You’re not alone. Part of it is we’re seeing fewer and fewer new gameplay ideas and franchises anymore. It’s too costly to make the big AAA games, so the big studios take fewer chances and spent more time on remastering or sequels. On the independent side, you see a lot of copying or remixing game “ingredients” that…

She strikes me as what a KOF character would look like in the Guilty Gear universe, in the best way. A mashup of King, Blue Mary, and Vanessa. Add in a ghost puppy to give it some GG weirdness.

In very generalized terms...JRPG art and imagination, WRPG gameplay and mechanics.

The whole “Show me ID, Don’t reach for your pockets” nonsense is genuinely terrifying. 

Ditto. Nintendo has a sketchy history of ditching or under-producing for their systems. I need to see them prove out first. Switch has done very well, but WiiU was a waste.

I’m buying in usually sometime around 9-12 months post launch. There’s still a mountain of games on my backlog, and most of the generation straddling games aren’t really making best use of the new tech. There’s often some good year 2 holiday deals when a console is hitting it’s stride and the generations’ first full…

Please god don’t let him die....

It’s the nature of Smash at this point. Every person in the community has their own personal dream roster additions, so no matter who you pick most of the public will be disappointed.

LOL. I love it. There are a bunch of others that would be great also, but I like this. If Smash is “Videogames: The Game”, then minecraft deserves it’s representation.

I don’t disagree at all. I was just hoping for something a bit better than not as bad as the worst president in memory. The bar is so low.

I hear ya, but as a consumer, what exactly is the correct amount of penance you are supposed to subject yourself to before playing a game that’s been released to a paying public?

I’m so deeply deeply embarrassed by this spectacle that I can’t process it. How is it remotely possible that 1 of these 2 people will be President. What little is left of my faith in the 2 party system has been completely demolished tonight. 

I’ll admit it. I’m a basic-ass sword guy.

I’ve burned through my entire liquor cabinet in record time.

Thank you for these articles. This series has taken up residence in my brain for the past several weeks, but there is so much going on in this show that I don’t know what to make of it sometimes. It’s great to have someone with better knowledge of the themes and history being explored to lay it out.

I don’t think MS cares if you buy the games on Xbox or PC. They’re both MS platforms.

There’s not a lot they can do. The R’s have the numbers, just like they did in 2016, so they’re going to get what they want because they can.

Shhhhhh....

I’d almost feel bad for Ubisoft if they weren’t so blatantly copying Breath of the Wild.

I like this idea. Maybe turn up the dial on the collision sensitivity so any slight contact sends them rolling over....then watch them do Slime Climb.