I actually rank Thor about the same but basically flip flop the reasons:  I thought the otherworldly stuff was cool and interesting, and when Thor came to earth I just thought it was a lazy fish out of water-type story.  Agreed on the generic final boss.

May need to start at convincing them not to proactively kill it entirely.

If possible maybe you could elaborate a little on the downsides to doing this. There are possibilities of losing your save files, etc. I’m sure it’s in the linked materials but the article makes it seem cut and dry (dried?) which it isn’t at the moment.

I understand this sentiment but at the same time when the fad ends you’re going to get shitty-looking Unreal Engine games instead, which I personally think is worse. I’m all for some games doing the pixel art for nostalgia and literally making a lot more games possible with a small team while the big budget games can…

Unfortunately my wife and I were probably seen as insulting at the ryokan we stayed at for a couple of days. Brought out this amazing and probably expensive dinner (not sure as it was part of a package), and even with our “we’re up for anything” attitude, we just could not get much of it down. Monkfish liver tofu…

If you like retro action games I can’t see not picking this up. Trailer just looked awesome, and I usually have a “I guess we’ll see” reaction to any game trailer. 

I still can’t figure out why they made Axel look like he should be permanently attached to a couch holding a beer while basking in the glow of a TV playing a football game. Like he’s not even built like a bigger dude who’s tough, like the other guy in Bloodsport. He just literally looks like a mostly out of shape man…

Thanks for the suggestions. For what it’s worth I think S-Town is just out of this world and doesn’t adhere to the genre at all, and in a good way. It’s just a fantastic piece of media that took turns that the creators didn’t even necessarily want or expect. Just amazing.

Sometimes the broad answer when someone is bugging you in any capacity is to be honest, and blunt if it comes to it. Easier said than done, and it can be really hard to work up to doing it, but that is often the answer. It’s a little easier to manage if you focus on being polite but honest. If they force you to be…

I had a hot dog.

Thanks for the non sequitur I guess.

This seems like it’s fairly innocent. I mostly think that all SI is doing here is saying “Other sports outlets do ‘wacky’ and ‘fun’ topics that don’t take sports so seriously. We should do that sometimes too.”

The problem is that the laziest people like to take the idea of light/good and dark/evil and make it into a race thing. It’s usually a coincidence more than anything else, and it all started way back in the day based on the fundamental belief that light represented hope and safety, while dark represented night and…

I hate jingoistic American bullshit (I am American) so I don’t have a problem with him saying all this.  Doesn’t mean he’s right though, and just because he doesn’t make those kinds of films doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of killing and other fucked up shit happening in Japanese media.  It’s all just very…

I don’t disagree that the whole thing is fascinating but as you said the pricing structure will be key.  The fee plus $60 a game (no reason to believe this will change) could easily be more than what people now spend on consoles.

I don’t know if this is the time for an idea like this, but it is indeed the future. Once the majority of internet users can stream reliably, hardware is dead, and I can’t say I’ll disagree with that. I can see if someone thinks this is 10 years too early, but it’s going to happen sooner or later.

I play retro games and have a sizable but modest collection compared to the most hardcore of enthusiasts. I did not know this. I don’t have a nostalgic attachment to Nintendo though. Oh well.

In theory yes, but did you happen to pay $60 for Tennis Aces or Mario Party?  

This somewhat implies that they EA actually cares if the game isn’t perfect and 100% ready to launch. Destiny sold a ton, so the suits said “make us a Destiny and release it while the trend is definitely still in”. That’s all this is.

Same.  I thought it was an average game that gets propped up because of the Bioshock name and the “deep” ending.