Do a lot of modern games actually use Greek myths though? I'm looking at my Backloggery record from the last year or two, and the Greeks aren't well represented at all in games I've played that involve gods and religion.

So do you get disowned or something, or does the election questline get changed pretty dramatically? I like the idea of the heightened personal stakes, which I haven't really gotten from the Mage origin.

Charles Barkley's Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden probably fits the bill?

I'm having a tough time calling DAO's combat strategic. "Tactics" are sort of in that vein, but a lot of it is still just "use your abilities whenever they come off cooldown," and they seem to change much more based off of what new moves you learned rather than what you're fighting against. The fact that I have no…

Merve disapproves (-100)

I'm always surprised by how widespread a problem motion sickness is. When large numbers of people get sick at the Hobbit being in 48 FPS, or that Oscars voter the other day mentions getting a headache from Birdman appearing to be a single take, it's clear that this is always going to be a niche product. That the…

Dragon Age: Origins is nearing the home stretch, with just Orzammar standing between me and a landsmeet. For my part, this still feels like a real C+ game. It’s not bad enough to quit entirely (he said before jumping into the Deep Roads), but frustratingly unimpressive. Do you like rambling complaints? Let’s read some…

No idea; never worked with it myself.

Game Maker is evidently pretty good these days. Hotline Miami, Spelunky, and Gunpoint were all big success stories in Game Maker development, and Tom Francis (of Gunpoint) specifically went in with $30 and basically no coding experience. I doubt it's easy, but it definitely sounds less hard than it used to be.

That's an interesting take on Inquisition's default state. If anything, Mass Effect 3's default state seems like the absolute worst possible - a bunch of the best characters dead or never recruited, quests ignored or ended in the least-consequential way possible, and so on. I'm not nearly as well versed in Thedas, but…

I know that I personally would have skipped over Dragon Age entirely if not for it being a frequent topic of discussion here. We're in serious ouroboros territory!

So out of curiosity, did you end up using Dragon Age Keep at all leading up to Inquisition, or did you rely on the default game state? And did playing Origins encourage you to fiddle with the Keep any more than you already have?

I'm a big fan of Monaco as co-op goes, and the fact that you can do it single-screened is an extra bonus. If you do have two computers, I also really like Payday 2. You need to be okay killing thousands of police officers, and the learning curve is pretty steep, but if you can get past that there's a lot to love.

I'm always surprised by the lack of "Why would I raise Kimahri?" responses. He gets precious little characterization until you make it to his homeland late in the game, and the ability to send him down anyone's path makes him inherently redundant. I don't think I even considered giving him screen time.

I'm not even sure why! That might be the most frustrating part!

I'm pretty sure I remember Comics Alliance pointing out around its release that Superman has renounced his citizenship in one way or another 3 or 4 times over his history. I might be confusing that with Captain America though. They've both done it in some fashion or another.

For what it's worth, I'm running into sort of the opposite issue with approval ratings. Being late to the party, I'm playing DA:O: Ultimate Edition, which means tons of minor DLC is tucked in. Among them is one in which the merchant in camp sells a specialized gift for each of your party members on the cheap. Not…

High five!

Whoa, actually up late enough to see the article go up. This week(end), Dragon Age Origins continues!

*ahem* …the Hogwarts train which Sabin suplexes the hell out of.