John Walker's discussions

Oh, and if you’re fortunate enough to be able to get on with subtitles, definitely use those. It defaulted to dubbed for me, and I quickly switched that over - it completely flattened everything. Read more

Maligned Avengers was my favourite 90s comic. Read more

I haven't encountered any homophobia, or missed it because I ignore so much of the awful dialogue. What did it say?  Read more

He also wasn’t a very big fan of computers! Read more

Yeah, it’s the fancier rigs that seem to be the worst affected by this one. Seems worth holding out to me. Read more

It’s from Lemnis Gate, by Frontier Developments. Read more

Ha! That’s what MS put on their site, and like a big twit I just copied it. They fixed theirs and I’ve fixed ours! Read more

This confuses my brain so much. It's both adorable and revolting in equal measure. Which is how I like to think of myself.  Read more

Well, no, that’s not how truly free speech works. But it absolutely can be how a private company with social responsibility could work. Read more

It’s quite extraordinary that the very many responses explaining this article is wrong are based entirely on their not liking big outlandish games. “But I didn’t like Saints Row 4 for being so silly, so this is a bad take.” Read more

Yes! Being like City Of Heroes was such a big part of its appeal for me. Read more

LA LA LA CAN’T HEAR YOU Read more

I agree with you that it’s a spurious starting point. However, I’ve also seen how cruel and unpleasant kid-aimed mobile games are at trying to get them to nag to spend money, and it makes me boil. Read more

There are inexpensive iPads? Read more

It’s a term for first-person RPGs. Been around since the 80s. Read more

“Would the world be a better place if 20 years after Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings, any movie producer could make awful movies based on it, without Tolkien’s permission and without him (or his estate) getting a penny?” Read more

What’s so disappointing is you haven’t refuted a single thing. You’ve simply told me how it already is. I know how it already is. I’m arguing that how it already is is grotesque and needs to be destroyed. Read more

I’m not entirely sure you’ve mastered “anti-capitalism”. Read more

There is! Piracy! Read more

It’s really hard to know your level of patience and tolerance for archaic design. My advice is stick with it, because eventually you DO adjust. And of course now we have the added benefit of instant access to hints and walkthroughs, whereas back then you had to hope your monthly mag would include the info. Read more