There’s a distinct lack of F-Zero type games, though (and an abundance of Wipeout types). I just played this and it feels just like F-Zero X/GX. I can’t describe how much that pleases me. I don’t enjoy wipeout because of the heaviness of the vehicles and the lack of genuine speed.

Actually Evolve is best played never.

Thimbleweed Park is releasing really soon. I played it a couple of weeks ago and it’s magic.

Edward Kelley was a really interesting choice for the villain. The Elizabethan occultists were a fascinating bunch. Last summer I went to a John Dee exhibition in London with tons of his possessions such as crystal balls and the like. It was great. He was also the inspiration for Prospero from Shakespeare’s The…

Funnily enough, Edward Kelley, the game’s English occultist villain, was in real life of Irish descent. Another interesting guy to read about.

Totally. These idiot children (and that is all that they are) are no different from the average attention-starved sad acts hanging around college campuses anywhere, anytime. It’s so easy to debate the ethics of these pricks all day long but the only thing that makes them different to your average annoying twat is that…

Yeah he has an Irish accent in this game, but historically no, William Adams was English, from Kent in Southern England.

I’ve never done that. And I’m a guy who’s been in relationships.

Cheating once (ie throwing your entire life away when you meet the love of your life) is one thing, but doing it as a repeat pattern, knowing it’s nasty and doing it again is really not nice. I feel sorry for your exes.

With the release of Nioh this week, I have to say that I thought Salt and Sanctuary was far too much of a ‘Souls-like’ to be totally respectable. Nioh takes certain inspirations and mechanics and spins them into its own type of thing, whilst being clearly distinct from Dark Souls. Salt and Sanctuary actually straight…

This game is so great. Not just in terms of mechanics (which are immaculately designed, deep and rewarding) but also its general approach to its lore and history. The way it shoehorns in real world characters and locations initially seems almost like historical fanfiction, but the way it leans real people and places…

I agree with this. I’ve been playing all day with no issues. The game is a LOT less ropey than I expected. I’m a huge Conan fan and not really into survival games at all, but this has had me very impressed (and immersed).

I’m not a hater, I’ve played dozens of hours of ESO on both PC and PS4. I actually like it quite a bit, and I don’t think I implied otherwise. I will probably buy this expansion, as the thieves guild and Orsinium DLCs were very good.

$60 for everything is pretty damned good. $40 to add 30-40 hours of Morrowind into ESO is also good... but only if you like MMOs. It annoys me that Zenimax keep marketing ESO as an Elder Scrolls game. It’s an Elder Scrolls flavoured MMO, nothing more or less.

Don’t get me wrong, when BG1 came out I was 12 and I saved up for ages to buy it, on 5 CD ROMS (plus a 6th for Tales Of The Sword Coast)! It blew my mind. I’d never played a game that felt like a real world living inside a computer like BG did. I was obsessed. It just irks me a bit that it hasn’t aged nearly as well…

I was recently up in the attic of my parents’ house clearing out some old stuff. Came across a big box containing all my old MTG cards from when I was really into the game, back in 96-99.

Apparently coming to Xbone in a month or two. Not sure if the penises will be removed or not.

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I actually think the first Baldurs Gate is filled with moments like that. For a game that promotes deep choice and classic style role playing it has way too many bullshit moments that force you down a route you didn’t want. Some of the other Black Isle games were better (Planescape, BG2) but the original BG is…

10/10 would actually play that.