A large part of that is due to the move of warfare away from designated battlefields and into general inhabited areas as war becomes more asymmetric and the “Rules Of War” increasingly ignored by people whom they would disadvantage. And possibly also due to advances in battlefield/post-battlefield medical care…

The German military during WW2 was called the Wehrmacht, renamed by the Nazis when they began to expand it, notably through conscription. Cynically, it translates to “defense force.” However, much of the military were not Nazis in the strictist sense; they were just Germans. Conscription doesn’t provide much of a…

What? I stopped reading after “You”

It first appeared in Gainax’s 1988 anime Gunbuster, which was Hideaki Anno’s directorial debut.

Whilst upon reading the article I reckon there might be grounds for justified grievance, and initial reaction was pretty much exactly that. On the other hand, Lumley’s work with the Gurkha’s has won her a fair amount of leeway with me.

And are there going to be 108 characters you can get to populate this castle perchance?

Mouretsu Space Pirates. It’s actually pretty good.

For my part I prefer MaleShep, both because I’m a guy and wanted to get as close to the character as possible, but also because whilst I agree Hale did a fantastic job with the voice work I think it really leans towards supporting a Renegade playthrough over a Paragon or Neutral. And I’m someone who preferred playing…

Nice distinction. Exoarmour, exosuits, exoskeletons; all are distinct things, distinguished by their structure and control systems. The main difference being if they are worn or piloted.

Still a candidate for most bleakly depressing story with no other traits I’ve yet come across. Just bleakly depressing. Nothing else.

I like this. Make this true Red.

STDs don’t appear to be much of a thing in this world, which basically makes Geralt a big walking dick, all pleasure and zero risk.

I really enjoyed the game’s take on the typical “Great Battle between Good and Evil” and the ramifications in the history that occured subsequently. It was one of the first times I’d ever encountered such a redefined interpretation of the generic morality paradigm in a game.

Thing is, you could have Alyx as the main character and have her meet Chell at some point in the game, and it’d still fail the Bechdel Test...

Starred for Suikoden.

You seem to think I have some sort of stake in your behaviour, like I’m going to lose a fiver if I don’t get you to change your ways. I don’t. I really don’t care. I am outlining to you why you are getting the responses you are, responses which you seem to consider invalid. If you refuse to analyse your behaviour and…

Mate, I’m autistic. I do not follow the same “narrative” everyone else does. I do have to deal with that narrative though, and bitching about it doesn’t get me anywhere. Also, I’m not the one using “shaming” to avoid engaging with any of the points directed at me.

It’s not about appreciating ‘underage porn’ because I don’t see it as porn.

Well, for my part it’s not so much “shaming” as “pointing out.” For example, in the article about Dungeon Travellers 2, you decry the censorship Atlus applied to the game, even going so far as to claim it “hurts” gamers. But the censorship in question was of four images, three of which were quite clearly of pre-pubesce…