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Great film. Loved how they advanced Luke's character and Kylo's. Finn's arc is a little weak and he should have died at the end, but hey, maybe they want an excuse to have the death toll rise in the next film. I've heard people say that it was packed with some of the worst Star Wars...

You know, The Escapist hasn't had a solid track record when it comes to ads. Let's be fair. Last time when Jim tackled this subject, what the administration did was say, "Yeah, they're invasive and annoying, but they pay more, so deal with it." If you want to explore a policy that is more user...

Don't bend over backwards to please people. They sure aren't going to do that for you! Is there anyone who objected to those articles on the SJW side? Was that outrage circulating through their circles? No. They didn't care. No one cared if they insulted and offended the innocent. Not a single...

Derivative works will always take something from someone else. That doesn't mean that they are any less good or worth reading. In the best of cases, good fanfiction can elevate the source material to new heights. Fanfiction has no restriction or deadline. The people who write it can have a level...

Gamers tend to not want games to change. They want game makers to make the games they want for the people who want to play them. This attitude doesn't just become manifest in the support for the indie scene where real creativity and drive is the blood of the whole operation, but also in the lack...

That is what baffles me. It would have been much more acceptable to say something along the lines of, "In this tough economy, we've already seen gamers are more hesitant to take chances on new IP coming out from AAA studios. Independent games have risen to prominence by taking advantage of this...

I would imagine that EA would want to court the community after winning Worst Company of the Year award twice. EA doesn't seem to be riding high at the start of a new generation. They're failing to meet sales projections due to their absurd budgets and sales expectations, and their increasingly...

We all have outlandish sexual predilections and fantasies. If we make the argument that these people cannot separate their fantasies from reality, then the same must necessarily apply to us, as sexual creatures and as gamers. This is an battle we've already been fighting, and it would be...

You absolutely cannot have it both ways here. If you want to claim a lack of representation hampers your ability to enjoy the game, you should not attempt to take away someone else's representation for your own benefit. I never will agree with the changing of a character in this way for...

Thank God for Jim. No one should be obligated to put homosexual people into any old game. Developers should be able to make the games that they want for the people who want to play them. But it does change when you have a game about relationships, and a significant number of people's...

This game is not about the menial tasks that you do, but the choices that you make. As far as this episode goes, I liked the choices you were able to make. Telltale has ramped up the amount of choices that you get to make as a player that don't affect the game as a whole. They affect you. And I...

Games are all about choice. In a game about providing as much meaningful choice as possible, you should aim to provide as much meaningful choices as you can. There's no reason not to, and every reason to do it. I'm with Yahtzee on this one. If you make an "evil" choice something that is easier...

5. Saints Row IV. After hearing so much hype about the game and how fun and creative it was, I picked up the game and gave it a spin. They were right about the creativity of the game, but what they missed was how sparse it was compared to the tedium of the gameplay. 4. Ni No Kuni The...

I think part of the bite of the original was lost in some of the endings that were redone. The older explosion ending is almost infinitely superior. It seemed like the nature of the game being one that was short and had voicework that had a more neutral tone benefited it well. Very direct...

This. There are plenty of terrible things that happen to human beings as the result of other human beings doing things they shouldn't. Sometimes....storytellers take advantage of those situations or the feelings that they inspire to create tension or drama. These are instances of emotional...