded for me.

"Yes sir, he's an amazing acrobat. Dead sexy, too; the ladies love him. Hands like magic; he could steal the crown off the king's head. Just don't sneeze around him and you'll be fine. No, no, no hot sauce. Heck, nothing hot sauce would go on, okay? Wait—is that paper?!? Good lord man, are you insane? No…

This War of Mine - Ahh this game has me second-guessing everything I do! Also, playing this like a typical FPS turns out depressing. Getting on its wavelength is both a terrible idea and fairly crucial to success, as it turns out.

You know the family personally? Good heavens. I hate to think what they've gone through. A dear friend of mine's mother murdered his sister by locking her in her room and then burning the family house down. It happened in a small, community-conscious town twelve years ago, and he's still feeling the resulting…

This is amazing. Part of me wonders if the IOW folks understood the show at any level at all. I mean, if I were the showrunners, I'd love to have the actual IOW live-tweeting the Super Bowl for sexist commercials and whatnot—but the tone I'd read those tweets in would almost certainly be different than the spirit…

Thanks for the update! May you have massive productivity, as well as peace and strength as you reconnect with your creative core.

I have no idea, and I also hope he didn't get cut. I was kinda-sorta hoping either Will or someone from AVC would say something, but no luck (unless I just missed it.)

"I don't actually care about death! All comes to ruin eventually, anyway!"

It's such a fiasco that it's hard not to be embarrassed for absolutely everyone, but it has a few moments that actually work for me. The part where the brother yells at Taylor Kitsch (…RIP) about learning humility, I thought, "Huh. That is actually precisely this character's weak spot, clearly conveyed and…

He's a loose cannon, that MaahkyMaahk, but by God he gets the job done. *manly tear*

It's funny you say that, because I can't stand Franco but I've come around on LaBeouf.