Thank you for this post.

I approve of anything with Nathan Barnatt:

I watched them all.

All of them.

All.

I feel like we hear a lot about teaching kids to be safe on the internet, but not really teach them how to behave on the internet. PSA: You don't say sexually charged things (even if you think you're doing so jokingly) to folks you just don't know, man. Just don't. It makes you the virtual-equivalent of that…

Don't be a celebrity if you cant handle the weird shit.

You (stereotypically) find those more in non-Western games. A lame complaint that lots of Western gamers lob at the JRPG genre is that all the dudes are androgynous and thin.

Yes, I know I hate to be the guy who is all negative nancy about it but jeeeezeeeee

Yeah, I can add a little something else to it - Screw League of Legends, screw DOTA 2, THIS is how a MOBA should be done.

They revealed two more characters today and oh my god every time they show this game off I die a little at not being in the alpha already aaaaaaaaargh I wanna play. :(

Miyazaki called. He wants his tree spirits back.

Shadow of the Colossus has all 5.

Have you played Grow Home by Ubisoft?

I always liked how, in Shadow of the Colossus, you could feel Wander's grip as he climbed (which, thinking about it, was a more important mechanic than walking in that game).

Lol, actually, I think SotC passes almost all of the checks here.

1. Momentum to Reward: Hold on tight as the colossi waggle and shake, then, when…

Shadow of the Colossus? It hits pretty much all the targets.

Here's Shadow of the Colossus' idea of a climbing problem. ;) If you've never played it, do yourself a favour and do it.

Grow Home has a wonderful climbing system.

Nope. The secret to being a billionaire is having a billion dollars.