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But the thing is..."the curtain is blue means the author was sad" isn't a very good reading. It's nonsensical and anyone who tried to use that in ANY of the lit classes I've been in or ANY of the discussions I've participated in both on and offline would be laughed off the stage. The...

Storytelling isn't just words. Yes, a single sentence can tell a story - Baby Shoes for Sale: Never Worn - but so can a picture. Stringing together pictures tells a story. A shot of a man, a shot of a bowl of porridge, a shot of the man licking his lips. The man is hungry. Games tell...

Wait, Black Leaf just dies? What, no saving throw? What are they fucking playing, Tomb of Horrors!?

Yeah...it'd basically be: "And then the Singularity happened and everything was awesome." Now, if they made an Eclipse Phase movie... See, Eclipse Phase is fantastic, because it takes place in a universe where (trans)humanity is immortal, no longer needs to use money, can transform their...

And that, my friends, is why you DON'T GO INTO THE WARP WITHOUT A FUCKING GELLER FIELD!

Man, that trailer got me REALLY pumped up... ...to get my copy of Pacific Rim and watch it again.

Imma remake Robocop 10,000 times better than the remake. And, just for fun, I'm going to do it in 5 paragraphs or less. Alex Murphy, all around great beat cop, is struggling to make a difference in failed Detroit, which is now closer to a post-apocalyptic wasteland than a city, with endemic...

...Saints Row 4? (Which, by the way, passes the Bechdal Test.)

The Bechdel Test is a great place to start when writing female characters and stories in general. But, like Wikipedia, it is not where you stop. The issue isn't as confrontational as that... Basically, games have been pretty darn good at this whole "game" thing for a rather long time...

Also, as an aside, I'm sick of people saying: "Games are supposed to be fun." No, games are supposed to be INTERACTIVE. Lots of them ARE fun, but that does not mean ALL of them need to be fun, or that they need to be fun ALL the time. A lot of my favorite books are fun to read - but they...

I'd like that... And, as others have said...the Red Cross isn't forcing devs. It's just a suggestion, take it or leave it. Personally, if a game wants to be realistic, they should be realistic, and not just pay lip service to it. That also holds true of any other form of fiction out there...

You know, it's all about presentation. If the MW series didn't try and present itself as realism, then we'd not compain about it not being realistic...if that makes sense. Right?

They would need need NEED the right music. Go Go. 60s style stuff. Like, if they could nail a No One Lives Forever style vibe with the game, I would be SO VERY SOLD.

Ye gods, someone who thinks my generation isn't a bunch of fucking idiots. That's so refreshing that the fact that it is so refreshing makes me want to cry.

When I re-watched the trailer, I understood what Bane said: "When Gotham is in ashes, I will allow you to die." Which, hey, I actually think that's a pretty cool line. They just need to ADR a better read so that we can actually understand it.