Recent content by Frezz

All of the pokemon games are designed to be easily picked up even by very young kids, so if you're able to post here you probably won't have a ton of trouble just playing through the game. There are a lot of interesting numbers and mechanics under the hood, but you don't need to worry that much...

With sandbox games like GTA, Saint's Row, Skyrim, etc. I don't really consider the main "storyline" to be the main source of appeal. For example, Morrowind is one of my favorite games of all time, I've put many hundreds of hours into it if you count all the way back to when I was a kid. I...

Tons of teens are into that stuff (I've only recently left that age group, and god knows I was), but I can't imagine a morning timeslot being very successful, given that very few are going to wake up early just to watch cartoons, and like rosiv said, if they have an internet connection and much...

Ah, yes. Some people have mentioned "THE MISUNDERSTANDING" before but this is by far my least-favorite variant,because it's so common and so contrived. It points to the larger problem of popular fictional romance being completely broken relative to actual human relationships, to the point of...

I pretty much carry my sketchbook like a security blanket, so I always have a bag or purse at least big enough to carry it. It's usually accompanied by the obvious drawing utensils, erasers, a craft knife or two, maybe some makeup, etc. At minimum I keep a lil' victorinox rambler on my...

This is something that's pretty context-sensitive for me, since I'll let a lot of things slide given enough raw enthusiasm (JoJo appeal I guess I'd call it) Here's the one that's annoyed me most lately: Crummy Villain Motivations/Plans unless the character is a deliberate spoof of...

I'm way too much of a klutz to risk holding my electronics that close to a bowl of water. I stick to newspaper Sudoku if I'm in for the long haul.

Odd glitches and crummy visuals break off my immersion pretty easily, but I'm a habitual nitpicker, so I tend to go through most games half-submerged to begin with. Maybe it makes me a jerk but staring at the seams is part of the experience for me, so while it's rare for me to get fully...

^yeah, I did non-lethal once for the achievement and outsider dialogue, but since then I tend to have a pretty strict "Always Murder Brisby" policy, even on otherwise pacifist runs. Speaking of that mission more on-topic-like, last time I played Dishonored I made a little challenge out of...

I think sex and booze are just things that most of us have some sort of contact with, and they're often reliably funny, so they make easy icebreakers. I'd recommend indulging the small-talk somewhat. It's something I've had to start doing consciously, since it doesn't come naturally to me at...

My high school never offered IB, unfortunately; but to throw in my opinion, I'll always be an advocate for learning an instrument. It's something that's rewarding in and of itself, and it's a skill you'll have for the rest of your life. And provided you don't pick something loud (like my weapon...

This is pretty much my experience with antidepressants. They didn't keep me from feeling sad, or detach me from the surroundings. I personally didn't notice much at all until I realized that I'd somehow gone for months without having a complete teary breakdown. It didn't stop my emotions, it...

The last thing I actually held in my hand to read was a volume of Eyeshield 21, which never fails to entertain. It is such a seriously underrated manga. The real last graphic novel-type thing I've read though is a webcomic, Gunnerkrigg Court. It was fun catching up after getting distracted...

No one's saying 3D isn't cool. The issue with it is that's where it stops. It's a neat novelty that doesn't really add much to the experience. A good movie will draw me in regardless of simulated visual depth, and gimmicky tricks aren't going to save a bad one.

I'd like to offer the opposing side to antidepressants, I can say that medication helped me to get through the worst of my own depression. It's not a magic feel better pill, and it won't solve underlying problems, but it did stop me from spiraling so hard that I couldn't even think about my own...