Recent content by Malisteen

Nice to hear it wasn't as loathsome as the previous three, but in Revenge of the Fallen we got a chance to see who Michael Bay is when a studio has let him off his chain, and after that unforgivable glimpse into his revolting psyche, I'll be damned if I watch any movie that man so much a...

If they wanted a cast exclusively consisting of the same interchangeable white dude with a little bit of stubble, that's fine. I mean that would get some blowback and well-deserved criticism, but at least it would be them making a decision and owning up to it. There is no 'get out of criticism...

Holy shit, Rescue Rangers? That could be awesome. Now only if they could find some way to also make it another Rescuers sequel - Rescuers Down Under was such an underrated gem of a movie...

Really? Between the 'cast of almost exclusively white dudes' and the 'only selling point is dragging back the old cast to play to the nostalgia of old fans', my very strong impression of the new Star Wars movies was that Abrams wasn't casting the net nearly widely enough.

I needed an elder scrolls MMO like I need an elder scrolls themed board game, CCG, or match-three facebook game. The fundamental nature of the genre is just completely at odds with the reasons I play Elder Scrolls games in the first place. Nothing against those who do like MMOs, or this MMO in...

That's a fine criticism and all, but it will really only carry any weight when Marvel Studios puts out a movie that doesn't primarily revolve around a white dude. There's supposedly a black widow movie in the works, so I'm hopeful there, but I'm a little confused why all the superhero film...

Actually, no, what they said kind of did happen. somewhat spoilery discussion:

Our generation's complete refusal to accept or even face the realities of time and aging is just creepy and pathetic, and it will continue to rot everything touched by it.

Not in a game, but an anime. Slayers, to be specific. Sort of a rambling, D&D inspired action-comedy thing. Anyway, there's this one point when the heroes come across a 'pacifist city' ruled by a 'pacifist king', and they're all wondering how such a city isn't constantly getting curb stomped...

Another de-rec for Eva. Relentlessly negative and downright mean-spirited, which would be forgivable if it actually had something meaningful to say, but once you dig through the frankly meaningless symbolism, you find that it's just so so shallow. Basically the height of pretension...

Haibane Renmei. Very slow, takes its time letting the setting and characters sink in a bit before introducing really any meaningful conflict at all, and even then it's an internal conflict. Not an action show at all, but very atmospheric, beautiful music, and a touching story with a lot to say...

Roderick -> Droxicker, or Drox. Elemental theme bio (healing, poison, mutation), color theme sickly yellow green, weapon type syringes, weapon theme human bones. Syringes for smaller bones would be darts fired from dart pistols or tranquilizer rifles, larger bones would be held in hand, or in...

I'm not sure that's necessarily true, not in a world where gaming is becoming mainstream - and not just in the US and Japan, but internationally. Enjoyable game play simply doesn't excuse bigotry in games - subtle or otherwise - any more than a positive message excuses poor game design (which...

I rely on reviewers to give me fair, honest review. I bought DA2 after reading the escapist review, and when I was confronted by the overwhelming and very blatant problems with that game, I did not feel that the review I read had been honest about those problems. I don't usually* care about...