Recent content by 1066

Sadly, I generally have to agree, but I'm not sure it's the internet doing it. There's the safe spaces and global community arguments, both effectively allowing for communities where things can be said openly, and that dovetails into the Echo Chamber argument. In short, you wind up with a...

There are two core points at the heart of this, and they're both reasonably related. The first is the one asked about the 'true' form, assuming they actually have one. In short: if you want a relationship to work, then you need to be comfortable with who a person actually is. In this case...

Myself, I can't eat onion, tomato, peppers or banana. Correctly processed I can, but straight up, no. I like the taste onion gives to something, but biting into a piece is extremely unpleasant. So, no onion on pizza or fried. Stewed, in sauces, etc. is usually fine. It's not just the...

There is are quirks to Steam, but in no way has it ever locked me out of my stuff. I hit it when my brother and I when we decided to do the shared library thing. Short version is that I got an email with a code and entered it, after which everything was fine. Now, I did have trouble...

short answer: Not that I know of. Longer answer: Kinda. I have no idea what the actual metric used for the ESA number is; Ie. Hours per week, dollars per year, etc. and without a genre breakdown it's effectively useless data for companies to use to even begin marketing or prototyping for...

Here's a spiel I've done a few times on the subject. Oddly, you're generally arguing philosophy in a weird way. Flipping gears a little: Question: Is X perfect? Define perfect: Without flaw. Define flaw: A fault (esp. in design.) Basically, you wind up in a long, protracted...

Watch Dogs had a massive, year+-long advertising campaign based on the game's gimmick, not the story, and it only just got released and is already fading from memory. It was a resounding meh, which is actually a good thing in the grand scheme. In similar vein, though, Alone in the Dark...

Here's the difference: your story cost you... precisely nothing to create. Time, effort and maybe even soul, yes, but no billable hours and you did it because why not? Triple A games have budgets as much as into nine digits. Flops can, will and do sink companies for both reasons of...

"Gaming has never had this and wouldn't it be weird if Nintendo of all people were to do it?" Okay, paraphrased, but still, and not watching it again. Coming from a guy who stated outright a few weeks ago that people who don't research their stuff before sounding off about it are idiots...

It's been said, but you have this a little off. Most of those shows are, at most, aimed at the mid-teen audience. That said, there are two points to be made. One is that, frankly, cartoons and stuff meant to be 'for kids' is often far better written and more mature in its story and humour...

Honestly, that bit was all but lockstep with the attitude/message I've been getting from the show lately, so... meh? Also: Self-depreciating humour (and that is the best case scenario, and none of the options are graceful at all) doesn't work if the character is aware of the fact, and a lazy...

To be honest, the books really haven't aged all that well for a number of reasons. Random songs that add little to nothing, overlong descriptions and a startling lack of character descriptions, considering. Myself, I gave up on them when the protagonist shift (the fellowship in general to...

Earliest I can remember is TMNT for the NES.

Decent show, but that's more or less where it stops. It's trying to be a musical, but there are too few songs for that and not enough to be a movie with musical numbers. Let it go is still awesome, though, even if it has run thin in the aftermath. The second act runs aground for a...

Let me try and explain these. First and foremost, and I'm sorry to say it, but you're arguing against broad stereotypes with even broader, more dramatized stereotypes. As with all stereotypes, these are laid on thick and too quickly, even when they don't apply. They do, on the other hand, have...