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Clara is the best companion. Yet Zygon Clara is even better...

I watched a movie called Time Lapse, which had the girl who plays Caitlyn on The Flash and some other dudes. It was an ok concept but poorly executed and everyone was unlikeable. But you did get to see a picture of her having sex SO I'll give it an OK. I agree with Dean, Nightmare Before Christmas is not as great as an adult. Though to be fair, I don't really recall liking it much as a child.

Disappointed to see this look like just another Platinum game.

Only 9 more days GOH! NINE MORE DAYS!!

Oh my god it's beautiful I can't believe we're 10 days away. So soon, yet so far. I'm glad November 11th is a holiday so I can play it ALL DAY.

Why so cynical Jack? I can't help but feel optimistic for the future of games, between AAA games being better than they were last gen, and indie games delivering new experiences, this is the best state games have been in for awhile. None of your four concerns have been an issue for me and I can't see them being big issues in the future. Let's dig in! Microtransactions: These been a thing for awhile now, and they haven't affected me at all. I haven't spent a dime on them, I don't really play a games where they're integral. AC Unity had them, I ignored them as they were pretty much just time savers and say what you want about that game but the game wasn't designed to push you into needing things sped up. MGSV also had microtransactions but I honestly didn't even notice it was a part of the game. If you're playing F2P iOS games then yeah, microtransactions might suck but if you're doing what I imagine most of us are doing, playing mainly singleplayer AAA and indie console/PC games, then it's not really an issue and I can't see it becoming one. Right now they are an issue in some PC/console games, like Payday 2, but if you notice a trend, the majority of these games are shitty games from shitty developers. I expect microtransactions in $60 retail games to end up like the online pass, something that publishers realize in a few years isn't really working. Cut content: The only game I've played that I can think of had severely cut content was MGSV. It was still a massive game that I've spent more time with than any thing generation so I definitely feel I got my money's worth out of it, but yeah there was definitely a missing mission or two. But I'd say that was due to Konami's own incompetence, not a sign of the industry. And they're leaving the console/PC gaming industry anyways, so it won't really matter going forward. It is annoying when things like skins, which 10 years ago would have been an unlockable, are now paid DLC add on (looking at you Arkham Knight), but that's more of an annoyance than anything. Half-assed ports: Bad ports have always been a part of the industry, since day one. Honestly, as a predominately PS4 gamer, I haven't really noticed any bad ports this generation. That was not the case with the PS3 last generation. Season passes: Again, I haven't bought one, I just buy the DLC individually for what I want when it comes out and it hasn't been an issue. Outside of maybe Fallout 4 and the Witcher 3, I don't think of any recent and upcoming games that I would want all of the DLC. What I'm trying to say is you don't need to buy the season pass, even if you end up buying all the DLC and spending an extra 10 or 20 dollars over the course of 4-6 months, at least you had the option to pick exactly what you wanted to buy.

That's not Jennifer Lawrence is it? Sounds and looks like her.

Wow, they somehow managed to make Nier even crappier.

Looks like there's still major issues. Yikes!

Ah I see that the top icon is actually just a picture for the entire stat not a perk. I didn't pay that much attention because, again, Mysterious Stranger is the only perk that matters.

The Mysterious Stranger, he randomly shows up in trench coat, wielding a revolver and kills enemies for you. It's very helpful.

The 5th perk under Luck is the only one that matters.

I bought a fridge and stove from Best Buy last month, which gave me some points in their rewards program. Their rewards program is the most backwards fucking thing in the entire world, but it resulted in me having $25 of free Best Buy dollars (which expire... wtf?). I wanted a third DS4 since my original DS4 has a bad thumb pad and I don't feel comfortable with just having one useable controller. I saw this and couldn't resist: You see, it looks like an original PS1 controller. So cool. SO COOL!!!

I played a bit of Assassin's Creed Syndicate this weekend. I'm happy to report it's not garbage! It's the most "assassin" AC game since the last Ezio game. There's a huge focus on fist fighting combat which kind of makes it feel a bit like Batman. Also there's a rope launcher, again, like Batman. The female character, Evie, is very likeable and probably the best protagonist since Ezio. Besides being a total screw up, her brother is unremarkable. It's too bad the game couldn't have just focused on Evie, both her personality and play style are unique and a breath of fresh air, something this series badly needs. Anytime the game forces you to play as Jacob it's automatically less enjoyable. Doesn't sound like the game is selling well, I hope Ubisoft doesn't think that's due to the game having a female character. London itself is a little dreary but well captured, there's definitely a lot of giant climbable iconic buildings. At the end of the day, it's pretty similar to Rome and Paris. Hopefully next year we get Egypt or Japan or something else a little less western. The modern day stuff feels very shoehorned in and is very clearly an after thought. I enjoyed the Desmond stuff of AC1-3, and I kind of feel like Ubisoft painted themselves in a corner by killing him off. The whole modern day stuff just feels so half baked and directionless now. Syndicate's present day segments are very much like Unity, maybe with a few more cutscenes. I'm still not sure who I'm suppose to be playing as, or what the point of any of this is. It was much better when you were someone from the modern era exploring the memories of your assassin ancestors, learning how to become an assassin yourself. The whole series got way too focused on the first people, Juno, magical sci-fi shit, all that. Though, I haven't seen anything on that so far in Syndicate, besides the search for a piece of eden.

Jurassic World -When you accept the movie for what it is, it's an entertaining romp. Probably more entertaining than the other sequels, but nowhere near as great as the original. I didn't really care for any of the characters, except for maybe Chris Pratt but that was probably more due to him being Chris Pratt than having a good character. Actually, I kind of like the raptors more than any of the humans. But yeah, it was crazy amounts of stupid though.

This would be awesome if true. At least the Batman = Deathstroke stuff. The Bizarro Superman part might be a little much. I doubt it though, they take some pretty large leaps in their theory.

Ewww that sounds very CHEAP.

Doom would be cool, so would Galactus. Those two could be natural villains for post-Infinity War Avengers movies. Silver Surfer would be cool for cosmic Marvel like Nova or Guardians. All of that sounds way more appealing than a Marvel produced FF movie.

Another website called Collider is reporting that this isn't true. But they also claim that Fox always had the Xmen TV rights which is factually untrue. Soooo.... who fucking knows.