> There’s never a sense that he’s fighting back against the darkness, and as King puts it, “Where is the tragedy if the guy shows up for his job interview and he’s already bonkers?”

Scottish :) Thanks for the info, I had no idea you could get a modded multi-region player. There are so many Criterion releases that I've been salivating over. Thanks again!

It breaks my heart that Criterion don't release their BDs in Europe. Buying a US-region bluray player is not a luxury I could afford.

I think any such request would now be unfairly lumped with prior GG controversies and vilified by a media of which it is critical.

I do differ in opinion: I think games can be taken seriously enough to deserve a media akin to film journalism, which of course has shilling of its own but I wouldn't argue is dispensable. I think it's fair that people have a desire for it. I do ignore the major gaming sites, but I sure would like not to if an…

Sorry, but that's just the perception I formed from years of activity in atheist groups (I say this as an affirmed atheist) - mostly through social media, whch I admit is never as nuanced as a dedicated internet community. I admire many in the community but a lot of rabble has put me off from partaking or even…

My hope was that she had played the game herself, which she did not seem to do and was a poor choice to make if she was intending to dissect it. So my problem is really with her methodology rather than the message regarding that particular game; I haven't seen all of her videos but I think she has points to make…

Don't worry about throwing hate; I really welcome dialogue and simply working things out in this way shouldn't be construed as hateful. I think that is what hinders a lot of conversations from even taking place.

I don't know, I feel like I might inhabit this middle-ground, but I've been so bewildered by the issue that I haven't typed a word about it until these very posts. I really didn't want to be called either a 'misogynist' or a 'SJW' because someone took an inch of my statement and stretched it into a mile - for example,…

Yeah, I have had experience with someone like that (I am firmly non-partisan on this GG issue, by the by). He appeared in a Facebook post angrily screaming about how married men were in fact indentured to women, etc, and then he got very ridiculous and insulting. But again, that is the odd lunatic, not the sort of…

I've never met a male gamer who gets himself incensed at 'woman in video games' or whatever, and I can't recall seeing many (if any) of them online who seem genuinely angry either (that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but I haven't observed it en masse myself and I loathe to simply take another's word for it). What I…

You've reported this before, AVClub. She's only one constituent part of the Max mythos, like the Gyro Captain. I think Max should be the only recurring character, so we get a sense of new people and new adventures with every instalment. Maybe bring back Theron as a different character? That'd be cool.

I think all Peakies feel this way regarding season 2, so no worries. Nowadays when I rewatch I get through the entirety of season 1, then the first 8-9 episodes of season 2, and then I simply skip to the last episode or two and fill in the blanks myself.

And Harry Dean Stanton, apparently reprising his role from Fire Walk With Me ("I've been places…")

Yeah, that was my problem with it. Big Boss is so quiet in this game that Motherbase just seems to thrive and grow around -rather than with- him, and all the attendant drama too. Boss just feels a step removed from everything going on. It's annoying listening to Kaz and Ocelot bicker over things when Big Boss should…

I am down with Kiefer as Big Boss: I have to say, he sounds like he could become Richard Doyle's Big Boss, and Hayter's increasingly gravelly voice started to hurt my ears in Peace Walker. The only problem with Kiefer is that he barely gets to speak throughout the game — there are whole sections where characters…

And of blink-and-you'll-miss-it Shaun of the Dead cameos!

There's a statue of IDS' ancestor Adam Duncan in my city: he was an Admiral who scored one of the mosst vital naval victories in history; IDS' father was also an accomplished and famed flying ace during WWII. I get the feeling that IDS himself has small man syndrome as a result. He is thoroughly unremarkable. His…

"Before we condemn Chanes for being an adult who makes vaguely creepy assumptions about boys’ sexual fantasies"

They didn't forget; they just don't tend to do things until they're relevant. They've been filming around Carrick-a-rede rope bridge in N. Ireland recently; if you take a look at that, you might imagine what they're doing with it…