MMO elitists loathe the ‘common man’ who only has a few hours at best to play, compared to the massive chunk of time devoted fans set aside to grind away. However, without the common man, no MMO can hope to maintain itself very long.

You know, I’ve seen many hardcore mmo players complain about casuals getting catered to more, but as the fanbase continues to age I don’t think there’s any avoiding it. My understanding is that the bulk of gamers are adults now, and most adults are in the same situation as Keza and Patrick.

I think I hit this point at 26. Looking back, I’m not even sure it was really the amount of free time as much as a shifting of priorities...

I also have a serious case of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) anxiety while playing this game. I worry I’ll miss cool side quests and side-story if I leave a certain area of the game or miss talking to a specific character. The poor vague quest direction only makes this much worse. There are also 6 characters you can quest…

Really good review. I feel the same way, and I’m only about 10 hours in. I thought it was really good, but I am frustrated keeping track of various side quests, and where to go to complete them. Some quests I swear I’ve finished but it still doesn’t say complete. A game like Witcher or Fallout told me on the map where…

I got two things from this review. One, this game seems pretty amazing sauce. Two, I also get that it isn’t for me. I adore, love AND cherish RPGs of all flavors and I’ve been playing them since days of yore. However, I find that due to time constraints I have to pause games for days or even a week or two when things…

Tom Petty called and wants his music video back.

Yep. Never underestimate the fanboi tendency to totally misunderstand their “most favorite thing evar”. My favorite example: anti-PC “freeze peach” crusaders who fail to notice that Blazing Saddles is obviously and emphatically against bigotry of all kinds.

“But instead of continuing a process of really examining everything more deeply, most especially themselves and how they can live an honest life in society”

You got it. I certainly had that phase. First it was religion is whack, then elections in the US and the government, then the food industry. I read A People’s History by Howard Zinn dammit I knew it all!

Definitely. That seems like the newest, mostly Internet-driven iteration of the phenomenon. I thought about mentioning “the new atheism”, but it doesn’t seem to be driven so exclusively by one particular book, movie, or TV show, and my comment was pretty long already.

See also: South Park, The Matrix, Fight Club, and more examples too numerous to mention.

I think there is a certain personality type of fairly intelligent and perceptive person who goes through a phase in their life lasting maybe a decade, from about age 15 to age 25 or so, in which they realize that many people and many institutions of society are hypocritical and corrupt. But instead of continuing a…

Way to prove his point!

It reminds me of the time I tell white people in comments here that whatever article was not an attack; it’s a call to do better. But if you believe someone telling you to do better is an attack, then I don’t know what to do with you.

It’s all shits and giggles for Alt-Righters until mom gets the legal bills.

What is defensible about what he said? Truly.

You are correct.

That ending was so creepy. The series was jarring for me because what I liked about the original show was the contrast between this small town drama that was so innocent and quirky and this dark and ominous evil lurking in the shadows. This new series was honestly way more terrifying than the old series but I loved it…

Thank god. No bigger authority than Rob Bricken himself, who also moonlights as a post-apocalyptic mailman in the future so he’d know for sure if the site survives.