Recent content by C. Cain

I, unlike you, didn't make any assumptions whatsoever. What I did, my presumptious friend, was the following: A) I criticised you for making sweeping, franchise-defining assumptions based on the spectacular sample size of a single film and a single trailer. Or in other words: irrespective...

You've seen a single film and one 2:17 min trailer. That certainly is more than enough material to establish a pattern of continuous underachievement. Going for the safest option possible is Marvel's modus operandi for everything. That's why they made a Guardians of the Galaxy movie - a...

What is this exercise in reaching supposed to accomplish, precisely? Everything is offensive, therefore nothing is? Are we supposed to give minstrel shows a pass, because you're theoretically able to arrive at the notion that Alien might be offensive if you just project hard enough...

Just give it another week or two. Guardians is only in its second week in China and it's released in Italy today while DoFP ran its course. I think that's going to be enough to close the $15 million box office gap. Either way, you're right. X-Men is far from damaged. DoFP was something of a...

I was afraid I would be accused of talking down to people as if they were children. That someone might criticise the patronising tone I chose to describe a readily apparent concept for being unhelpful. And yet, here you are. You, kind sir or lady, are a prime example for someone who utterly...

The concept you are looking for is called 'context'. Since we're unfortunately not living in a world in which any given act can be classified as either being absolutely wrong or absolutely right we have to contextualise. To wit: the act of taking something is generally considered value...

Hah. Never got that reaction before. Indeed, there are quite a few immersive RPGs out there. When I first played it I started with a tech gunslinger. I thought the game was incredibly hard, what with its dodgy real time combat and the lack of a decent firearm (until you know where to...

And here I was, thinking I'm the only living soul on this plane of existence whose answer would turn out to be Arcanum. OT: Speaking of planes, I'm also rather partial to the ...scape: Torment kind.

Personally I didn't think it was too inflammatory or condescending, especially in comparison to the hideous behaviour of people shielded by the internet's anonymity. That said, I concur. A confrontational or dismissive tone can be detrimental to the discussion at large.

Alright, let's take a step back. Point-by-point discussions are fun, but I think we are losing sight of the bigger picture. How do we evaluate the message of any given piece of art? We contextualise. It's about the way the entire portrayal of each entity adds up together through the action...

Not necessarily. I acknowledge that the article might be inflammatory if you count yourself among the people it critiques. I fail to see why anyone would want to do that, but it's one's pejorative. That's a very good question. It depends on which school of thought you subscribe to. Suffice...

So, what's the definition for a real RPG then? Does it involve true Scotsmen?

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. It kind of looked like Fallout set in a steampunk-fantasy hybrid world. It was even made by the same people. Unfortunately it was not nearly as accessible as Fallout, especially if you were trying to play a tech based gunslinger. And if Fallout...

That may well be the case. Now keep in mind that I'm essentially appealing to authority here. I acknowledge that I may be wrong and if you think that's enough to dismiss my opinion then that's alright. Anyway, from what I was told there's a certain Father-Daughter-Dynamic in this film that...

Sorry for digging this up again. I haven't seen Transformers 4 in its entirety, but just now I saw one particular (allegedly largely extraneous) scene which reminded me of this statement: <spoiler=Scene in question><youtube=r8Z8WMeyrwE> So, this happened. Just to make things perfectly...