PAD is the worst kind of crack ever. It is crack that keeps changing itself and saying "HEY LOOK, NEW STUFF!" while still charging the same amount.

And then it hints "oh yeah, you can play for free! We totally give you free stuff every once in a while."

And then the Twinlit Dungeon comes out. Or Trifruit. And you're…

Then we are in full agreement. I bought it and played it for 30 minutes before uninstalling it and crying into a brandy glass full of OJ in regret.

I heart this post. FF13 made me angry. My wife watched me play the entire fucking thing. She was equally pissed. It wasn't a FF game. It was a "pretty" hallway walking simulator interspersed with a combat engine where the goal was to select the correct combat configuration and hammer the X button until you won.

The…

Are we specifically referring to Two Worlds TWO? Because the first one wasn't awful - it had some neat game mechanics that I enjoyed exploiting.

It was, in fact, the main reason why I spent a full FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS on the sequel - which was several flavors of horse shit spiked with some dog shit and topped with a…

My counter proposal

"Everyone has 140 characters to be a comedian" as one of my friends put it.

Ermm... yes and no. Yes in that our community is wholly toxic on average - just ask Anita Sarkeesian. She deserved a well-though out counterpoint to her videos. She got the worst parts of the internet. It is similar with Orth - he deserved some of the responses, he did not deserve all of them.

The difference, of…

As opposed to hilarious road-rage grudge or hilarious politics-rage grudge?

I don't think you need to know someone to become angry with them. Anger is an emotion. Emotions rarely follow logic. I'm not saying all anger is undeserved, but full knowledge of the person shouldn't be a key point in 'why am I angry with this person?'

So, at first I was rather unhappy to see Orth's name in the venue of video games again - his original statements were pretty asinine. However, it has been a while, and I do personally realize I am prone to holding a grudge way, WAY past its expiration date. Personal failings and all that. So I want to avoid getting…

Go on youtube/amazon/wherever and watch Good Eats. Alton Brown is my hero. One of my biggest holdups when learning to cook was the why question.

"Why am I adding eggs? Why do I need 3 and not 1? Why is bread flour important? Why all-purpose? Why flour at all? Why baking soda AND baking powder?"

Most recipes are…

A review for football NOT by Owen Good?

I'm sorry Tim, but I don't trust ANY sports review not given by NC State alumni.

I wish there was an easier way to announce something to all the people who replied to me. It would make discussions easier.

Anyhoo, I'm really happy that lots of people still like Robotech! Sweet. And someone EVEN MENTIONED the Palladium RPG. Awesome!

Also I'm guessing you haven't tried to play it. I love me some…

Robotech was seriously one of the best things I ever watched as a kid. Yes, I comprehend that it is the amalgamation of three different anime dubbed into a single unit. Yes, the voice acting it hokey. Yes it has flaws. No, I do *NOT* want to watch Macross instead. I want the show I loved as a kid.

I demand the mod implement some sort of option where any unit that enters into Australian territory takes automatic damage from the sheer number of deadly and poisonous animals and insects.

Yep, that's right.

"Cryboys" is the official jab.

Also... a liberal... in Texas... I'm guessing you're from Austin?

(As your political opposite I'm required to tell you to go back to your abortioning and pot smokining and communistic tendencies you dirty demoncrat. Failure to do so could result in my membership being…

I've heard multiple variations. The most common one is 'ran out of funding' - which can mean anything unfortunately. It is more likely that the game ran too far over schedule and Square dried up the funding for it, thus making the actual scenario somewhere in the middle.

Regardless, it is still a good lesson in…

Well, I think the journey is part of the game. And when your game goes from "fantastic combat gameplay with 'meh' mecha combat and lots of plot twists" to "5 hours of unskippable exposition" there is something wrong.

And even the destination was a little wonky.

Xenogears should be a staple of ANY video game design class for two specific functional areas:

1) How to budget (or more accurately, how to NOT BLOW YOUR BUDGET ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME)

2) How *NOT* to ruin the awesomeness of your game with a rotten second disc.

All the love I had for that game went out the…

A moment of silence for the greatest comedy on TV ever, silenced before its time...