Hehehe. She eats the machismo stuff up. I had no idea she was even a gamer until recently when we reconnected online (we live on opposite sides of the Earth, completely separate lives to the extent we didn’t even know each others’ kids names for years). Turns out she likes playing as male characters and the extremity…

Broforce is fantastic. They really nail the flow and the challenge is just right for coop between players with disparate skills. I picked it up a few months ago to play with my sister and it’s not only the best, most developed, most functional Early Access game I’ve ever bought, it’s one of my favorite PC games…

Ah, the oft-practiced line of all children: But hand-eye coordination, Mom. But improved cogniwhatever! Mom!

He does seem unwarrantably chipper. Like, “Byyyyye, muthafucks! ♪”

What a killer movie that would make!

I couldn’t stand the first episode. All I remember now is Vaughn’s puffy face here and there, wondering when McAdams would show up (then she did and dumped a sanctimonious “responsible sister” speech before I had a chance to buy her as a grisly trauma survivor or whatever). Farrell’s shitty dad arc is kind of okay for…

I think Jovovich and Besson as a thing would have happened a long time ago if not for their brief marriage and divorce poisoning the well.

Ahhhhh, dang, looks like you have to be part of SMBC’s bank network for this?

Whulp, I know what I’m doing after work! Yahoo! Thanks, Portal Stories team!

It was also evidently shipped by a friend, so even if the cost were as much or more than the price of a game, it’s possible they split the cost or the friend covered it! Meanwhile on his update, he says: “Someone on imgur even offered to gift me a copy of the game if I didn’t get one.”

That’s where I’d get really impressed. Thumbs up for what he did here, but the real superhuman shit, what I hope and kind of expect someone to eventually achieve, is mastery of the game and all its variables. Playing on a turned-off monitor with no speakers, casually, talking with chat and setting down the controller…

Most definitely. You nail everything important about parenting. That interaction and communication results in healthy kids with smart attitudes about not just what’s entertaining but WHY, which in turn fosters critical thinking and empathy and yeah. And of course when a child misbehaves you adjust, capitalize on a…

I’m not understanding the joke here. Is it that FONV’s Batman is stiltedly, laughably bad?

Hah, no, I explained poorly. “Top of the line” is my joke. It’s a complete shitbox with outdated everything, it was outdated in 2009 when the tech department built it for me. That said, I pulled up the specs (computer chugging along because opening explorer means reallocating memory from the browser window, augh!…

Thank you for posting this. I caught flak for playing GoW with my 8-year-old SON. You are an awesome dad with awesome girls. Bonding is bonding. Kiddie stuff is fine, of course, if everyone is also bonding over that. The point is shared interests, not one half of the family doing something the other half can’t…

Yowza! That beast is a whopping 500 MHz and 2GB RAM faster than my work computer. They keep upgrading my operating system and giving me new copies of Photoshop that get more bloated. Since switching to Chrome, also their idea, my computer is a slug. I can’t do anything. I flat-out crash if I open a 1080p video file.…

Oh man, I bought a guide that cost more than the game itself to get the gold chocobo.

Me too. It’s distinctive. Every time I play DXHR again I get a familiar warm fuzzy feeling doing the hacks. Same goes for Bioshock’s hacking (actually less distinctive, but somehow charming with the sound effects and things). I also play with a controller, always, and it’s extremely intuitive and comfortable.

Agreed, I’m constantly impressed by the design in HR. Everything looks right. Logos and things are fantastic. It’s just “enough” in the future, that whole 80% familiar 20% new ratio that’s getting play again over on io9 re: Back to the Future’s greatness. Mankind Divided may fall victim to overdesign or “gamey” design…

I’m not usually one to go into full-on “get hype” mode, but holy god