Just ordered my first UK game the other day. The NA version came out over a month ago, but it was digital only. I’m more than willing to wait a little longer to have something I can hold in my hands, and it even came with an artbook. Good stuff.

I look at it this way: It’s basically inevitable that companies will delete my digital purchases if they think they can profit from it. This will happen without a doubt, unless we start passing some sweeping, consumer-friendly laws. Sure, I take a risk with physical media too, but based on my circumstances, I’m quite…

Everyone in the replies is going on and on about how convenient e-books are, but it’s like they missed the entire point of the article. Unless you have a physical item in your hands or on your shelf, companies can and will take them away from you. It might not be next week, next year or even ten years from now, but…

NGE was one of the first anime shows I ever watched, along with Sailor Moon, back when I was a middle schooler. I remember liking it, but I don’t doubt that a good portion of it went right over my head. It’s been two decades, and now that it’s readily available, I need to go back and watch it again just to see if I…

I’m with you there. That final spirit in particular raised the hairs on the back of my neck.

I really liked this game. People throw around the term “virtual tourism” every so often, but more than any other game, Root Letter made me feel like I was actually exploring Shimane, visiting the sites, eating the food, meeting the people. It was gorgeous! Makes me wonder why more games don’t let you just chill in a…

Though I always respected what speedrunners did, I was never interested in the scene until just a few months ago. All of a sudden, I started going through the AGDQ and SDGQ archives, watching every video that piqued my interest and now I’m looking forward to catching some of the next marathon live.

The next time you all mock somebody who’s upset that his sexy anime game got censored, remember that you’re here in this thread, openly lamenting the fact that you can’t brutally dismember people in games based on a property that’s designed with children as one of its primary target audiences.

You CAN mash one button and win (especially near the beginning), but that makes the fight drag on longer than it should. The intended way is to finish the fight as quickly as possible, and the game emphasizes this by rating you at the end, and giving you rewards accordingly.

I’ve only played a few Tales games, and despite being rather fond of JRPGs, the series never really hooked me. But the visual design here looks impressive enough that I’d be willing to give it another shot. At the very least, I’ll be following it for a while.

What’s your point? I have yet to meet somebody who’s genuinely excited to have even less ownership of their games than they already do. Though I’m sure they’re out there. Games are quickly following music and movies/TV as cheap, throwaway entertainment. 

Imagine those soldiers holing up underground, raising generation after generation on the usual “hoorah, go America!” values. And when you, as the main character, finally step out into the Chinese wasteland, the sheer amount of culture shock would make for a highly entertaining journey.

You know, that reminds me. I always wanted to see a Fallout game set in China. Or really, anywhere that’s not America. Just to see what things are like in the rest of the world. 

Does EVE teach players anything about business ethics? Because that’s what we need more of in the marketplace. 

P5 is an amazing game, and I’d like for Switch owners to get to experience it. That being said, I’d also like to experience all the SMT games that never left Nintendo’s handhelds. It sucks, but sometimes you have to pick and choose. No console is going to get everything. 

Nah.

There’s obscure stuff, particularly the more recent games that came about thanks to the rise of indie development, and most of that will stick around. Then you have the REALLY obscure stuff: older games that are only possible to play legally if you hunt down a physical copy. There are tons of these games that…

These concerns are very real and very important. You can already catch a glimpse of an all digital gaming future by looking at how we stream movies and television. Everything will be splintered off amongst a dozen different services, and while you’ll have easy access to a lot of stuff, some things, particularly the…

Thank you very much for the discussion. I’m sorry if I came across abrasive at all; I’m used to people using arguments like “just play it on PC” or “it’s not technically censorship” as ways to dismiss the discussion outright, but I don’t think that’s what you were going for after all.

The points you make come up frequently in discussions like this. Yes, we all know that Sony can set whatever rules they want. I’m not likening this to government censorship, after all. However, just because a company is well within their rights to do something, are consumers not allowed to take issue with their…