Recent content by minarri

I don't think it's fair to say that. "Yes, it's bad, but others do it too!" As though that makes it excusable, or makes it OK to ignore that entire facet of the game and still call The Witcher (or other series) mature. It stinks of excuses. Also, is it impossible to discuss this game series...

This sums up my feelings about the series rather well. I do feel it's important to point out, however, that while it's far from being the only series that objectifies women, the manner in which it does so (the sexcards) appalled me more than most. It literally turned women into collectible items.

Oh I thought this would be about pointless, forced cinematic deaths in games a la Thane or Aerith. Anyway my best story is probably when last year I began playing World of Warcraft again for a brief time. I was flying over Northrend because I'm a cheapskate and discovered, to my dismay, that...

This was not what I was expecting. When I saw the title I thought this would be a discussion about gender vs. sex, and how the terms "boys" or "men" aren't equivalent to "male," and "girls" or "women" to "female." Welp. I don't understand how you could go through life like that, in any...

That's the mini-game where you need to get hit by cars, right? Here's all you gotta do: steal a car and get to the highway. Stand in the way of highway traffic and get ready for the big bucks, because there are a lot of cars and they won't stop for you. The largely self-congratulatory...

THIS. Just about any time that a game relies on characters that are invincible, I feel that they're propping themselves up with sloppy and/or poor writing. I can spend all the time I want grinding XP and refining my gameplay skills, but then whoops! Along comes a cutscene that has my...

My shadiness radar began to trigger the moment they started talking about "also appealing to Skyrim players." That really should be "appeal to Elder Scrolls players" so it sounded like they don't know what they're talking about.

Dragon Age 2. Playing it was like eating classroom paste; yeah you could do it, but it wasn't enjoyable or nourishing in any way. I'd also like to nominate FFVIII and any of the ones that came after number 10 in that series. Too stodgy and obsessed with appearances but devoid of enjoyment.

Pretty much this. All the video streaming sites are forcing ads to play in their entirety or make the user fill out a video captcha now, but that doesn't mean you have to watch the ads.

Vaguely defeated by Reapers while on my spaceship might not be such a bad way to go

"Common likings" are pretty much that a guy not be a goober and not be a douche.

I don't know if it's an established drink or not, but recently I started mixing 1 part each of amaretto, butterscotch schnapps, and Frangelico on the rocks. It's pretty much the best thing I've ever had.

It's like flavor text; they're only there to give more depth to the world of the game.

This. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. They're going to twist the numbers however they can to try to sell more units. That's how they roll. They aren't necessarily lying; it's just some Aes Sedai BS.

I think the ridicule of virgins or of "sluts" is dependent upon age as well as on sex. Any virgin of greater than, say, high school age is generally ridiculed regardless of sex. To be honest I think it has less to do with what a person has or hasn't done and more with the fact that people...