Does anybody else find the Avengers game just, like, profoundly unattractive? They all look lumpy and bland; the men all look like they’re coming out of retirement after letting themselves go for five years. They’re the bland suburban parent version of themselves. Or, like, cut-rate knockoffs from an Asylum movie…
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Me: People get jealous because he’s so attractive and famous and successful, but also paints minis and plays warhammer and is a huge PC gaming dork.
Finding a Nacon Revolution controller last winter was what got me to buy a PS4. Had an XBox-style controller not existed for PS, I flat out would not have bought one. I hate the dualshock stick positioning that much. It is an incredibly uncomfortable controller for me, and always leads to cramping and hand pain. I’m…
Finding a Nacon Revolution controller last winter was what got me to buy a PS4. Had an XBox-style controller not…
You don’t know what order information came in. They may have sent the email before they were able to find other confirming sources and, once he rejected them, they went elsewhere and got the info they needed there. You also don’t know what the email even entailed - if maybe it’s the respondent who’s being…
It’s not harassment, it’s an email. They’re doing their jobs, dude.
You can be thrilled all day, but that doesn’t warrant the pushback the negative reviews have gotten. The game is intentionally making the player suffer for doing the things the game wants you to do, and that dissonance can be exasperating. To turn on the game for it, to decide it’s not a worthwhile experience, is…
Video games are different from other media in that you aren’t just passively experiencing something, you are an active participant in the events. Watching movies or TV, or even reading books about difficult, unhappy subject matter is one thing - playing a 35 hour game of unhappiness, misery, and cruelty is, in a way,…
To Kimmel, his straightness, and his history of speaking as a gleeful misogynist, actually makes him more of an authority on something like gay rights because he’s speaking from a place of straight “objectivity” instead of the real, lived experience of a gay person.
Which has nothing to do with my point, which was that it’s possible a minority of players inflate the sales data on certain types of titles. I’m not saying that’s a fact, I’m saying it’s a possibility and I’d be interested to see people with access to the data really dig into it.
I would be curious to see genuine statistical breakdowns, but I know that numbers and dollar figures can be deceptive. With many retail products, it’s fewer than 20% of users accounting for more than 80% of purchases. It wouldn’t be that hard for a small percentage of ultra-competitive gamers to skew the numbers so…
Yeah, maybe, but you can also have unrealistic expectations about how much someone else is supposed to just slip into your life without you having to change anything. It’s hard, hard work sharing your life (and your home) with someone else. It’s hard having to make your life about someone other than just yourself. The…
My wife and I started dating at 19, married at 22, and are still strong and happy almost 20 years later. No kids, but we did start a business together and spend basically every moment of our lives together and couldn’t be happier.
They could have set it so that your skill unlocks unrolled as they were opened during the game. So, as the first round of skill upgrades were available, you’d have them. When the second round opened, you’d automatically unlock any you’d previously bought and so on. That way, you don’t have to re-grind for upgrades a…
You get a star for “Breleigh.” Nearly spit out my drink, man.
That’s some stirring oratory you’ve got, there. No wonder you were captain of your middle school’s debate team.
That’s some stirring oratory you’ve got, there. No wonder you were captain of your middle school’s debate team.
Look, FFVI is the best of the series by such a wide margin it renders this whole question moot. It has the best and most dynamic cast, the best story, the most sweeping narrative, the best villains, and (perhaps arguably) the best soundtrack. Everyone who played it in its prime has had that experience stay with them…
Look, FFVI is the best of the series by such a wide margin it renders this whole question moot. It has the best and…
Honestly, every time I See her I think it’s Yuffie in a soldier-girl costume. Maybe that’s the shocking twist? Jessie is actually a spy from a ninja village?