Back on the forums after a long break. Found myself quite fancying playing Final Fantasy X so downloaded the HD re-release and randomly thought "wonder if C&R has done an episode on this?" Turns out you've been busy in the seven years since I was last on these forums! Regarding the gam...

The difference for me between Gone Home and Firewatch is that the "reveal" in Gone Home feels earned and in Firewatch it feels cheap. One of the reasons that the Gone Home misdirection works is that the game never actually tells you that you're in a ghost story, or anything supernatural fo...

It took roughly 2 hours for my Peach amiibo to reach sentience and begin stomping me. I'm not quite sure how.

So I'm not saying that any of the following is perfect, but here's what I remember from having spent too much of my youth browsing plot analyses on GameFAQs: WAY IN THE PAST: Before colonisation, Native Americans inhabited the land on which Silent Hill now stands, conducting various rituals and invo...

So I heard on the podcast that people were confused by the story. I can post a plot summary when I get home (gleaned from having to much time and not enough to do surfing GameFAQ plot analyses aged 13) if anyone would find it interesting?

I mean from my perspective, I've had a conflicted relationship with the "gamer" identity my whole life. I am a nerdy white male so ofc I fit in that respect, but I'm also gay, which was a conflict with other games. I grew up playing games with people who used a shitload of homophobic langu...

Well, on the face of it, it's already backfired. For all the shit it's put them through, #Gamergate has done more than anyone else in spreading awareness of Anita Sarkeesian, and it's provided more publicity for Zoe Quinn and Depression Quest than she could ever have hoped for alone. It's a movement...

Wait, when we talk about "sides", what are we talking about? Sides in the harassment of women? Sides in the "gamers vs 'gamers are dead'" argument? Sides in the hypothetical discussion of ethics in games journalism? See, this is the thing about Gamergate. It's such a mess of diff...

Then my opinions align with yours and presumably a large part of the CaR team. The thing is though, both sides of the fence (as with all these things) have people reacting irresponsibly and not listening to the other side's view and even in the anti-GG there are individuals resorting to death threa...

I feel weird in that I think people take ethics in games journalism way too seriously in general, and yet I just sat here and listen to a Youtuber and the editor-in-chief of Kotaku shoot the shit about the subject for 100 minutes. That's going to require some examination at some point. Possibly with...

My defining memory of Silent Hill will always be my dad, walking into our bedroom on Christmas Day after we'd received it, and asking us what was going on in the game. "Oh this is a playground and there's a basketball hoop there. A dog's head is on the floor. They probably used it as a ball.&qu...

I think it's also fair to point out that there's a demand for Metacritic. We nerdy folk for whom gaming is our main hobby (or one of them) are interested and motivated enough to trawl through reviews, find reviewers we trust, determine what we like and dislike, have debates as to the merits of "...

This is why it's important to have reviewers whose subjective opinion you trust. If you read a review and the reviewer has made judgements you don't agree with, then disagree with the review and go find someone whose values are more in line with yours. Todinho , in your case, if a reviewer is doing ...

Metacritic has been fostering a weird, adversarial relationship between devs and critics for a while now. People I know in game development complain of being set Metacritic score targets - incentivised by anything from bonuses, to their continued employment - only to have those targets missed by a f...

Divinity's on hold while my boyfriend's away on business so I'm devoting lots of time to Smash Bros 3DS. Was a little lukewarm on it at first, but it's growing on me rapidly.

If anyone fancies kicking my arse around a bit, my Friend Code is 3454-1186-7754. I play a lot of princesses!

Hello folks, just got this and loving it My code is 3454-1186-7754 if anyone wants to give me a thrashing. Added you!

Boyfriend and I just starting on Divinity: Original Sin. Being in a long distance relationship means co-op games are an incredible asset, and the reviews for this one are spectacular, so couldn't ignore it. Plus our attempt to do Baldur's Gate 2 co-op was... laughable. Other than that, Dota 2, and I...

Oh I'm enjoying the hell out of it so far. My main problems are the depth of the systems (not all of which is readily apparent) and my decision to play the game on Classic mode with permadeath. Not that decision necessarily, but more having the discipline to not save-scum it every time I lose a unit...

Splitting my time between Fire Emblem: Awakening, The Wolf Among Us, Saint's Row The Third, and Dota 2, Dungeon Defenders and Risk of Rain co-op with my boyfriend. ...I don't think I'm giving any one of them a fair shake. Think I might just leave Saint's Row and focus on Fire Emblem for the time bei...

Despite never having really paid that much attention to Superbrother: Sword and Sworcery EP, I had a listen to the soundtrack last night on a late shift and it blew me away. Probably going to have to go back and play it now.