Recent content by maninahat

I think it's to do with the fact that both Escapist and Destructoid are now owned by the same parent company, so this might just be familial banter.

"Hmmm, talking to myself about what I see... in incomplete sentences."

I always pictured Jurgen Prochnow for the role - his face is super gnarled, and he has the sternest looking face. If the show doesn't work, it probably won't be Cavill's fault because it isn't an especially demanding role. Put a grey wig on someone and make him scowl; that's all the Witcher...

The single worse flamethrower has to be in the game LA Noire; the game forces you to ditch whatever more practical gun you were carrying and put on this clunky flamethrower pack. You are then forced to slowly wade around the sewers wearing it, whilst people shoot you to bits, and you can't fire...

Never liked these. They are all so cheesy, clich?d and ineptly written, and this is no different. Shame to see all that fabulous animation gone to waste.

In Life is Strange, the protagonist Chloe gets impossibly powerful, reality bending super powers that let her rewind time itself. One of the earlier uses of this incredible ability is to... make an obstructive teenager move out of the way. Rather than just step around the obnoxious girl, Chloe...

There are a lot of them in there, sown in as incidental dialogue mostly. I tend to find that sort of thing annoying, but I found it inoffensive compared to the janky as hell bugs and AI. I'd say the review matches my own experience of the few hours I played (I still haven't even got into the...

I am excited for this! I am really glad to hear this site is going to be bringing back content. I was this close to not ever coming back to the Escapist, having not commented on the forums for months, and now I'm glad to find a bunch of content starting to appear all of a sudden. Also...

MOVIEBOB! Holy shit, what's going on? Someone explain this to me. I'm old! Also I want to watch Wings now. EDIT: and Bananaman again.

I think its less of the fighting, and more of the action button prompts being a bit fiddly. Try swimming underwater to unlock a chest, but the "press x" prompt keeps disappearing because your character has moved slightly out of the action prompt radius, and now you have to do a full figure of 8...

What a coincidence, I just reviewed it today. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/reviews.php?target_group=VideoGame&target_title=TheWitcher3WildHunt]

As probably the oldest regular poster, since joining, I've had two and a half degrees, two jobs, married once (so far), and moved property twice. I'm about to move for a third time. I've attended two escapist UK events, and will be attending my third in July. That's more than ten years now.

So the pros of encumbrance: 1) It stops people hoovering up and keeping every last thing until the inventory just becomes too unweidly. 2) If you have a restrictive limit, it can feel more realistic. 3) A restrictive limit also forces the player to think tactically about their approach to...

I think the first thing is to have a realistic target to work towards. What could you see yourself as being like at your best? Essentially, losing weight and gaining muscle are two different things, and after a certain point, mutually exclusive. You can even end up fat and very strong, or...

Well, even porn needs some kind of story to hang itself off of, and story is essentially "person wants thing, but there is an obstacle". Incest is a natural obstacle in any romantic plot where a person fancies someone but needs something in the way. The obstacle being something expressively...