Hell yeah! I never get tired of sheathing my katana in a stylish fashion. Now that I’ve typed that out, it sounds weirdly sexual, but dammit I stand by it. 

I finished it yesterday, although I still have a few Mongol outposts to clear up. Really enjoyable game. It scratched my explore/completionist itch without being overwhelming like AC: Oddysey, which was just TOO much. The combat was juuuuust right for me as well. Challenging without being too stressful, and you…

Thank you! Why is this so far for some people to understand?

Bullshit. Consent is a bigger concept than physically forcing someone to do something against their will. Not being honest with some about your marital status is a violation of trust and SIGNIFICANTLY colors their decision regarding having a sexual relationship with him. The vast majority of people will not engage in…

Ha! I forgot about that. Picking up and looking at things (which had ZERO actual gameplay impact, if I remember correctly) probably added an hour to my total playtime. 

Like others have said, not long enough and not quite fully baked, but looked great for an early PS4 game (graphics absolutely hold up today) and the art direction was fantastic. Gameplay wasn’t awful by any means, just kind of vanilla. Definitely had the potential to turn into something great. I don’t imagine a used…

Jesus Christ that’s well-said, accurate, and depressing. 

Eh, maybe. Depends on if you are philosophically opposed to any game getting a 100 or 10/10 or whatever. You can make the argument that no game is perfect and therefore a perfect score should never be awarded, but the reality is that games have been getting perfect scores for as long as video game reviews have been a…

IGN is a bunch of shills, but I generally trust Game Informer and they gave it a 100. Near universal praise coming in. I think this is likely an extremely well-done and highly polished game with the trademark Naughty Dog cinematic drama, but is so violent that it will turn some people off. I loved the first one, love…

Ash, thank you for this article and for your voice, and 100 times thank you for that Pokemon line. That’s amazing. 

We have 4 kids. Between everyone in our house, I think we have 5. 3 regular Switches and 2 Lites. Kids fight over them, so over the years they’ve gotten their own for birthdays or xmas. My wife just bought herself the animal crossing edition. 

That’s not weird, I think Black Flag is widely regarded as in the top tier of AC games, if not the all time fan favorite. 

Good point, there is a lot of busy work in the current iteration of AC games. Part of me is pleased that I can put hundreds of hours into a game like Odyssey because I enjoy the gameplay loop so much, but outside the main quest and one or two major side quests, it’s a lot of padding. Doesn’t bother me because I look…

That’s exactly it, with more and more RPG elements with each iteration. I personally love it. I enjoyed the older AC games, I’ve played every damn one of them. But I like Origins and Odyssey better than any of the previous ones, except maybe Black Flag. Even the Ezio trilogy, which was great, was great more for the…

Man, I’m never going back to Harv’s island. That place is just weird as hell. He can conduct his cult-wedding ceremony without me, thx. 

There are absolutely conversations to be had about wealth disparity in this country and the pay gap between men and women athletes. The Women’s US Soccer team is a great example of a more successful product than the Men’s team that should be compensated appropriately. But the WNBA isn’t the hill to die on. The demand…

Agreed. My wife and I are lucky enough to be able to work from home and maintain our incomes, and we’re trying to order delivery/pickup as much as possible to help support those businesses and workers. I’ll normally tip 5 bucks on a pizza delivery order, maybe 10 if it’s raining or really cold out. These days, I have…

OK, on your suggestion I actually bought this yesterday. LOVE IT. This is exactly what I wanted out of a spiritual successor to FFT. For anyone looking for exactly that, this is what you need. 

Thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely be checking this out!

I’ve always liked Ubisoft and how they conduct business. They have some of the microtransaction bullshit, but there is so much content in their games that I’ve never felt the slightest need to even look at their in game shops. I definitely have never felt like I didn’t get my money’s worth out of a Ubi game. Mainly…