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It’s a war game. People die. Read more

That and I’ve just misplaced my 360 copy. :) Read more

I was gonna do G Gundam next. Haven’t really checked that out since the Toonami days. Read more

Well, there’s goes my rewatch of Iron Blooded Orphans. Read more

Seems a bit more hybrid-y but we’ll have to see how much those orbs do in action to really judge. Both Nathan and Maddy are at Blizzcon; hopefully, they’ll get some hands on time and give you good folks the breakdown. Read more

Me too. Read more

I dunno. I’m kinda into the whole “dark scientist” thing; costume’s a bit extreme in some ways but she hits a pretty distinctive silhouette and that’s always good. Read more

Goddamn it, Ethan! Bowser is in this game? I’ve been spoiled for eternity. Looks like I’m going to fire my copy of the game into the sun now that you ruined it for me. Read more

WE’RE TRYING TO WARN YOU ALL DON Read more

I want to go see if they have the Aardwolf maze in episode 2. :) Read more

Totally. I’m not saying that you should never touch intent. A lot of games a very clearly authored in ways that are hard to ignore. It isn’t however, a necessity. Analysis is exciting partially because there’s a ton of different critical theories and approaches that you can look at individually or mix and match. Read more

Art’s power fundamentally rests in its ability to communicate and express multiple things, some of which are even contradictory, all at the same time. I’m rarely interested in what an author intended to say because it’s entirely possible for them to fail in the act of communicating that message. Read more

When writing critically, I’m less concerned with intent than with what a work communicates. Whatever MachineGames intentions were are secondary to what the game actually says in and of itself. Read more

That’s honestly Wolfenstein in a nutshell, post TNO. A mixture of camp silliness, hyper violence, and pathos that shouldn’t necessarily work but manages to land thanks to a heaping spoonful of confidence. Read more

I think that if SP spent as much time worrying about properly depicting the Duwamish as they did debating how a Seattle coffee shop should look, Second Son would have been a much more interesting and well rounded game.
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You’re not alone. It was the first thing that came to my mind, particularly given how Second Son folded the Duwamish into a flimsy fictional tribe. 

I always advise caution this far ahead of a game’s release.. This might be really good, after all! But I definitely understand and share your apprehension. I raised my… Read more

Racists don’t deserve the type of consideration you’re asking for nor are many real life bigots that far off from this depiction. We get to see that shit on the nightly news today. I’ve heard this type of shit on the L train coming into work, y’know?
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No. I’d have to be a special kind of asshole to do that. Read more

They last until the end of the year, although you can keep the Kappa if you unlock it. Read more

Gonna play Fire Emblem Warriors until my eyes bleed. Review drops next week. 😎 Read more