Recent content by Halla Burrica

Griffith from Berserk is my favorite, simply because he does probably one of the most evil things I have ever seen done to anyone in a story, and still remains just a little bit relatable (a teensy tiny bit, but still).

Well there was this part in the Point Lookout dlc for Fallout 3. As part of a side-quest you have to digest a special plant to become a full fledged member of a cult who obey the hologram of a brain in a jar in order to save someones daughter (it's a long story). The plant turns out to contain...

Silent Hill 2 is NOT and was never groundbreaking. That's not me trying to discredit its accolades, just pointing out a very simple fact. Player choice? Was done years prior by games like Fallout, Baldurs Gate, Planescape Torment, Wasteland, Deus Ex, etc. Absolutely nothing new on that front...

It's pretty easy to see why Lovecraft isn't widely used in games. Games are often (not always, but often) about empowering the player, giving them agency over what happens, a sense of control in the world, having obstacles they can overcome if they just try hard enough, etc. If players don't get...

I expected TFA to get a lot of discussion and criticism, but I never expected the characterization to apparently be too subtle (of Rey at least). Lack of kinetic characterization? I don't want to be a condescending film snob like way too many people pride themselves on being, but Ihave wonder if...

Everyone! I have seen this movie, and I can tell you right now that it does not simply just pander to fans and milk the nostalgia cow for all its worth (though just to be clear there are a lot of references and other things meant to evoke nostalgia and Disney executives are probably rubbing...

Out of curiosity, I just want to ask how many years you have been dishing out bile and condemnation towards Bethesda on this site. I haven't even been here that long, but to me you've already become a kind of cartoon character here, like the old timer who mainly sits in his chair outside and...

Yup, I was right to think that the voiced character would not be a strong point. You see that Steve!? I wasn't being paranoid!!! I think a good example of what a better version of that type of main character can be found in Mass Effect with Commander Shepard. S/he has a specific past and a...

Good, because season 1 was not a stand-alone work like The Walking Dead or The Wolf Among Us was. It really can't be a satisfying or complete narrative without at least a season 2. I did really enjoy the first season though, so I'll pick it up when it comes around (maybe I'll wait until most of...

1. I'm really excited for Andromeda, actually. ME3 had massive problems, which I don't think I even need to cover because it has been so extensively for the past 3 years, but it still had many excellent moments that were some of the best in the series (The Genophage mission in particular comes...

I didn't really enjoy it, mainly because it felt really unfocused among other things. The sappy intro song is about Bond having to choose if he wants to find someone to really end his womanizing and spying days and get into a real relationship, but that romance isn't really given enough time or...

I thought that the entire movie was Donnie being crushed by the jet engine, but he makes up an alternate timeline where he doesn't die in his mind, which is not too difficult since when you're about to die it feels like time is slowing down (though it really just is your brain getting an...

I'm not crazy about it. It certainly looks well done and all, but the slightly cartoony-looking character models makes me a bit sceptical. What I'm missing here is the grime and filthiness of the previous ones. I get that FO4 is more visually appealing with the way it looks, but it's the...

My criteria for a "classic" video game is whether or not I can play it 10 years (or more) after it was made without wanting to send an angry email to the developers.

This might seem like an obvious and tired thing to some, but I think it's important to have it out there, because there are actually people who genuinely believe that kind of bullshit, using the same kind of logic that the people who think JFK's assassination was an inside job and not just some...