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Thanks Topside, lube you too. I'm done with those "leadership" courses for work now, thankfully. Still not really sure what the point was: I'll make slightly more money and they slapped a fancy new title on me, but there's zero additional responsibilities and essentially no room for upward...

One of my favorite things these days is when my husband will pick up the controller and say, very sincerely, "Today I'm going to beat Yama!" We both know he won't make it out of the mines, but the bravado and seriousness of the way he says it never gets old, lol. He never dies to the more...

Eh, sure compared to anywhere else in the country but it's died down a lot in recent years. And it was never really a significant aspect of living here anyway. It's not like there are hordes of them wandering the streets Invasion of the Body Snatchers style or anything. I'll gladly suffer a...

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I'm continually surprised that Derek Yu doesn't seem keen on revisiting Spelunky. Talk about an instant gold mine. Sometimes I daydream about what Spelunky 2 could be like; really detailed stuff in my mind's eye about levels, enemies, items, etc. It definitely trips that "I want to design...

No, unfortunately.

I had fun 'proselytizing' about FF14 last weekend so I thought I'd do it a little more again today by sharing another aspect of it that I really enjoy; its opening movie.  Even without dialogue I feel like it's one of the best damn game cinematics ever made. If this is what Spirits Within or...

I never thought I would say this again but I would totally tap that box all night long.

Hubris is totally going to be my downfall isn't it?

edit: Removed due to sounding snarkier than intended. We apologize for the fault in the post.  Those responsible have been sacked.

Tyler, small correction from your IA piece earlier: "Perhaps it’s the play testers, or perhaps there is a small team whose soul purpose is to review each game and decide its Platinum fate." Trophies are serious business for sure, but maybe not that serious?   ;) Also relevant over on GAF...

You could definitely beat the main campaign within the 30-day trial period if you focused on the central questline and didn't get too distracted by the many other things to do in the world (crafting, gathering, sidequest'ing, etc.) That being said, the first half or so of the main story is...

Remember when Cleaner was in management training and was barely around for a few weeks? That's been me lately. I don't have the same level of enthusiasm she did since there's not much room for advancement, but they're paying for tons of stuff and it looks good on the resume so... Also, I've...

Good luck with Job Search 2: Electric Bugle-oo! If it doesn't work out this time, just bitch about it in the thread and that should do the trick?

It would be a great game to complement your new "play it don't plat it" mindset. It's really charming and definitely worth a playthrough but I hated platting it, mainly because it runs too long for its own good and has a few frustrating "can't get hit" trophies in there.

Right? I came home in a terrible mood and figured I'd play some DC to unwind but when that arrow trap hit me within the first 5 seconds I snapped and just said fuck it. You'd think I'd know by now not to play Spelunky for relaxation but nooo, gotta stick that fork in the electrical socket a...

The game has a father-daughter rescue plot that should totally resonate with you AND a sexy foul-mouthed warrior woman who literally spends the entire game in her underwear and you're still not satisfied? What do you want?!

Topside, don't listen to that salty degenerate; Nier is one of the greatest games of last gen. He is right in that it's kinda ugly and the combat's nothing special but the music, characters, and especially story are 5/5 diamonds and totally outshine those weaknesses. And it isn't super...