What’s not to understand: fuck you, you’re not rich.

No idea why anyone would put him on a pedestal.

Trump went on to say that although the U.S. would certainly get its metaphorical hair mussed, there would be no more than ten to twenty million killed...depending on the breaks.

Speaking as a librarian, I say we could definitely use far more games about the Information Sciences. Even using mechanics in that vein would definitely do a lot for investigation and mystery games.

That’s a great idea. Reminds me of The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Story, where you’re touring museums and researching papers to uncover the presence of a werewolf.

We are overdue for a “Mavis Beacon” Simulator, where players actually take the role of a secretary having to type out dictated letters from her boss. There could be a voice-over of different scenarios by which Mavis needs to not only push out the dictated note on time, but also make corrections because your boss uses…

Good commenting this week, and excellent thoughts on narrative, whether it be visual/environmental or literary. Even ShinigamiAppleMerchant mentioned how he preferred his Castlevania with less exposition and a deeper mechanical “story” - something Bloodborne succeeds these days in providing for the player more than…

In case anyone missed it in the WAYPTW thread, we are having our monthly Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch race night on Monday, September 18th, for a bikes-only race-athon. The tourney code is 5136-1758-3659, yes I’ve double checked, yes I’m very embarrassed that I screwed it up so badly last month by posting my friend code…

I started West of Loathing last night, and within the first 30 seconds, my character was somersaulting across the floor. I think I’m going to enjoy this game; it definitely has the ol’ KoL spirit.

I think it only lets you edit for a few minutes and then it locks the comment. Man, kinja is terrible.

Lost Sphear is the next release from the I Am Setsuna team (which is painfully obvious if you watch its trailer). I don’t think Octopath’s is the same?

Thanks! One of the reasons I’m introducing status effects now is that my magic user has several special attacks in the form of spells and it’s making the rest of my characters look sad in comparison. Also, it gives other options and strategies to the fights beyond “keep hitting until it falls.”

Because I’m a huge data dork, I made a gigantic list of every game I’ve ever played for a reasonable amount of time (I think) with a clear “end point,” meaning I didn’t mention sports games or puzzle games like Tetris. I scanned my achievements list, my Steam profile, and wiki pages for every system I’ve ever owned. I…

I’d feel more comfortable recommending Bravely Default if it didn’t have a nasty bit of artificial game lengthening it really, really didn’t need. But otherwise, yeah, super good.

Ya know, it’s done the same for me. I don’t know if it’s the colors, the bounciness, or having to get in a state of flow to focus on the solutions, but it’s been the game I’ve gravitated towards when life gets a little grey.

That said, hope things improve for you, man. Your writing is incredible, and I hope that the…

This was a really rough week for me. A lot of psychological pain and angst, and it was hard to find much comfort there. Thankfully, while it wasn’t a total cure and did lose its effectiveness over the week, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has been helping me. I finished the third boss - the opera singing Phantom -…

(Huh. Turns out I DID post on last week’s discussion.)

I really wanted to get Samus Returns this weekend since it’s been a whole year since I played through the -admittedly great- AM2R, TWO years since I completed Guacamelee and the cravings for a great Metroidvania (let alone a REAL Metroid) haven’t gone away. SR looks fantastic, the reviews are far better than what I…

Octopath is sooooo good. But people who find this surprising need to get their collective asses 3DS’s and play Bravely Default and Bravely Second.

So, I got impatient and posted my WAYPTW on my blog site here: