Thanks bud, 27 million in sales proves my point nicely. Any series that sells almost 10 million per entry is indisputably a massive financial success. At 10 million sold, Dark Souls 3 in the same sales category of “niche” titles like God of War, Final Fantasy 15, Spider Man, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

After all, isn’t the point of Early Access to get a lot of eyes on the niggling details of the title?

Alan Moore was so good in The Devil’s Rejects.

I mean, you’d be right if this was the usual kind of awful genre fare that shoehorns in a messiah narrative.... and if this show wasn’t entirely a religious allegory with explicit intent of paralleling the birth of Jesus Christ with the birth of an evil God Snake.

Honestly I would go right to Dark Souls 3. Since the game doesn’t have a linear story you don’t need to play the previous games to enjoy it. The lore is there and its great, but its more of a puzzle and less of a narrative.

Lol on apologists for a series that’s usually listed in the top 5 of the PS3 and PS4 generation. What’s next, Legend of Zelda apologists?

I disagree. Most likely, he will fall into the long recover category. Now the last image of him on the collective consciousness is his terrifying, unhinged debate performance.

I think if he dies, the crazier members of his gang will go full Q and start a church around him.

You’re doing the show wrong.

Absolutely.

The only thing that really truly bothers me is the “there is a prophecy” part

Show might not be for you. Arielle put it well, it’s best viewed like an allegory. There’s not supposed to be a scientific logical explanation for why the God Snake grew in size after diving sperm like into unholy communion with the ovarian core of the planet. The symbol is the reason.

You’ve summoned me, The Guy Who Pushes Back On Dark Souls Difficulty Complaints!

I like to think that before the sex, before the branding, even before the Ponzi scheme, Keith Raniere just wanted to play volleyball. And also show off his super cool headband and his aged ground beef beard.

It’s insane. I watched nine minutes of post debate coverage on ABC News where they talked about both guys looking bad, and the messy moderation, and their energy levels and body language, and whatever the fuck Chris Christy paid consultant of the Trump campaign had to say. Nine fucking minutes before someone mentioned…

And yes, let’s not forget the enthusiastically sung intro number, which is the very definition of a guilty pleasure.

Single player in 2020, yes.  Three player with friends when you were 12?  Nothing better.

Wow I think you might have nailed it.

For all his faults as a Nationalist asshole, Homelander still read to me as an All-American guy, and there’s nothing more pro-USA than fighting Nazis.

I’m not even going to say he’s not a nice guy. There are nice guys who are shitty asshole bosses, and there are terrible people that are great managers.