Gorgon

I don't know why the ESRB is even bothering with a campaign. Sure Trump said something, but I mean, it's Trump. The accusation that video games cause mass shootings doesn't really exist except as a distraction. Maybe they are just grateful for the short spell of not having to put a brave face on micro-transactions.

I wonder if the first shooter is really really pissed that the second shooter stole his thunder.

All this soap opera stuff is par for the course these days isn't it.

Well, yes. I guess the point is that Mila isn't good - bad anymore, just plain bad. Her M/O, or her husband's really, is getting an IP and then spending no effort knocking out 10 sequels.

God those Resident Evil movies are terrible. Besides, there is no Gullermo del Torro and no Ron Pearlman. Ron Pearlman, now that's a B movie queen worth your time.

The product placement is atrocious, it's actually ruining scenes. They sacrificed everything for marketability. What's left is still pretty good I guess, but could have been much better.

Is this the point where we slam them for only making 'safe choices' ?

Yeah, do you really think today's discourse is subtle enough for all of that. My use of the term political is limited to the context of not running afoul of an asinine binary power struggle between two parties. It really shouldn't matter, and it's a pain that if does, but maybe it does.

Besides, no one who worked on the game should have to worry about whether they could express what it meant to them. That kind of atmosphere would completely stifle creativity. From the 'big picture' standpoint though, they probably have to make sure that they don't wind up in some party political corner that they never intended.

That's great. This kind of a game needs that, but it needs to be in service of a story. I guess it's a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of situation. The game is coming out in the lead up Trump's reelection campaign. There are obvious parallels, not just Capitalism vs Socialism, but the whole 'fake news' thing and Trump's war on the press. so what do you do with that ?. I think that the kind of activist editorialising that you have seen in other parts of the industry is a bit perilous. What you need to do is have the NPCs battle it out, and have the player make up his own mind.

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Alternatively it's just an indication that they aren't enforcing a party line in regards to communication. I much prefer 'unprofessional' to the alternative. People constantly second guessing if they should say what they think or come up with something more palatable to a consensus, it's no way to live.

That's the one. They held a 'we are not going out of business after all' reception three days ago.

hhaa. I wish.

My comic store, which I have been frequenting for 30 years, is not closing after all. All is well in the world.

Allright, let's make an attempt to differentiate Skarpen from Sharp. New beginnings and all. If Skarpen has no relation to Sharp_One then the reference is annoying, if he is an alt then he can use the opportunity to turn a new leaf. Let's not make assumptions is what I'm saying.

Warhammer total war 2 Dark Elfs campaign. Can recommend, although all the 'dlc' stuff is not far from microtransaction territory. Get it on sale.

First thing in the history of the world that has even been made better with the addition of terrible recorder flute.

I can't believe I ever thought this guy was hard. Posting for the voice acting meme. So badass, I ****ing believe him.

lmao, pretty boy with the long hair.

Remember Morrowind, like that. I can't remember if you can play Oblivion in third person.

There is a third person idle cam, it isn't animated though and it probably won't work everywhere.

Also, Lame. If someone paid me to beat SEKIRO the way it was intended, that's what I would do.

Made it to the sword saint. I gotta say, although I enjoyed the game so far, after a point I didn't feel like I got better at anything beyond memorising every boss' moveset. I can't tell without knowing in advance what attack is a thrust and needs a mikri counter and what attack is a sweep and needs a jump counter. If you are facing someone with a spear the windup animations all look the same to me, yes you can react to a sweep in time, but not a thrust. It's kinda a weakness, but not so different than Dark Souls I suppose. If you beat a boss the first time in less than 20 tries you got lucky. If the signalling works so poorly, why didn't they make the thrust danger signal a different colour or something... I just wish they had focused more on the windup animations and made some universal signalling as to what attack type this is going to be, instead of just doing the 'danger' kanji. I know I can beat the sword saint, but I just don't feel like spending hours learning his every move first.