Recent content by Richard Dubbeld

It is becoming more important to have strong female protagonists, as the demographics show us that almost 50% of people who play AAA titles are female. (I know, citation needed.)

Yeah the Abyss DLC has the best Bosses in the whole game. It has set an incredibly high standard in design despite how small it really is (+/-350MB).

well now I don't want to play this game. trying to stay away from stories in which the stakes are essentially a 1 dimensional character I care nothing about.

I generally prefer anime that is not based on any manga or other paper based medium. Stuff like Wolf's Rain or Ergo Proxy. They tend to stay away from most of the "tropes" (Cliche is a better word)that plague most the vast majority of anime. Also I suspect that part of the reason why FMA and...

I think a more important question is this: how do consoles released at the beginning of a generation play games released at the end of that same generation just as well as a newer version of that same console? Tis something i have always wondered.

I liked that cracked article too. Probably the most serious piece on the whole website.

This does not really apply to video games as much as in TV, but when all but one of the characters undergo some sort of transformation, either they think they are evil, or a younger version of themselves and once the curse or whatever is lifted, they do not remember a thing! Pisses me the...

I like children... ...but I could never eat a whole one.

I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that most anime is just an extended teaser for the manga it is based on...

Any anime whose story is primarily concerned with romance is almost always destined to fail, unless it is a parody or has real critical elements on the genre (I'm thinking Mysterious Girlfriend X). Romance is always best as a secondary motivation (Bakuman). Harem anime is the worst, at...

Thanks for correcting me, I meant the god of flame. the god of war may or may not be Solaire. I never said that Artorias and the knights of Gywn were not people, I said they were NOT HUMAN.

Couldn't agree more on all fronts.

YuGiOh Abridged is amazing, the source material is the perfect target for parody and LittleKuriboh is the best in the Abridging business.

Yeah on-going anime is often no better than soaps with action. Usually anime that is around 50-60 episodes long or anime that is OVA only are the best. Examples: FMA Brotherhood and Wolfs Rain.... oh the ACTUAL feels. And anything by Hayao Miyazaki.

Anything by the late Chinua Achebe, but specifically his novel Things Fall Apart. Both 1 and 2 covered.