Recent content by tomtom94

I think the point is that we're condensing these particular characters down to just a gender on the basis that gender is a common denominator in these examples, where the female is frequently portrayed as either the emotional one or someone to be protected. There's context and then there's...

I can see the point they're making about Ellie and Elizabeth in a way. Female characters in gaming still fall into the "must be protected" stereotype, and have to be filtered through a male character (Joel/Booker) in order for people to "understand" them. Given their roles in their respective...

I used to have PubClub membership, I let it lapse when I stopped using the forums so much, and then the captchas drove me away completely. I like the fact that sometimes you get a different one (the "pick one to answer a question" is quite nice, in a perplexing way, just for the variety) but...

First off: I haven't played the game. The last GTA game I played was San Andreas and I didn't finish it, just borrowed it off a friend for a week. I may well pick GTA V up at some point. I can't really comment on this scene because I haven't played it, nor really on the content of GTA V as a...

What do you have access to, I'm guessing Netflix if you've been watching House of Cards? If you enjoyed The Newsroom you could try watching some of Aaron Sorkin's older stuff; The West Wing or Studio 60, perhaps. Can't say I've watched them myself but I hear good things. One recommendation I...

It strikes me that half the people complaining that "the reviewer doesn't like playing as criminals, why is he reviewing the game" haven't read the review. The opinion is justified - with comparisons to previous GTA protagonists, no less - on the first sodding page. It's good to see video...

I find the revisionist history going on with Iron Man 2 quite interesting, since 3 was released I've seen a couple of people claim that it's easily on a par with the first film (usually done in contrast with someone's opinion of Iron Man 3, obviously). I've seen 2 twice and both times I felt...

Nailed it. My personal feelings are that there are no bad ideas for reboots, only bad execution. You could approach the concepts in Robocop in a different way; the original is a good film but it's by no means perfect. If someone wants to approach it from a different angle then go for it...

Most first world countries have incredibly biased educational systems, it's the same here in the UK, most of our murky past gets kind of covered up. Of course, we justify it by telling ourselves that America's much worse. What did I learn recently? I learnt how to fix a PS2 disc read error...

I noticed this. Very glad it's an upgrade and not some massive hack. Some warning would have been nice though.

Fun fact: Gareth Bale earns less than Lionel Messi. Even more fun fact: Last I checked, Lionel Messi doesn't even come close to the wages of a man recently on the end of a record ban in baseball (Alex Rodriguez). Conclusions: Well, there are several. For one thing, the Premier League...

If you intend to get Rome 2 in future then Rome 1 is probably a good starting point. A great variety of factions to play as without some of the complications/bugs that came about in later games. That said, I say that because it is also the only TW game I've played in full. I've played the...

Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man (2006 variety) completely defines this concept. 0Pe4GzksYI8

Someone posted Batman: TAS above. I grew up with its successor, The Batman (which I've always considered a really good cartoon) and the opening for the first couple of seasons was done by The Edge from U2, and was really awesome and atmospheric: Later on they replaced it with some generic...

'Microsoft announces Xbox One controllers will only work in 17 countries at launch. "We hope that customers in other countries can take advantage of the other media experiences offered by the Xbox One and are not put off by the lack of controller support", a spokesman said.' Distressingly, I...