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If you felt that way (which was similar to my initial reaction), then don’t watch End of Evangelion. Sure, it technically resolves the plot, but it does it in the most unnecessarily cynical and misanthropic way possible. Any growth that Shinji has in the last two episodes of the series is wiped away in favor of making…

I’ve certainly experienced all three of those for most of my life, and I empathized with him up to a point - that point being EoE, at which point he loses any measure of sympathy. I also disagree with the show’s overwhelming focus on Shinji in favor of the fate of the world and other characters.

On the other hand, money continues to become a more abstract concept than it already was when I handed someone weird paper with implied value in order to purchase goods and services. In the modern age, it could make just as much sense to show your budget in colored bars (along the lines of what Mint shows), where you…

Also, consider that something has changed on their end. After graduating college I got an interview at this amazing firm in NYC through a family friend, so I flew there and had what I thought was a fantastic interview. They said they were finalizing some things, but I would hear back within a week or so. I waited a…

Sure, in everyday life that kind of traumatic situation doesn’t have a textbook ending, but I don’t think that should be used as an excuse for an unfinished story. Plenty of other media tells similarly fraught and emotional tales while actually giving them resolution. I’m all for vague yet emotionally thoughtful and…

Great to know! You’ve definitely sold me on them, so I’ll check them out !

Having never seen any of the Rebuild movies, and having just watched the series and End of Evangelion for the first time and come away pretty disappointed with both endings, how do these new movies compare? I’m still fascinated by the world and the broad themes, but the deeply cynical skew and tone of EoE (and…

I got mine off Etsy, but I think they’re also on Amazon.

I know...I’m dreading that one reveal where they bring out the hottest Switch Lite that honors their history while looking damn good, and then I have to explain to my wife why I need two Switches.

Thanks! The plastic is a slightly different texture and I think the buttons are a tiny bit clickier, but after a couple days I was already used to it. I think it took about six hours total, but mainly because I stripped a screw and had to deal with it. If everything goes smoothly, probably closer to three or four tops.

It’s very finicky in parts, especially because the Joy Cons have so much tech packed into their tiny cases, but overall not bad. There’s not really any specialized electronics work happening, just carefully unscrewing things, disconnecting ribbon cables with tweezers (tiny, but simple), and moving the Joy Con guts and…

I’d always been tempted by creating some magical cool pairing of Joy Con colors but also was put off by the insane price just for colors, until a couple of months ago I decided to instead pay like $30 for the parts to do a sleek white case mod with the SNES colored buttons (and dpad!). It’s sleek and sexy, and I…

That’s good to know. I played to the point where they let you into the open world right after the hot mess mindfuck of the long, boring hospital sequence and decided it wasn’t for me (that and the publicized unfinished ending...). Might be worth another shot, although unfortunately this isn’t on the PC Game Pass.

I guess, but many of these same people probably also used the ability to call in other players for help with tough boss fights (a built-in way to ease difficulty spikes, and in some cases it’s possible to just let an experienced player do the work for you). It’s just gatekeeping with an additional lack of…

Well then why is there such an uproar about this mod’s existence, when it is entirely player driven in both creation and implementation? Shouldn’t this whole angry mob be relieved that such a win-win solution has been created by someone other than the developer?

Reading through these comments, I can’t believe people are still up in arms over this. How is this still an issue? Who cares how other people want to enjoy single player games?

I actually hope they start using Unreal 4 as their dedicated engine (like they are with FFVIIR), so they can stop rebuilding their pipeline every goddamn game.

That’s great to hear, I didn’t realize that was the case. I’ve also heard very positive things about the XIV expansions’ story, so it’d be amazing to have a high quality FF plot that isn’t hidden behind 100 hours of grinding and fetch quests.

Great read as always. I’d love to have XVI be an attempt at high concept medieval fantasy drama, as I think it would help them conceptually stretch their legs after a decade with XIII and XV in the same way that IX was a breath of fresh(-ish) air after VII and VIII. IX is one of the series’ storytelling highpoints in…