Recent content by BM19

Honesty, empathy, and intelligence. You need two out of three to get my interest. Good communication skills are up there, too, though.

... Meh. I'm all for more playable female characters, but we're not even entirely sure if that's the case for this game because we know so little about it. Besides, these games have always been ridiculous style over substance. Aside from the old school first few, a bit of Disidia, and the DS...

Still a masterpiece. Admittedly, I didn't play it myself until the PS3 HD release, so they might have patched a few things. However, despite having a friend that wouldn't shut up about it ever since it was released (thus giving me a reason to hate it just to spite him) I still loved it from...

Loved the show as a kid, and I'm still in strong like with it now, despite it becoming the figurehead for a rather annoying subculture of Hot Topic kids who act random because, HEY -- GIR did it! Tee-hee, tacos and mooses, etc. I try not to let others affect my opinions just based on their...

The Airplane sequence in Mega Man Battle Network 2. Those magnet walkways are SO ANNOYING. I recently replayed the game for shits and giggles, and it holds up surprisingly well. But even though this part wasn't AS long as I remembered it... It was still obnoxious. A speedbump in an otherwise...

I certainly wouldn't say that graphics are at their "limit", nor would I imply that graphics mean nothing. They DO mean something, depending on how they're used in-game. For example, with "The Last of Us" Naughty Dog used high-detail scenery and animations to immerse the player in the game's...

Does walling off the topic entirely, then, really help? Or wouldn't that perpetuate it as a controversial topic ripe for picking easy laughs? The problem is that you're never going to "get rid" of rape jokes just like you'll never get rid of any of these shock topic comedians. As long as a...

... Does yours not? (Shoehorned Archer reference +1) On topic, while there IS something to be said for those who are just looking to incite an argument or get attention, there's equally a number of others (mainly men, I'd wager) who respond by simply saying, "They're just out to ruin our...

There's some we all know, sure, like "Beyond Good and Evil" or "Psychnauts" from a generation or two ago, but what about more recent games? No necessary cult classics, either, but just GOOD. I, for one, FINALLY got around to playing Xenoblade Chronicles, and I'm incredibly disappointed that...

I think that the problem is that most rape jokes are just poorly written and/or executed. Comedy should be allowed to touch on all topics for a number of reasons, but at all times you've got to know your audience and the effect/intention your words have on others. A good guideline is that if...

Good on you. I love standup! Mine is probably running, though I'm in the military so it's perhaps not as ground-breaking as I thought... Um... I love writing? Short fiction, novellas, got an idea for a series of novels, etc. Just having a hard time finding the time. ... Dammit, I think...

I know some people got upset about the voice actors from Persona 4 changing, but honestly I prefer Golden/Arena's new Teddie and Chie. Teddie is close to the same, but Chie's just matches her personality so much better.

I've got a few... Almost any RPG involving grinding or battles with even a hint of luck to them can result in this, too. I remember when I was a kid I literally threw my Gameboy across the room after my seventh failed attempt at catching Articuno in Pokemon Yellow... Zapdos was almost...

To be fair, they have a lot more than Doodle Jump, and certain games for mobile just aren't suited for virtual buttons -- like Sonic 4 and most other platformers. But yeah, I AM concerned that they're just going to stick it with shoddy ports. Fingers crossed that they'll do a bit more.

There definitely is a problem of sexism in gaming, as an industry, a medium of entertainment, and as a culture. And it's a good thing to talk about them. The problem is that Anita Sarkeesian is bad at it. Not every instance of damsels in distress or such a trope is endemic of female...