Recent content by Anachronism

I finished The Banner Saga a couple of weeks ago and was pretty much blown away by it. Character is a difficult thing to define in any piece of fiction, but it has character in spades, probably because the dev team was just three people. Gorgeous art, beautiful soundtrack and some of the best...

With Okami, at least, you have the excuse that it's about 30 hours long and does tend to drag a bit. You can finish Ico in around 8 hours, though - it's well worth it. The ending's great. For me, I'd go with the first Icewind Dale. I ended up enjoying the second one a whole lot more, which...

I loved the first two games (in case my avatar didn't give that away), and I found Throne of Bhaal pretty disappointing. It's far too difficult and frustrating, and the story just isn't up to the standard of the series - it's painfully obvious right from the beginning that Melissan is evil. To...

I'd almost forgotten that the Game Boy one and Star Wars Trilogy Arcade existed until I saw them here. That really takes me back. I never finished either of them, but I had a lot of fun with them when I was a kid. Seconded. That would be my choice for best Star Wars game ever, to be honest...

More specifically: fuck Curst Prison. That dungeon was so atrocious that I almost gave up on the game, and it tainted a lot of what came after until I was able to calm down and look at it rationally. Still, as much as that part of the game sucks - and the quality does drop markedly once you...

That's true, but let's not forget that drawings on paper don't age. Actors do, and their contracts expire as well. My best guess is that Avengers 3 will be the grand finale for the team as we currently know it, at which point they'll gradually replace people. Bucky will probably become...

Ok, that was actually quite a bit more interesting than I thought it would be. Was worried it was just going to amount to another regurgitation of a Wikipedia entry. And incidentally, I've actually read Howard the Duck MAX. It is one of the single weirdest comics I have ever read, and not in a...

Oh, excellent. That's really great to hear. Good for them.

Well done, Marvel. But is he actually going to get any money from this film? Because his treatment isn't cheap and I think that would be an even nicer gesture.

I've not read the books, but I'm reliably informed that they're absolutely terrible. The only way this film could be of interest to me is if they go for the NC17 rating, which of course they won't because it's box office poison. It'll never be better than this, anyway.

And even then, treat it like it is loaded just to be safe. Especially if you're using a magazine-fed weapon that can have a round in the chamber even if it's not actually loaded. You shouldn't point a gun at anything unless you actually want to shoot it. This is kind of tragic, but frankly...

Because, to quote Aquaman: shrinking's a power, but it's kind of sad. He's just not a terribly interesting character. The only things he's really notable for are shrinking and beating his wife. I guess he could become the Avengers' genius super-scientist after RDJ leaves, but you still have...

I doubt one bad movie will hurt their credibility too badly, they've made more than enough money that they can afford a bomb or two. Not that even a bad Marvel movie is likely to bomb at this point, but you take my meaning. Frankly though, I would like them to can Ant-Man. Even Aquaman thinks...

It gets brought up on these here forums practically every time someone starts talking about RPGs, especially old RPGs. Hell, someone made a thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.856881-Going-into-Planescape-Torment-for-the-first-time-anything-I-need-to-know#21228527] about it...

I have loads of friends who love comics, and I was in the comics society at university. I know a grand total of one person who gives a shit about Ant-Man. I completely agree with you about this - nobody cares about him, the film's gearing up to be a total train wreck, so they should just scrap...