Okay, look, when a thing is not actually Resident Evil, and the only thing I want is that it not turn into Resident Evil, and then it turns into Resident Evil, I think I am justified in complaining!

Especially since there's so much Resident Evil on the marketplace as it is.

So...I'm upset about a fictional character's death - really, genuinely upset, the way I was over certain character deaths in ME3 - but not because I don't think that character deserved to die or found the scene particularly sad. That character was an asshole, and plot developments had heightened the assholery to levels where death was probably the ( Read more... )

Something I have decided after flicking through complaints about BioWare and their plot methods:

If you break a story down into its most basic clichés shorn of all context, that doesn't mean the story is actually basic or clichéd. It means you have a rough understanding of the way media is constructed. Good for you. Round of applause. Have a ( Read more... )

Flames. Flames! On the side! Of my face! Third point down for rage.

Oh god, I really don't want to feel guilty when I buy a PS3 for The Last Guardian once it comes out. Or stick to playing Mass Effect over and over because I can at least choose a badass lady as my protagonist. There's only so much Bioware I can take before I overdose and start ( Read more... )

I want to hate Dead Space so much. So much. You can't even understand how much. Almost as much as I wanted to love Mirror's Edge.

But I can't. I just can't.

Oh god.

Oh god.

Forgive me.

It does fail pretty spectacularly at being even the least bit frightening, though.

After three weeks without internet in my apartment, I have learned an important lesson.

It is - and you must listen closely - it is that you must, whenever possible, read the instructions.

I could have really used that twenty-five dollars.

Sigh.

In any case, you may have noticed the tag, which refers to the fact that I finally picked up Mirror ( Read more... )

To: Denizens of the Intarwebs
Re: The Companion Cube Chamber of Portal

(  Please stop telling me you cried when you burned the cube. )