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As someone who consumed all of the games AND the books and the few attempts to give us a “live” series or story (and like most of it for what it was) I can say I was at first disappointed that the series decided to ignore most of that and go their own way. Read more
I feel like Phantasy Star Online 2 deserves special mention, because it offers something a lot of other character creators don’t: range.
Space Jam Legacy tried to warn us but we didn’t listen. Read more
It depends on the difficulty, honestly. Hiding some tactical information from the player adds a level of uncertainty that can make each turn a bit more suspenseful: that is, as long as the game isn’t punishingly difficult. Sometimes those fights are tuned so murderously difficult, that you need every little bit of… Read more
I played on normal and didn’t feel like it was bullshit. You def need to be careful and accurate. But nothing too crazy. Read more
Unity! Read more
EA promises nothing else will change Read more
Wait I thought the right always complained when there was politics in our entertainment? Read more
Exceptional work. Thank you for telling this story, Sisi.
As much as we might want video games to be something separate from the events and struggles of the world, they are—like everything else—intimately connected to what’s happening all around us. Thank you again for making those tethers more visible in this piece. Read more
You can take me off the weekends, but you can’t take the weekend content outta me. Read more
Grabbed this over the weekend, opening thoughts was it felt like a very complete game for being early access. It’s clean, quick to learn, and I also really liked that they are going for their own look and not riding heavily on the back of the recent movie franchise.
One thing that feels like it falls short for me is… Read more
Sounds like we need to settle this with a rap battle. Can Xenoblade possibly top this?
I always like the term “comic mischief”. Read more
I think I prefer it with the T rating honestly. It’s not like they ever did anything interesting with the M rating anyways, it just felt like they had to make it a bit too try hard-y at times to keep up with the gore. This one feels a lot...I dunno. Fluffier? But in a good way. I’ve rolled my eyes waaaaaaay less at… Read more
There’s a fun rune farm I found, but it’s pretty late game and involves a certain late game ‘all-knowing’ boss. If you have the madness eye beam (I forgot it’s name), you can two-shot this boss, so it makes for extremely fast co-op fights. I’ve gotten anywhere from 35k-90k runes per fight and each fight takes less… Read more
Trans people have been warning of this for a while now but the “love wins” crowd has been too busy enjoying a false proximity to privilege to listen. This is what happens when we forget "you come for one of us you come for all of us". Read more