No it isn't; it's a temporary no, or a "soft" no. A flat No is much worse.

I couldn't agree more. I'm a bit of a media history buff, and it bums me out that any of these "always online" games will be completely gone and inaccessible within probably just 10-20 years. Maybe less. They will literally just be completely gone to history. NES emulation will still exist as a historical time capsule…

I'm pretty dubious about Steambox; given that it's a PC architecture, it's likely to be technologically outdated within a couple years (or, given the expected low price point, INSTANTLY), so the only thing that could keep it rolling is strong optimization, which means dev support. I mean christ, both current-gen…

Hoo boy. A few weeks ago I correctly predicted the Fox News outcry over the AC3 "Evil George Washington" DLC. Well, I'm planting that stake again; Evil AC3 George's got nothing on that Washington propaganda image above. "Video game portrays America as bastion of racism and ethnic purification!" The fact that the game…

He could do worse, Brian Posehn is a nerd/slacker god.

"Cool Story, Bro" is an interjection of ennui, a verbal yawn. Maybe you find their story dubious, but boredom is the driving factor. This is more like a "I call shenanigans!" surrogate.

[Citation Needed]

This review confuses me to no end. Almost all of its text feels negative: stupid name, awful story, vapid unskippable cutscenes, annoying QTEs, derivative, linear, and sure to be a disappointment to old school fans. Then the last paragraph seems like it was written by a different person, or written after the Hypnotoad…

"Metroidvania" specifically refers to non-linear Metroid-style game with gadgets that open new pathways, but the epithet typically denotes RPG elements like gear, consumables, and leveling. Cv:SotN started this trend, which continues even today with games like Dust: An Elysian Tail (which is extremely similar to SotN,…

Dead silence.

Hands down, the underwater areas in Goonies 2. Slightly more peaceful than most levels, some were completely bereft of enemies. In most games you cringe when an underwater level is coming, but in this game you breathe a sigh of relief.

For serious. "Oh, Titanic. Was that the one about the fighter jet?"

In my head, he's Native American. I'm way too wussy to play on Legendary so I'm going to pretend that ending never happened.

That was the first thing that came to my mind; unfortunately, he is a criminal. I'd still give Lee a pass as breaking the stereotypes, because he's a very nuanced and ambiguous character, which is a Good Thing. No other black protagonist in gaming history has come close.

Solid article.

If Kinja had an upvote button that affected comment view order, it wouldn't be necessary; but since comments are prioritized by replies, adding sub-comments is the only way to push awesome comments to the top. So you're adding +1 to their comment count. It's fine, really. Just gloss them over.

Ron Talon is still pissed they dropped the triforce standard.

Well done.

Farore bless you, sir.