I've talked about this on here before, but I think it's actually a well-intentioned idea gone astray, and is something that I've actively had to grow out of. Not sure how far back it goes (maybe Gen-X'ers?), but in the post-1960s era, kids growing up in my very diverse region were brought up with the notion that…

For all the ink spilled on audio logs, I'm actually pretty fond of them as an expository method. Bioshock is another good example of them filling in some backstory that fleshes out the environmental storytelling.

I wouldn't have thought that there was anything that could get me into a Pokemon movie but there you go - David Lynch would do it.

I was pretty startled the other day to see Phantump's description, in which it is stated that the Pokemon is a combination of a tree stump and the ghosts of children who died in the woods. WTF?!

This whole thread must be archived somewhere. "Werner Herzog On Pokemon" is just too delightful to lose (even if there exists an actual Werner Herzog On Pokemon).

Good call! I had a hard time getting through The Witcher 3, but that is an exceptionally well-told story. There's so much political subtext and character background that it would be a mess in the hands of less-skilled storytellers; like you, I never felt lost and they managed to provide all the exposition you needed…

That's fair - I'm not crazy about extensive encyclopedia stuff in games either (though Square-Enix does it better than anyone IMHO). I guess I'm a bit fussy about important character beats or critical world-building being done outside of the narrative more generally; if it is important to the plot or characters making…

It is at least heartening that Final Fantasy, as a series, has properly feminist credentials. The all-male cast in the newest one is a drag, but it's an anomaly rather than indicative of a trend.

Huh, I hadn't made the connection but I too love every third one. Shame I don't have a PS4…

Wha? It's coming to PC?! That makes me so happy, as I feared it was PS4-only.

Ugh, why content creators feel justified in shoving exposition off to another medium is something I'll never understand. You shouldn't need to read a book or watch a show to understand what's going on in a game. The Walking Dead always struggles with this, as exposition or explanations are provided via the…

Oh man, I was flailing about the other day while engaged in an escort mission in Skyward Sword, brought about by one of the dumbest plot contrivances I've seen in a while. My wife very patiently tolerated me shouting to no one in particular about how "just what this stellar action/adventure game needs is a portion…

Thanks, that's very helpful!

My wife is the biggest Harvest Moon fan I've ever met, and she's never played Stardew Valley, so I'm picking that up for her for Christmas, along with some bubbles (she loves to blow bubbles out the car window and recently ran out). She actually specifically requested the bubbles for Christmas!

Yeah, that's my problem. I always feel bad after running. On the one hand, if I run enough, I'll presumably get over that hump, but on the other hand, there are workouts that have the same result without making me feel bad, so why bother?

My stationary biking really seems to take off in the colder months, perhaps not surprisingly, so the past few weeks have seen a lot of longer-than-usual rides. Heck, on Sunday it was around 4:00 PM, I'd just wrapped up Skyward Sword, and I thought "what will pass the time until dinner… a workout!" and proceeded to go…

Ugh, that sucks.

That's terrifying!

Exactly the same, haha.

As a very Catholic guy, and someone reasonably sensitive to subtly negative portrayals or depictions of faith, I can honestly say that I never felt marginalized during my four years at a very liberal American university. There are legitimate instances of media or political systems disenfranchising people based upon…