Your problem is also the appeal of the game. You’re given tools and a general quest and have to explore and figure things out.

I have to admit in the Desmond era I was a huge fan of the modern day story intertwining with the historical stuff. Not AC1, I found “explore a prison” pretty boring. But I enjoyed the cutscenes, and this idea that a modern day doofus was turning into a razor-sharp-senses killer Assassin slowly over time.

I was just thinking about this the other day, so many games come with unnecessary character builders these days, and you end up with awkward “silent protagonist” cutscenes in modern games because of it.

Yeah there’s some real shaming going on lately, specifically for the people who play this game.

That’s just terrible. I’m sorry for your children.

Would you interrupt a sports game to get your kid to do a chore (as the video jokingly suggests)? If not, that’s not “equal footing”, especially if your kid isn’t going to be a professional sports star (using your own argument here). But people respect sports games more than team-based online games.

Oh god I’m glad you’re not my parent. Just because your parents treated you shitty doesn’t mean you need to do the same to your kids. Does that work both ways for you? If the kid wants something for you, do you immediately turn off your show / stop playing a game / leave the grocery store / stop the car to attend to…

I think the short answer is no. I’m an arachnophobe and I don’t agree with this article. I think ultimately, I do agree that we should reduce the number of spiders in games, but not because of people maybe being afraid of them. Instead, I think it’s just lazy game design. They’re like the go-to for both “scary big…

I agree whole-heartedly with Fahey - so many western RPGs are just shades of brown as far as the eye can see, with murky blurry textures and a grimdark atmosphere. I really wanted to like Souls games, as an example, but can’t get past the emo-as-hell setting and world. It feels somehow even more cheesy and awkward…

I think his main question was how the statement that we need more options so more people can make characters that look like themselves could be followed immediately by a statement that people should stop making characters that look like themselves and they should “switch it up a little bit, as a treat” can coexist.

I feel like a monster but I did not enjoy this game. I played as an adult, not knowing anything “Zelda” besides the first game, which I had never beaten. It just felt weird and like I was missing something. I don’t “think like a kid” either so I got stuck REAL quick in the tutorial missions because the game was…

Some devices, yes. iPhone has at least jumped on the numbering bandwagon. Macbook Pros and other similar devices are confusing as hell though. In a desire to create a “just buy a Macbook Pro, without caring about the version” they’ve let people define their own “versions”.

My second playthrough I picked Kassandra and I much prefer Alexios. I think the opposite of most people - I think Alexios voice acting is much better, and that he breathes a bit more lightheartedness to the role than Kassandra who just seems... dull and lifeless to me.

And interestingly, most people played as Alexios according to Ubisoft. Two-thirds of players picked him over Kassandra, which is surprising because people constantly talk about Kassandra as if she’s the only choice. (I am on team Alexios personally).

I think your point 3 is a great one. Online guides that tell you exactly what the “best” is are not great for MMOs.

I have to admit to not really understand the purpose of COBRA. When I was last laid off, my salary went to $0 (obviously). In order to keep my plan going, I would have had to pay $1800/mo out of pocket. It’s been similar numbers every time I’ve been between jobs. That seems insane to me, and looking into…

I was thinking this too. It seems that you would need to go through this process (questions about exposure, activities outside of the home, etc) every single time you hired that babysitter, unless they literally live with you.

I’m a huge fan of the AC series and I’ve played - and beat! - most of them. Beating games is a big deal for me, I don’t beat a ton.

“Most situations”? I don’t get what you mean by that.

I think the problem I had with it is I started DMing a group of all new players because of TAZ. We even started with the starter kit, so the first arc is literally what we played. I even took a page from Griffin’s book and started layering into the tutorial campaign my own stuff (the first time I went fuly off-book…