Gamers have this bizarre kind of stockholm syndrome where we often confuse fun with the idea of fun, putting up with pointless grinding and unpaid hours "working" for our games because the idea of the fun we're working for is so much more appealing than the journey there.

As far as the most important zombie movies go, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead (the original) are quintessential, and from there on out I would say that 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead are the next best zombie movies (don't watch 28 weeks later, its terrible). There really aren't that many "good"…

Do you actually have to get every version of artorias' weapons on the same character? That seems mighty horrifying.

sorry to not respond to you in a timely manner, I've been without power since the storm saturday.

Are you talking about McCarthy or the main character of the Road? I was referring to the latter, and I also wasn't referring to his skill with prose. Literacy =/= ability to write, fyi.

Japanese games cater to the japanese market- what you meant to say is that they no longer appeal to you or the western market, and thats pretty much a no brainer.

Question: did you mean to say Battlefield 3 and Dark souls are two recent exceptions? Considering they are both better on the PS3, I think thats what you meant.

I wouldn't call him borderline illiterate, especially given that he could identify the different parts of his assailants brain he was about to blow apart.

I just got back from the hospital, where I wound up after blacking out while playing your drinking game.

Hello Irradiated Butthole,

(unintentional double post, it seems even Gawker's commenting system shares the sentiment)

You're an embarrassment.

This is the game that taught me how to love RPGs. So glad you're enjoying it!

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edit: I meant to hit cancel and accidentally hit submit on a half-finished response.

Even if I hated the GTA series (luckily I don't), I always walk away from each game with a huge collection of music I have never heard before, typically so good it immediately finds its way onto my ipod.

Super Strut was THE best song on the Vice City soundtrack.

I know! And its not like he lifts a finger to help, he just shouts at you like a jerk.

"Man CJ, you a busta"

I can't wait to get yelled at for not following the train, again.