I'm with you entirely on that and the political metaphor isn't lost on me, either. There's hope in the idea that, even if we may not be left after Ganon destroys Hyrule, someone will be and hopefully they will endure and resist.

I couldn't disagree more. I know this sounds like some Facebook platitude meme or something, but the brilliance of BotW is that the journey is the reward. If you don't want to collect those mushrooms, go do something else instead.

Maybe they do this later or something, but I like the idea of some shrine-specific abilities. If there's a concern that something like the hookshot might break the open world gameplay, just make the hookshot available in shrines - maybe even in shrines where it's not particularly useful, so its availability doesn't…

Honestly, though, I don't know how you avoid this in a game built around exploration that still has an overarching story. At some point, an explorer is going to 'tame the wild' and what was once exciting and unknown becomes your neighborhood. Apart from procedurally generating a "Master Quest", which wouldn't have the…

Also, there's an honesty angle to it, too: That blocky N64 game is the game that revolutionized 3D adventure, not the remake.

I'm with you all the way, down to the Wind Waker love and everything. It's a uniquely empowering game, that's already inspired me to start looking for some real-life adventure. In fact, Breath of the Wild hit at a time when a couple of personal tragedies have rocked my family and its sense of wonder and adventure have…

Aonuma straight up looking like the Japanese Mike Mills, nowadays. Which is rad.

You're a little farther along than me, but I was up to some similar stuff last night. I agree that this has been a neat transcendent experience. I feel like I'm personally on a grand adventure - something I haven't felt from a video game since… I'd say Wind Waker, but this honestly tops even that.

Make the GJI higher! Make the GJI higher!

It's better than all those songs. Yes, even Radio Free Europe.

I think more than trolling, they're actively propagandizing for their cause. That is, they may not believe their own counter argument but they sure hope you will.

I only ever saw the first Shrek, which I liked but didn't love. It was odd to me, even then, to see everyone go apeshit for it, though, to the point that it won the Academy Award on shear zeitgeist. Even then I definitely felt Monsters Inc had more heart and was visually far more compelling. I also felt the…

I was a little Dick Tracy obsessed kid back then and I bought that tape specifically to get a copy of that Back in Business song. Was very pissed.

I doubt this is radical thinking, but: A Complete Magnificent Ambersons > The Day the Clown Cried

Which one is your personal holy grail of Doctor Who? I'd say The Massacre, followed shortly by the Masterplan.

Respectfully disagree. Strongly. Either the thing has magic or it doesn't. The only magic that comes from rarity is the imagination we have about something unseen. But you can use your imagination without needing something to be rare. I've never seen more than one Transformers movie, but I've got a strong imagination…

In every way but one - leading man playing Dracula. Which is a big deal in a movie called Dracula.

2017 is the exact reason they don't have to check facts anymore.

I was drunk while watching it and I found it so laughable that I ended up having a great time.

One of the best opening lines ever, too.