Svenzon

Folklore is still oddly expensive. Last time I checked a new copy cost 400SEK, which is very much considering that the game is almost 5 years old.

I also work at Gamestop and see this a lot. Kid comes in, parent in tow, hands me an 18+ game. I'll ask the parents if they're okay with it and they'll respond "It can't be that bad". I then go into more detail and after that most parents will make the kid pick something else. What surprises me is that most parents still believe the age rating on the cover is a measurement for difficulty. When I explain to them that games are rated very similarly to the way movies are rated, they seem very surprised. Why people still don't get this I don't know, since there's no logical reason that a game would be harder to comprehend for a 16-year old than an 18-year old.

Even after I give detailed descriptions of for example Dead Island's combat, Mortal Kombat fatalities or the interrogation scene from Black Ops, some parents will simply shrug and say something like "It's no worse than the games he already plays". That makes me really frustrated, even though it's not my job to raise their kids.

There was this one time when I felt like I accomplished something though. A family comes in, the kids pick some games out and one of them is The Punisher. As I'm ringing them up, I pick the game up and say "Are you absolutely sure you want your son to play this? This game is rated 18+". His mother gives me the usual "Can't be that bad" reply, to which I respond "Oh, believe me. It really can." and I describe some of the horrible executions you perform in-game. As I'm telling them this both parents stare at me and their jaws nearly drop to the floor. The mother then turns to the kid and says "And you tried to get us to buy you this?!". He tries to go the "But I played it at my friend's house" way, but she won't have it.

"Well, in that case I'm gonna have a serious talk with X's mother tomorrow! My children are not going to play stuff like that!"

They give me their sincerest thanks and ask me to recommend something else. I can't remember what I picked, but one thing's for sure: you couldn't push someone into a wood chipper in that game. I felt like a hero. :)

I bought the GOTY ediiton of Borderlands and was pumped to play all the DLC. Then I completed the main game. The final boss and ending made me so mad I never played the game again.

Homefront was terrible from beginning to end and the ending was just icing on the shitcake. Suddenly you're expected to care about the jackass that has done nothing but fuck up and cause trouble for everyone (and block doorways for you) because he out of the blue decides to sacrifice himself? Fuck you, Kaos Studios and fuck you, John Milius. God, that game pissed me off more than it should have.

Then there are the games where you're expecting a big payoff but the game basically goes "Well, time to call it a day" and fades to black. I guess at some level I'd rather have that than a bad ending, but you feel kinda cheated. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, which was a great shooter back in the day, did this. You get on a train and "THE END". The original Syndicate also just goes "THE END", which was pretty disappointing considering how extremely difficult the final mission is.

Counterstrike, I think.

He can be. Related question: if I were to buy a collected volume of Spidey comics, which one should I get?

I follow the first one. Otherwise I just stop playing when I can't take anymore.

Can't say I care about Twitter drama much. I do however like Felicia Day and I hate Destructoid with a passion, so seeing them make asses of themselves one douchebag at a time pleases me.

As soon as Dawnguard comes out on PC, I'm jumping back in again. You're right about the game running smoother nowadays too. I used to get some stuttering in large open areas and foggy places, but that's actually nearly gone now.

I'm down for more. I just finished ME3 for the first time and loved it.

@Brodehouse said:

@Svenzon That's almost the fun. I was yelling at monsters as they popped out, "BWAAAARRGGHH!" and sometimes I would yell at vents with no monsters in them. My roommate enjoyed it muchly.

I did the same, except with a friend who's extremely easily scared and would jump out of his seat. We were talking over Xbox Live once while he played Dead Space. I asked what part he was at and as he went "I'm at some place where you gotta-" and I'd interrupt him with "OH SHIT BEHIND YOU!". He hated me so muchly (totally gonna use that word from now on) for that.