“It’s a mind virus, the idea that publishers should own the customer or have a monopoly on the customer relationship through some form of login and ecommerce, and that’s just a bad idea,”

Man, that image is bad. You can practically see where the artist made a pretty typical looking dog / fox thing with a crystal at the top of its head, and the boss was like “okay, but let’s stretch it’s head straight up in Photoshop so it’s way out of proportion without actually updating the rest of the design to make…

I am so over the whole concept of “games as service.”

ok, this will be subjective but here are a few of my favorites.

This one needs a little context.

I’m not gonna say she’s my favorite, but I’m gonna post her any way because I feel she’s been kind of forgotten, but Elika, from Prince of Persia 2008.

There is no Shepard without Vakarian

I was working at Gamestop when Mass Effect 3 came out. The assistant manager and I both told the manager we were taking bereavement time if Garrus died. She assumed we were joking. I can’t speak for the assistant manager, but I was at least half serious.

Let’s just get this out of the way

What’s the temperature like where you live? Little guy might have been cold.

Raccoons (Trash pandas) are insanely smart and not be fucked with. I can understand the first ‘oh shit’ because not being scared of humans can be a sign of being rabid and no one has time for rabies treatment. But honestly, just leaving it alone (And removing any nearby food sources) is the best way to convince it to…

I am so ready for this. And I’m glad for any game that adds an “explore mode” where you can focus more on the environment instead of the survival aspect. I know it’s not how it’s “intended” to be played, but sometimes I’ll just find that more fun.

And Air Gear instantly becomes the better manga for featuring the better president.

I open up a list of every Pokemon in the game and scroll around clicking names and then I read about a few at a time and pick the one that feels right. 

Extremely appealing

Is it too on the nose to say this is a real Trojan Horse of a show?  Yes?  Ok.  But I know more than one person who had to stop watching at some point because the emotional toll was too high.  We’re talking about a comedic cartoon about a talking horse who is sad.  It just so happens to be an emotional tour de force.

No? I love this shit. Bless this mess.

“Remember the Macarena? Remember everyone you know doing that dumb dance and all the weird events that popped up around that dance? “

DDD was good actually

This thing was the bane of Gen 4 players who wanted a complete Pokédex. It’s a rather annoying Monster to catch. First, you need the Odd Keystone item. Then, you need to place it in the Hallowed Tower. OK, fine. That’s cool.