Recent content by Allar

This is too often missed when talking about Mass Effect 2 I think. For me the real value in Mass Effect 2 was fleshing out the universe through the stories of a handful of people that lived in it. It also did a lot to lay the ground work for why some of the biggest issues in the series mattered...

I really really want a sequel to Legend of Dragoon. I appreciated the setting though I wish it could've been flushed out a bit more. I was also a big fan of the addition system, making combat a little more engaging than press X to attack did a lot to break up the monotony of grinding for me. A...

They definitely are, I only heard them for the first time last week. I'm still broadly skeptical of these sorts of things but I find it immensely fascinating and it's fun to read about or listen to as fiction if nothing else.

Round 1: 21st Century - Germany seems like the best candidate here, given their propping up of the Eurozone and repeatedly demonstrating how to balance economic and social policy. Bonus points for getting to this position less than a century after World War II. Round 2: Victoria Era -...

I generally do everything I can to keep civil and make sure that we're having a discussion rather than shouting each other down but there are definitely times when I lose my cool. Generally it's a question of whether the other party is debating in good faith and if they're polite. I realize that...

So much this. That is still my favourite episode of the Simpsons ever. The Templars in the Assassin's Creed series without a doubt. Their tactics are heavy handed but no more so than the Assassins most of the time and I feel like the goals of the Templar are considerably more likely to come...

Don't forget the cold. The horrendous, constant, bitter cold. Also you had a hotel bar? You must have lived in one of those fancy, upscale towns in rural Saskatchewan. I bet you even had running water.

So much this. I'm a barista and while I realize that it's a common and easy mistake to make it still grinds on me every time. Also, I'm sincerely baffled by how many Americans insist that their form of government is a republic rather than a democracy even though those are in no way exclusive...

Many thanks for the responses. I'm familiar with some of the suggestions but there's some new stuff too. I'll have a look at the other suggestions, I've heard good things about Mirror's Edge and Syndicate in particular. Thanks again for your help

Well Escapists, to make a long story short I love conspiracy theories. I don't buy into them of course as they are, almost exclusively, so stupidly convoluted that they are beyond implausible. However, I am fascinated with those that do believe and with fiction that features such theories and...

1. Metal Gear Solid series, Mass Effect series, Deus Ex 2. Male 3. 21

In fairness they never said that the Japanese hadn't done anything wrong, quite the contrary, they just said that the war couldn't be seen in black and white terms because BOTH sides had done atrocious things. Also, the British raised taxes in large part to recover the costs associated with the...

Whilst I understand where you're coming from I think there's something to be said for having some empathy and trying to understand why people would react so strongly to this topic. I can appreciate why it would be offensive to somebody who didn't mean to be hurtful being called out for being a...

This. Why is it difficult to be kind or at least inoffensive? It's always mind-boggling to me when people think that just because they have a right to do something that automatically makes it a good idea. Sure you're free to say horrible things to other people over the internet but why? Just...

I really hate how smug a lot of us Canadians are in terms of the U.S. We're so confident that we're better than Americans because of how inoffensive we are internationally (at least comparatively) that blatant anti-Americanism for its own sake is ok. There are so many people around here who...