John Walker's discussions

Wishlisting is not in any sense like purchasing. It’s about keeping them on your radar. The games I’m including in these lists are all ones I think deserve a spot on people’s wishlists. I really don’t understand the issue. Read more

Yes, of course you’re limited to having four in a battle deck. However, I’m also aware that The Pokemon Company doesn’t come over to my house and remove any further duplicates from my bulk should I exceed that in cardboard form. Read more

You know, the recent issues regarding abortion rights in the US are horrendous, and it is right to condemn them. However, it deeply trivialises the awful abuses of women in Qatar to suggest the two situations are equivalent. Read more

Oh yeah, I didn’t word that well. My ill-educated guess is that whatever the next console is, call it Switch 2, will come out with BOTW2. Read more

On top of the lack of any real tech spec differences, the chances are most people would have been reviewing on an OLED anyway. Read more

Genuine question: Even leaving aside that all I say is that there IS an evolution, not what it is, do you consider Nintendo/Game Freak to have spoiled the game when they announced Farigiraf a few weeks back? Read more

It’s what making a mistake looks like. Read more

I am now nagging my 8yo to battle me, rather than the other way around. I’ve built a really good water deck, relying on Kingdra, and Finneon’s V-blocking abilities, to defeat his V-heavy uber-deck, and just want to wallop him with it. Read more

I think this is further complicated by the nature of such VN projects, where fan-creations are a big part of the community, and asset sharing is a lovely way of encouraging that. So it’s shit that 4-han weaponised this, but of course they did. Also, can you imagine the expense for an indie studio of lawyering up… Read more

ON OPPOSITE DAY. Read more

It amuses me that “read to the end of the short article” needs to be signposted : ) Read more

I’ve spent ages trying to work out who you think is mad because they think this is preventing Cyan from making something else, but I wonder if you might have the wrong number? Read more

I love The Dig SO MUCH, but that puzzle can fuck off. Read more

So long as they’re not Pantone colours. Read more

Especially when you just wake up in them with no idea how you got there. Read more

From what I’ve seen, during the demo it wasn’t possible to tell if it can be disabled. But I bet you can’t. Read more

Well, as I say, it’s not my genre either! This game, but Negativland and Pizzicato 5. Read more

Yeah, my son plays this all the time. But it’s a sort of hybrid thing. There are a bunch of Bear Grylls ones too. It’d be a stretch to call them games. Read more

They are the “coins” you can flip. Read more

The year I went to Glastonbury, this is EXACTLY what the portaloos looked like, except, you know, far worse. But more than anything else, the shit rose up above the level of the seat, and that is a memory I will never lose. Read more