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I'm going to be the layman here and say that I would enjoy more female protagonists. But yeah, I generally think Anita Sarkeesian has made her point, and she contributed atleast to the discussion of sexism in games. I don't care anymore. I'm sorry, I don't. I'm not going to pull the 'Appeal...

I love TotalBiscuit to pieces, but this is my only problem with him. He's created a paradox where he tries to get his subscribers to be thoughtful, considerate people, yet his opinions are so strong that it polarises them. TB doesn't present the agreeable, negotiable side of himself outside of...

Echoing what people have said; Blizzard rock at CGI trailers, to the point that I would love to watch just a compilation of them all. But I've grown out of Starcraft. It's too much about reaction times, actions per minute, less a game of chess and more a boxing match. I've long preferred...

I always thought the Orcs were deadly...when they were experienced. I mean, Gothmog's army -utterly wrecks- Osgiliath, and don't tell me it's by sheer weight of numbers because you get close-ups of Orcs annihilating Warriors of Minas Tirith through brutality, savagery and skill. The thing you...

Spec Ops: The Line. In a year where then debate over video games being 'Art' is truly starting to get going, to spark discussion in many circles, I think Journey and Spec Ops: The Line are two massive points in favour of gaming not just being an art form, but the most important one of our...

World War 3 won't happen until an effective anti-Nuclear defence system is developed. End of story. No 'ifs' or 'buts'. We went through the Cold War with far greater tension than this; and we came close to World War 3, but we did not suffer it. These days? You could wipe out Europe with five...

This is another slight niggle of mine, but that 'charge' tactic isn't stupid, and it didn't end there. Primarily because knights on horseback RULED European battlefields utterly. I mean, most of their infantry was peasant levies, so they'd be untrained and ill-equipped. Even if they weren't...

Contrary to popular belief, not all English people look like Jason Isaacs or Sean Bean, and most do not burn down villages or conduct weird science experiments, except on Sundays. Hitler, as previously stated, was not the Architect of the Holocaust; but he was the final tick that allowed it's...

Well, that's one way to kick my depression back into gear. Congrats to the winners!

Medieval: Total War taught me a fair bit about the Byzantine Empire, but it was Age of Empires that really sparked off my passion for history. Cossacks and Cossacks 2 really instilled in me a love of the 1650-1850 time period, which I hold to this day (I know the lyrics to all four verses of...

Nope. To be honest, I'd much rather steal seven billion cents from one person, but if that was not possible, then taking a cent from a person who lives on 50 cents a day is basically the difference between life and death for some people. Let's be conservative and say taking that cent leads to...

That Nord looks amazing. Far more Viking-esque than I could have hoped for, even seeing the trailers and game footage.

Hey. Well, as you can guess, I'm replaying Shadows of Amn, a game I have owned since I was a mere 9 years of age. It has been my gaming bane since then. The furthest I've ever got is Spellhold, and not through difficulty have I been dissuaded, but by convenience. Life, Exams, other Games...

Microsoft and, hell, even Nintendo must be laughing themselves silly. First Sony pisses off their Customers, now they're pissing off the developers. Just asking, but what are the chances of this reducing Sony in any major way, though? Don't they make 90% of profits from TVs, DvD Players, etc?

Greatest. Article. EVER!