I’m fine with them changing the gameplay. The original’s gameplay was lackluster; we all loved it for its cinematic storytelling. I’m concerned about them taking the episodic content route though. I understand why this is happening, but I can’t shake a feeling that this is a copious cash grab. In the end, it’ll all be…

His greatest talent was to make us sad. :(

I hope they sort it out. I want a kickass Dissidia on PS4 someday. :/

*eats popcorn in his corner* He should go on. This guy is hilarious. He’s wasting his potential at comedy with his film critic gig.

I respect a creator who knows when to let the curtain fall on his work.

*squints at Nintendo*

Japanese artists don’t do drugs. They sleep-deprive themselves instead.

Splatoon is a full-price multiplayer game, and it’s been successful despite being on an ailing platform. Blizzard can make this work.

Praise the Sun!!

“Achievement unlocked: Left the house.”

Aww, come on! Eternal Darkness!

I’d say that J.J. Abrams has proven with the Star Trek reboot that: 1) he doesn’t get Star Trek; and 2) he can do fantastic space opera. I think he’s a lot more at home helming Star Wars than Star Trek. And I think he understands that Return of the Jedi was not what Star Wars should be. Now let’s just hope Disney…

Speaking of SNES RPG gems we missed out on, Tales of Phantasia’s 20th anniversary is coming up in December.

Very conflicted on this one. The protagonist seems great (do you see that, Fumito Ueda? women can be though and climb things). Beautiful winter sceneries. Love the stone paintings. Clever title.

I find the ad disturbing. “Escape the dreariness of adult life through OUR video game. Star Wars is the opium of the masses!!” I don’t like being marketed at so obviously through my sense of nostalgia.

I was 7. My cousin brought his NES to the New Year party at my aunt’s (who owned an Atari 2600 that I adored). There was this new game called Super Mario Bros. with it. I remember wanting to play it so bad. I wanted to see what was in this friggin’ question mark blocks! Mario changing with the mushrooms, the fireball…

In general, I agree with you (and I think some games, like rogue-likes, follow a trend of locking content arbitrarily). At the same time, I think it would ruin some other games. Dark Souls, for example, forces you to live with the consequences to your actions. You can’t even reload your game to try a different path.…

My aunt is in her early 70s now, and she’s the one who introduced me to video games, sci-fi, and fantasy. She bought the Atari 2600 and the NES when they came out (she bought Zelda II and Final Fantasy, for herself). She had an entire wall in her basement covered in bookshelves filled with sci-fi novels. I got into…

When I was a teenager in the 90s, video games saved my lives. It gave me something to be passionate about, to escape into, but also to connect with other people who love them. I think this is the 2015 version of this, with the possibility of connection to a broader audience.

1) Disagree. There are companies inspire a certain loyalty in me, and whose next game I look forward to. Companies are not always soulless: some strive hard to embody something and to live up to their mission. Still, you can look critically at the work of a company you love.