Alex Heat

I hope the positive response to that test footage actually gets the damn movie going, because what little there was was pretty good.

It's partly because sales charts come out on Mondays (also, it's the first day of the work week) and new movies tend to hit theaters on Fridays (also TGIF) here. Both those days have lower consumer awareness levels. At least, that's what I've been told.

That's just insulting to Xena.

All the better when 'revolver' is slang for 'magnum/hand cannon'.

Speaking of FFXIII, can we drop the whole thing with ranking your performance? That shit's obnoxious as hell. Sonic games have been guilty of this since Adventure and it wasn't endearing then either.

Wait, how does that even work? Also, Terry McGinnis is the best Batman.

Dark Void was a pretty alright game, though buggy as shit (at least the 360 version was). Helluva lot of fun to jetpack around and the whole vertical cover thing was kinda neat.

Pretty much. I used to be a collector, but then it sort of dawned on me that I don't give a shit about the medium itself, I just care about the data stored on it. Also, fucking dudes driving up the price of Suikoden II.

Archaeologists are going to happen across my home after the end of the world and find me clutching my Shining Force 3 CD with a note threatening to visit them with three curses if they take it.

Nintendo's part of the industry, ergo Nintendo is also doomed. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if there was another industry crash. I'd hate to see a bunch of people lose their jobs that don't deserve it while most of the people responsible for the state of affairs prance off into the sunset (because that's what would happen), but something something phoenix analogy.

Speaking of shakin' up the comics, the rumor that they were going to make Captain America a black dude is true. I can taste the hate in the air already. It's just that they meant Sam Wilson (the Falcon) was taking over the role (again). No biggie. We had Isaiah Bradley (who was also black!), William Nasland, Jeffrey Mace, William Burnside, the two one shots that lasted a single fight (Bob Russo, Scar Turpin), Roscoe Simons, John Walker (US Agent), Bucky (who is better as Winter Soldier anyway, I think) and David Rickford (while Steve is leading S.H.I.E.L.D.). It feels like less of a ploy with Cap since, as stated above, he's given up the job to others a whole bunch of time. Same deal with Tony, though as far as I remember, only Rhodey's worn the Iron Man suit otherwise (but Tony's been turned into a girl before!). Just gotta wonder how long this one'll stick.

I too own a Saturn, though I only have Die Hard Arcade and Shining Force 3 for it.

My family, both immediate and extended, have called me a few choice things (like a sociopath) because I subscribed to that old adage of 'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb' rather than the 'Blood is thicker than water' corruption. While I was growing up, it was always my friends who were supportive of me and my endeavors while I was black sheep to my family (what with my interest in nerdy things like reading, writing and video games). As a result, I only really got noticed when I did something wrong or I was particularly upset about something. Once it was confirmed that I wasn't going to kill myself or anything, it was back to business as usual. That's given me a pretty negative opinion of family in general.

I snagged Platinum since I bought my 3DS, Wii U and almost a dozen 3DS games last year. Much as I love EarthBound, I grabbed Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D.

Matt Hazard was a great game and I will knife fight anyone who says otherwise.

I agree that a lot of the backlash is pretty much 'ewwwwwwww girls have COOTIES and VAGINAS!', though the statement of 'we want to shake things up, so we're making an existing character a girl!' rubbed me the wrong way. It feels different from the long gradual build up of Carol Danvers taking over the role of Captain Marvel. Like it wouldn't be successful if they'd just created an entirely new hero. Edit: In other news, the new Spider-Man 2099 series started. Hells yeah! I loves me some Miguel O'Hara.

It seems odd that Abstergo would just let their employees roam about despite some of them potentially knowing all about the Templar/Assassin conflict.

So I guess parts of the internet are already swirling with malice and scorn over the announcement that Thor will soon be a lady. It comes off as kind of a half-assed shock value gimmick when it's described as being a way to 'shake up the Big Three'. Sure, if the comics are good, I'll read'em. However, I wouldn't be anymore interested just because 'hey, Thor is a girl now'. Maybe it's because we're still hot off the heels of the female assassins in Assassin's creed hullabaloo that it seems that way.

That sums up my feelings about Toon Link period. I hate Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks art direction (this isn't the same thing as hating cel shading, which I actually love, I just hate the super deformed style). In other news, poor Chrom.

I figure since Toon Link is still there, Nintendo's not swearing off clone characters just yet.

I don't think Tharja is nearly important or popular enough to make the cut over main protagonist characters, which seems to be the general rule of thumb when it comes to the roster. I mean, yeah, she's got figures and statues and stuff, but that's all pretty much all about her position as a fanservice/fetish fuel/sexy character more than anything, I think.