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I was really surprised when Bernadetta started talking about the abuse she received during her childhood (and the incident with her father tying her to a chair for hours is only one example, there are others). What fascinated me was that you usually don’t see an example of abuse in a video game that’s this realistic. Read more

I haven’t played the game yet, but damn if it doesn’t resonate. One of my greatest struggles is feeling “good enough” for anyone or anything. People tell me I apologize too much. But I spent my youth and too damn long later in an abusive marriage being told regularly what a failure I was and that I wouldn’t be good… Read more

I read the whole thing so I don’t mean to sound flippant, but yeah. Read more

This brought back memories of the mural in Breath of Fire III. Now I’m sad that the franchise is dead. Read more

I was devastated to learn that Claude would not be an option. And in all likelihood I will use the woman avatar, which I do more often than not as it satisfies my non-binary nature more than playing masculine usually because of how masculinity is encoded into the majority of narratives.  Read more

I just wish there were better options for guys. We get 2 who are old enough to me the main character’s father, and you don’t even marry them anyway. And Linhardt is just, unappealing to me. Wish they made Claude or Lorenz gay Read more

*sigh* close, but not quite there. I get the whole “don’t force it” (like, not every character needs to be Bi) but also...there really could be much better options than what exists. If petting was cool in IF, why can’t we get a few more gay options? Read more

I love Divinity OS2, turn based PoE 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, etc. I loved Persona 5 (but I can tell there’s a line where the relationship/dating stuff would grate on me, and P5 tapdanced just on the good side of the line). I’ve been on the fence about getting a Switch, there’s a few other titles that appeal to me but… Read more

1. I just want to say that you’re praise on the episode of Split Screen you were on made me pre order the game on the eshop. I feel like my brain woke me up at 1am last night as if to say “oh yeah, play for a bit before you go back to sleep!”. So I blame you for my poor night of sleep (the other 6 days a week where I… Read more

I’ve never play a Fire Emblem game ever but I was interesting in trying this. Is it okay for newcomers?  Read more

I’ve seen from reviewers, that have experience with previous FE games, that the lack of S-support conversations with characters other than the avatar is actually a benefit. Conversations between different characters are much more nuanced now, rather than every support being shoe-holed into culminating in a proposal… Read more

This can be enjoyed completely without having played the previous game, right?  I wouldn’t be missing anything with the story?   Read more

I have never played a Fire Emblem game. But this sounds so awesome that it probably will be the first game I get when I get a switch later this fall.  Read more

Claude, who will someday lead the mercantile republic that is the Leicester Alliance, has his eyes on a much bigger picture and hides his schemes behind laughs and smiles. Read more

This sound great, and I’m in the middle of a big Fire Emblem phase right now (just beat Blazing Sword, now replaying it on Hector Mode). Read more

Whoa. After being wholly uninterested in this game, the fact that it’s getting strong reviews is actually making me want to pick it up. Read more

We just got off the phone last weekend with Nintendo Canada support for this issue. We have a left Joy-Con with bad drift (yeah, yeah...we’ve tried all the home remedies). Read more

I picked up a Switch and extra joycons for an after school program I run. Nintendo usually makes very durable controllers. (Looking at you, Wii Remotes) But all 4 of the joycons’ sticks are near useless after ~6 months of admittedly hard use. The difference is probably sticks vs D-pads/buttons.

Still, wish they’d… Read more

Nintendo, I love you, truly, but that response is not acceptable. I did exactly that. And then I called your support number. And I was told my Joy-Con was out of warranty and I paid you $40 to repair it. You were nice enough to waive the $10 shipping charge, at least. And then I was without a Joy-Con for a week. And… Read more

Man, whatever happened to the good old days when Nintendo controllers used to shred players’ thumbs playing Mario Party, and us getting some free condom gloves out of it. Read more