Recent content by The_Echo

Y'know, maybe I'm just dumb, but I don't fully understand why anyone cares about which gender their player character is. I certainly don't. Do people actually want to pretend to be these characters? 'Cause, for me, I can never do that. Even in games where I make my own character, I'm...

The great thing about Shovel Knight, though, is that you can work around what would otherwise be bullshit. There's a suit of armor you can buy that keeps your footing when hit. And there are TONS of subweapons to counter whatever is in your way. The whole knockback thing reminds me more of...

Hunger Games is splitting the books up now, too? Christ. Thanks, Harry. Thanks a lot.

外人 (outside person) isn't even a racial slur. It can be used as a pejorative, but it's not offensive by default. It's really just an informal form of the word 外国人 (foreign-country person), though some people even go as far as using...

How is that entitlement? "Look, I did better!" "Yeah, but you fucked up the first time." That's grade-A bullshit if I've ever seen it.

I kind of fell off the Adventure Time train somewhere in season... two? And I was never the guy that watched every episode anyway. But Regular Show really captured me. The demeanor of the characters resonate really well with the 20-something demographic, I think. And the degree of absurdism...

Actually, quite a few people were waiting with baited breath for remakes of Ruby and Sapphire. Unless you have some kind of compulsion to buy both versions (which, with the new online functionality in X/Y, is completely useless), I don't see why this is an issue. At its core, Pokémon still...

Well, I don't think it's fair to say "this one Japanese guy can't into English, so these guys probably can't either." That said, neither "Aeris" nor "Aerith" are exactly English names. Not to mention "Aerith" is an anagram for "I, Earth" which works thematically. No, not exactly. But the FF...

I've heard tell, but never seen for myself, of terrible bouts between fans of the same fiction who vehemently believe in a particular pairing between characters. I've heard they will go as far as considering their ideal partnership as canon, and denounce any notions saying otherwise, and will...

Weird idea to put it in front of a building they don't own. Especially in a state where it's certainly going to start a fight. But maybe that's what they're looking for. Baphomet isn't Lucifer. It's a symbol of Satanism. In fact, LeVeyan Satanism (which the Church of Satanism follows) is...

Oh, good. The Escapist wants to start talking about privilege now. Greeeeeeeeeeeat. This can only end well. There's a reason the Webby winning streak stopped this year.

God. Fucking. Dammit. I took some time away from the Escapist and I come back to more of this shit. Controversy for controversy's sake. No good reason. Just because. I wish so hard that this could just stop. I really do. Look. I'm coming in here way late but here's my two cents. Rape...

Boxer briefs are the one true choice. Boxers are far, far too loose. How people 1) fit those into their pants comfortably and 2) actually find them comfortable is beyond me. And everyone knows the disadvantages of normal briefs.

Hmm. inFAMOUS the first reminded me very much of Sucker Punch's Sly Cooper franchise, particularly in the animations during in-game cutscenes. But it seems inFAMOUS has taken a few more pages from Sly. The first game, while not perfect, was certainly enjoyable and had plenty of...

I already commented on the video, so I guess I'll just quote myself here.