The story is told fine. It’s all there, just more subtle than its immediate predecessor. VIII did suffer from being miserable to play which itself gets in the way of storytelling. Still I find Ultimecia stands as the ultimate culmination of the themes presented and stands as antithesis of what the characters stood for.

Actually I hate both the Squall’s dead and Future-Rinoa is Ultimecia theories because they take away from all the clever groundwork that’s in the game. They’re theories that run counter-intuitive to the themes and story being told, and were theories born out of people not really caring about the story or really…

One of the best stories in the series with grounded characters that have good arcs. Some shenanigans are a waste like “everyone know’s eachother, but it ends up not really mattering”. But ultimately it tells a great story about becoming an adult, being a leader, fatherhood and even the perception of time. Really…

I just initiated this quest last night and still haven’t forgotten how eyeroll inducing levels of pretentious they are 11 years later. Not a hunt I really look forward to completing as I’m just starting to hunt down optional Espers instead.

Ugly hunks of plastic that vaguely resemble a fictional character but with giant, dead black eyes surely have to lose popularity at some point right?

“Anyone who wants to escape the oppressive heat is going to have a difficult time, however, because the Nevada State Department of Transportation announced late on Wednesday that it was closing down traffic in both directions on Nevada 447, the main route into the gathering.”

That’s a defining point in the film but it isn’t about Sarah being a woman or being weak because she is a woman. It’s about how her drive to stop the terrible future she knows is coming has become so all encompassing to her character that it’s forcing her to border on becoming the very thing she fears and hates - a…

Robert Patrick played the T-1000 not 2000 by the way.

Sometimes I think, “Could there possibly be less of a reason to go see the Han Solo prequel?” and the universe answers with a resounding affirmative.

Luke Cage - the only Marvel/Netflix show I could actually get through and not totally hate.

At this point the second a storyline involves Jean Grey or the Phoenix I pretty much stop reading, watching, playing - whatever medium. It’s done. All avenues explored and re-explored and it’s done.

Gave up after episode 3. The best they could manage was a decent scene between Luke and Danny that explains why Danny is such a moron. It was necessary. It was cathartic. The second was a sort of fun “hallway fight redux” which the Netflix shows will never avoid now thanks to DD season 1, but my god what a boring 3…

Yeah because if it were a Stephen King book it would suck.

The Nightmare on Elm Street game for the NES. The game itself didn’t scare me all that much as I recall, but Freddy was on the cover and I was like 5 when it came out. A man with full body burn scars and razor claw hands was a little much for me at the time.

Things I’m not here for - that wonky animation and that Eren Jaeger angry edgelord sounding protagonist

Iko Uwais was embarrassingly wasted in The Force Awakens. Just nonsense that they even cast someone of his prowess if there was even a chance he’d end up on the cutting room floor. Enjoyable as it may be New Hope Redux was a total mess of a film.

I’ve never been more pumped for a movie that doesn’t exist!

Wait what? When I saw the headline I figured :they’re finally going to fix that we see the trucks axle break when it crashes into the canal.

I just got the game last month for $5. GOTY Edition. All that DLC included. Played it for 5 - 10 hours. Great game before I picked up some other games that were higher priority on the backlog. Point is I lost nothing. I’m sure Shadow of War will be great when I pick up the GOTY copy in 3 years for $6, but there’s no…

You’re not sleeping with it, are you, Ray?