I had an uncle whose last name was Gay...when personal email first became a thing, Yahoo used to send him tons of daily spam offers for gay men (“go rafting on the Colorado river with 8 nubile young men!”). He thought it was hilarious.

Very cool!

Is it the same Djeeta from Cygames’ other game Priconne?

Ian - is there any difference in the quality of the online multiplayer between consoles and PC? And can players from console play with steam players?

Wow, Bioware released both in the same year? That’s crazy! No wonder Jade Empire felt overshadowed so much by later Bioware games.

I miss the free games on Origin! I played Jade Empire and Mass Effect thanks to those, just...10-15 years after their release :P

There is also an anime based on the mobile game which you can watch for free with ads on Crunchyroll or Funimation, I believe. Or you could look to see if anyone has posted the main story segments on Youtube.

It had a bigger screen, pad and buttons than the GB color, didn’t it? For an older user, that could be a big asset when you don’t need fancier graphics. Also it’s easier to replace AA batteries than AAA when your hands shake.

Those are some great memories :) My favorite WoW memories are all from playing with RL friends. My absolute favorite moment was running a dungeon in Burning Crusade where we had to escort Thrall through it, but my friend (a priest) had a horrible bug where if he walked more than 5ft he would fall through the world map…

I’m not surprised it’s going for such a high price. I’m not a big collector myself, but if there were 1 single console from video game history that I would want to have, this would probably be it. Just look at it! It’s so damn cool!

Same here! I don’t know if I necessarily wanted a grim retelling (I think it has an archly comedic undertone honestly), but I will take it!

I think that they looked at the low number of preorders and decided that it wouldn’t be at all profitable to do what they promised, so they just threw the devs under the bus instead of the truth.

That Battle Chest is up there in the best value-for-money decisions that I ever made as a teenager! :P My best friend still has that box in his home office.

I agree, both are fine games that I play regularly, but Dragalia Lost just puts so much more effort into their events and quality of life, it’s honestly a real shame that the game doesn’t do better. I suspect that 1 reason their profits aren’t higher is that they are so generous that players don’t really need to buy…

If the issue is specifically bringing new kids into the world, how about adoption as an option? That is, if both of them are willing to raise children, this way you could still start a family without adding to the human population.

the city reminds me a bit of Siena, in Tuscany.

First, hats off for a good article that is well-researched and sourced.

I can’t believe Gamergate was all the way back in August 2014. It feels to me like only 2-3 years have passed.

It looks like Poe dies early on, but it’s a fake-out.

No mention that DK 64 had a 4-person pvp shooter mode for players to pretend they are playing GoldenEye?