The joke of the pigs, of course, is that they actually aren't very easy to kill. Each one is a tiny little hitpoint sponge, at least for a low-level character. Worse, they do a fair bit of damage every time they hit you, and there are three of them. So of course, the curious player will immediately set about trying to…

There's recent research by the Guttmacher Institute that came to the conclusion they had a similar "real-life" effectiveness, among other things because a lot of people don't use condoms properly, but also because withdrawal might be more effective than previously thought. The researchers were the first to say that…

I remember walking out of the cave to South Figaro on my first playthrough, when Terra's theme starts playing as the overworld theme for the first time ever in the game. I just put down the controller then, and my friend and I listened to the whole thing. Final Fantasy VI is not my favourite Final Fantasy game but…

No Dissidia: Final Fantasy?

He's proven you wrong.

It's a tough call. Mediocre A.I. can interfere with suspension of disbelief. For example, despite all my love for Dark Souls, the A.I. would often let you visibly lure an enemy away from the group without the group reacting despite you being an obvious threat. At times, enemies (sometimes even dragons) would even just…

Ikaruga

Wow. Ulysse 31. I'm 5 years old again, watching this on TV and on Beta tapes.

I've always seen the Souls games as spiritual successors to Zelda II.

The free-to-play model has its merits, and I think it's perfectly fine that developers are exploring this business model. I want, however, the option to fully own my game though. When you pay for a game up front, you know it's yours and that you are getting to full experience, no strings attached. You are free to use…

I love Kirby. I love the classic Kirby games (didn't care for Epic Yarn). But I wish they came up with a classic Kirby sidescroller that was as tight and as challenging as the best Mario sidescrollers.

When I saw Joshua's picture, I giggled, and I muttered "Bastard..." ;)

After years spent being led about by the nose from objective to objective, A Link Between Worlds drops some marks on the map and leaves us to our own devices. "Go explore" it says. "The Seven Sages? They aren't going anywhere. Have you tried the Rupee gathering mini-game?" It's almost too much freedom for the die-hard…

Let me know when Namco announces a Weaponlord remake.

Thank Dog! Slow starts in the last few Zeldas have been killing me. People think that games getting longer are a good trend, but what they don't realize is that a lot of that time is spent walking, moving the camera around to scan the environment, and talking to NPCs that have useless things to say. It's diluting…

There used to be this mode called a "sound test" in many video games and RPGs. It would let you listen to any track on the game you owned for free. Am I getting that old?

So, straight white males get to say publicly that they're straight, that they're white, or that they're male (in fact they don't need to say it, it's assumed this is what the average online gamer is), and everybody else should watch what they're saying?

You know, women can be dickwraiths too...

Dog, I laughed my ass so hard.

This reeks of bad methodology. How do you evaluate a person's capacity for empathy? At the very least, you would need to use psychological evaluations that are scientifically validated and reputable, and even then, there's a lot of methodological pitfalls that could apply.