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As the headcrab hat currently adorning my printer proves, Valve is reasonably successful in getting me to part with my money. I might cave just to have a Scout stand on my desk, if they make one.

It's not necessary for a game, but it depends on the type. I'd hate to play a DS/casual game where I was required to listen to everything acted out when I could be blasting through text boxes three times as fast. But the games that go more in-depth and need characterisation, yeah, it's a...

I don't think I've ever been harrassed for it. I don't use my mic often though, or maybe I'm just lucky. I do get people cussing at me for being a Backburner noob, once they even called me a fag. It's pretty satisfying to be able to say back "Not exactly, but I do like men". On the other...

Yeah, you might want to grind them to at least 45. Personally here's what I'd do: Golem - Get her to Lv 49 and she'll learn Stone Edge. Replace Rock Throw. Far more powerful rock type move. Alakazam - Do you have any good special attack based TMs? They'd work wonders here. See if you have...

Sometimes it's Francis at the beginning of the level, informing you that they've lost a guy, too. I agree with you, OP, this campaign had a good feel to it, and bringing in the wedding scene, the music, and the pouring rain all heightened the emotional depth of a map where we'd see an actual...

Pikachu wasn't a mascot until the anime, where it was given the role as Ask's starter pokemon because they didn't want to favour any of the in-game starters. Not taking sides, so to speak. I've often read in pokemon trivia sections that Jigglypuff was optioned to be Ash's starter pokemon, but...

Similarly, I used to read all the time as a child and teen, novels everywhere. I've always liked good films/series, although for my taste there's not many I'd call 'good'. Games are my preferred medium nowadays, although it's hard to judge them for that since although books and films should...

Pokemon seems to suffer a little from being too afraid to change any mechanics. Okay, yes, we like the formula and it's successful, but this is one of those problems arising from their complete reluctance to deviate, at all, from previous programming. When I was young and playing the original...

As someone who knows nothing about that series and has only watched the clip you posted, I wouldn't have personally guessed he's designed to appeal. He looks interesting, sure. Knowing the game probably makes all the difference. I don't think I'm generalising too far by saying a character's...

Every one of the 'peppy' girl characters from Final Fantasies. They bring this same tired character back every time and then make her worse. Selphie, then Eiko (who while annoying, was only 6, so she acted her age), Rikku, and ugh, I want to strangle Vanille so far. It was laughably bad with...