If you’re pissing people off with your journalism, then you’re doing your job. Ruffling feathers, even if you’re entertainment reporters, is par for the course. Don’t stop doing it just because a couple publishers are a wee bit on the childish side of things.

Oh man... I’m not too fond of this new colorful fantastical art style.

I’ve given up all hope, that Valkyria Chronicle - as excellent as it and the sequel are - was just the proof of concept for a game engine, which would ultimately become Shining Force IV.

I got blocked by Richman. I tweeted at him “it looks like food is winning.”

But he can step off making fun of Ina Garten. That woman is a damned good cook, and her recipes always work. You know if you’re using something she wrote, it has been tested to within an inch of its life and the results are reproducible. Sure, she’s privileged, but she owns it and she is good at what she does.

Adam Richman is an asshole and I liked him much better when he was fat. Anthony Bourdain should feel free to make fun of him. Guy Fieri is an easy target- Bourdain needs to raise his insult game.

Pffft, Marge Simpson said that about Ms. Pac-Man almost 25 years ago!

I agree with appreciating games for what they are, because they contain unique aspects that can’t be found in other media. And because telling a story is optional, unlike film or literature, which does not make story-less or story-lite games not art or lesser in any way.

What I have learned from 16-26 year old girls:

It’s about ethics in ghost eating.

“Ms. Pacman was made by a team of men in a time when feminism didn’t have much presense.” Were you even alive in the 70s and 80s? Because this sentence couldn’t be more wrong.

Very good podcast linked here. As far as video games being closer to toasters than movies or literature. There is something to this. What he is saying is that we really want to take games seriously, or have games being taken seriously, and we do that by making reference to the way we take cinema or literature…

ITS [current year]! I mean COME ON!

“Ms. Pacman is a feminist game”

Definitely should’ve tried jumping there.

Man, torture porn has changed over the years.

See, this is exactly why I love you Torch. no homo.

I loathe when video games require me to play cards in order to advance. I distinctly remember loving 1998’s James Bond 007 on Game Boy, but was thwarted when I was made to play poker or some shit in order to advance. I had to win x amount of dollars and I never could. I hate poker. I fucking hate poker. I remember…

Well I’m glad Deadspin and Kinja commentariat didn’t rush to judgement on this case.