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Early Highscool, AFI's The Art of Drowning. I was also following my brother into hardcore punk in general at the time. But Art of Drowning is when I started to read into music and albums for subtext.

I second Stephen King and Thomas Ligotti. Thomas Ligotti basically has his own mythos. Read the short story "Jerusalem's Lot" by Stephen King. It's his one Lovecraft story and it's good. Try the short story "The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson. Maybe "The Keep" by F. Paul Wilson.

I agree. Thank you so much. That was awesome.

I've given it some thought over the years, because this game IS special to me. Basically, FF7 is one of the most important media artifacts of the 1990s. It's important to 90s media culture. It's got angst done well, being haunted by past trauma. It's got eco-terrorism and environmentalism...

Pretty much this. Having a gun is not synonymous with being prepared for sudden mortal danger. People can faint, piss themselves or have a heart attack even with a gun. People saving the day with their good-guy gun is insanely rare and there's a reason for that. Training is what will make...

The freedom to imagine a life-story for yourself is self-evident from having a brain. It's also not very useful. The prison example is kinda the best argument I've ever heard that privilege does matter.

It's funny, people say Bioshock Infinite was overrated, but everybody on the internet seems to hate that game. I loved it. I feel like the only one who did. I also liked Bioshock 2. My answer is Chrono Trigger. I've tried playing it multiple times and never get far. I like other Square...

All the worst games I've played probably predate 3D graphics and I don't really remember them clearly. But they make your bad sequels look like solid gold. Try the Back to the Future and Predator NES games, for instance. Actually, don't do that. In recent times? I once played a demo for...

Look, if EA doesn't see the value of a Star Wars shooter campaign, I probably don't want to play the one they crap out. If, however, they can see the value of crafting a story in the Star Wars universe that incorporates major military battles, they should obviously do it. I'd rather play the...

-It doesn't come with a controller. -There's no designed-for-PC controller that doesn't suck yet. -It's honestly more expensive. My graphics card was the price of a new console, just the card. I just built my first computer, the price was the biggest hurdle all these years. -The fact...

Gamers and Core Gamers can be nice or jerks, just like anybody else. When horrible jerks who insult people claim it's a part of their so-called culture as gamers, as if videogames give them permission, they are flat-out lying. But then other people believe them, for some reason. The jerks...

I distinguish between "gamer" and "core gamer". Candy Crush makes you a gamer. Angry Birds, whatever. Everybody who drives cars is a driver. A gearhead cares about cars.

I, for one, have nothing but hope. I know they'll change stuff. I don't care. There's a huge gulf between not-perfect and bad. I was a big defender of Diablo 3. That, I think, says it all. I liked playing it, even if it wasn't the game I would have made. That will probably be true of this...

Take over Valve: Release Source Engine 3 with a new, more powerful Garry's Mod to market it and get the modders working early, after hiring/buying whoever I need to make that happen. Develop Half Life 3, giving progress updates along the way, which also serve as a promotional piece for...

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