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#1 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 21 days, 3 hours ago

@jazgalaxy: Kinda late to this thread but there's some nice foreshadowing in the lyrics of Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun, even if they're not in the instrumental in-game version:

"Some boys take a beautiful girl

And hide her away from the rest of the world

I want to be the one to walk in the sun

Oh girls they want to have fun"

Not so much "foreshadowing" as a nice description of Elizabeth as the game progresses.

#2 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 28 days, 20 hours ago

Thank you for being the nicest of men Dave! All the best to you and your family, you'll be sorely missed (if you don't make frequent un-paid appearances!)

#3 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 1 month, 17 days ago

I didn't call any of the character plotlines but I was suspicious of the lighthouse from the very start. I kinda thought it was a thematic similarity, a nod to the original game, or maybe a suggestion that Columbia lead to Rapture more explicitly.

I've been trying to pay a lot more attention to the start of films/games at the moment too, so I guessed that the people in the boat at the start were the twins, which made me think the lighthouse would definitely have a role to play later on.

To be honest though, I didn't expect that to be its role!

#4 Edited by fraser (455 posts) - 2 months, 11 days ago

The gamertag/psn ID that made me laugh the most was "memorabilia".

I cannot think of more of a non-thing, it literally invokes nothing.

#5 Edited by fraser (455 posts) - 2 months, 18 days ago

I love you.

#6 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 3 months, 3 days ago

I've never had any problems with ShopTo and I've been using them for over 3 years.

I actually preordered Persona 4 Golden from them yesterday, and it arrived today despite not being released until Friday. Their website is peculiar though. They even let you see a photograph of your parcel before they dispatch it!

#7 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

MSG3?

Closest a story based game has come to perfection in my opinion. Would perhaps be perfect if someone cut out half of the patronising, explanatory cutscenes.

#8 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 3 months, 20 days ago

Assassin's Creed 1 is my favourite of the franchise, closely followed by 3. I really didn't care for Ezio's story or the Brotherhood mission structure/guild mechanics. I only place 3 higher because of the setting and naval missions.

#9 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 3 months, 21 days ago

I wouldn't say I bought my Vita because of Persona 4 Golden (there's that backlog of PSP games I'm playing on it) but it was a pretty huge incentive.

#10 Posted by fraser (455 posts) - 3 months, 28 days ago

I think a lot of the people being mentioned wouldn't claim to be "journalists" - people like Leigh Alexander or Jim Sterling are critics first and foremost. They might have obnoxious online personalities but they tend to have quite a high quality of writing.

After sticking to the Bombcast crew for reviews for the past few years, I've migrated to Destructoid because I really feel like Sterling is a superior reviewer/writer, and we share a lot of the same opinions.

As for games journalists that tick me off, I can't really think of a single person, so I'll just go with the click-bait material on Kotaku...

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