I completely agree. I despise regenerating health in shooters. I recently replayed DOOM on Ultra-Violence ("Hard" mode), and boy is it tense when you're down to 10 health, surrounded by enemies and environmental hazards, and desperately looking around for a health pack. It's a much more exciting gameplay mechanic than…

"A single rocket hit or sniper rifle shot can do well over a million damage. Its instadeath. Again it won't incrementally lower his health, it will deplete it in a single shot."

I could be wrong, but I get the impression the friendly fire talent reduces the damage taken with each point. The first point is 50%, so the…

Well, I always prefer to have a partner around in Borderlands!

Sounds like this is the Brick-like melee/tank character players were pining for. Salvador is great, but he's not much like Brick.

My 1.5 year old's pants look exactly like this after a very full diaper. Looks like someone had a big dinner!

"my friend was accidentally in a sort-of-porn film"

You know, I was just thinking about this exact issue yesterday when I happened to google Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development. She looks like this now. I have to say, she rocks those freckles!

These are all good points, of course. But as I just responded to another commenter, I work in a sector of health care where I interact with hundreds of old white people every month, and most of the complaints about Obama I hear on a daily basis have little to nothing to do with policy or political views, I assure you.

Touche!

"Shock of all shocks! A magazine read almost exclusively by old white people doesn't trust our black president," exclaimed nobody.

Holy. Fucking. #COTD

I've full-cleared all five Layton games, so after seeing the puzzle-solving animation 600+ times at this point, I totally hear the "TICK - TICK - TICK - {MUSIC}!!" with this gif.

Maybe you're misreading my tone, I'm jubilant that homophobia is on its way to being as culturally taboo as racism. I heard maybe two stories of people bitching about Collins' outing, and they were widely ripped apart in the press as regressive pricks, and rightfully so.

Agreed completely, it's the perfect combination of instantly approachable, with intricately complex systems that are utterly masterable. It's like riding a bike, too; I played through SMB3 a couple months ago with no whistles and only died once or twice, despite that I hadn't played it since the renaissance of…

See, this is interesting, because every time my wife and I go out to eat, the waiter/tress hands me the bill, and I pay it. Even though my wife and I have the exact same credit cards in our wallets.

Even feminist families are sometimes beholden to patriarchal habits.

I think they're aiming for the $200 end of things.

It doesn't have to be harder to play the game; you can technically go with traditional controls rather than the head tracking. This would cut down on the migraines/motion sickness and improve your play, but of course comes at the cost of immersion.

Right, my point was exactly that it's a timeless theme, oppressors and oppressees. This dynamic has played out so many times throughout that when it's portrayed with all the appropriate nuances (including horrific examples of Stockholme Syndrome), it's always immediate and heartbreaking.

Yeah, was. Look at how favorably Collins was treated. Any dissenting voices barking about immorality were shouted down or outright excoriated.

They aren't clairvoyant allegories. My point is that, like the very best fiction of the last few hundred years, the themes are universal enough that they can apply even after their time.