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I read more manga than anime(which might invalidate these responses), but Mushoku Tensei is an upcoming anime that I quite enjoyed in book form. Also Rise of the Spear Hero is maybe the best injoke spinoff manga I've ever read(off of shield hero) though I'm a bit averse to spin offs. For a more clear anime probably konosuba(Super excited for the blu-ray movie release later this month).

As for others, I feel like a lot of popular ones have mixed quality(Log horizon's excellent s1 from Satelight vs. s2 from studio deen). Or classics that don't hold up as well compared to newer releases(mixed pacing and quality of SAO). But Slime Tensei is still solid(Current manga also great) and Re:Zero is fascinatingly subversive of tropes and standard episode design, even if it's awkward. Isekai in general is trope filled, self aware comfort food; but so much of anime is already that in less condensed form. In the end like a performance of a play, it's just about if the artists and writers can bring out the best qualities of the format and make it something special.

tl;dr go watch konosuba, even if you don't generally like anime.

I saw this on a humble monthly a bit ago, but wasn't sure what it was, looking through steam it's pretty well reviewed and got high marks from Destructoid and IGN. But I don't remember hearing about it here, at Rockpapershotgun or other places. Considering Vinny's love of point and click adventures(Though not all as seen by titles like Dropsy) I was wondering if it was looked at but buried. I'm also interested in if other duders have an opinion on this game.

I think first of all it's recognition. Something that both others and yourself will recognize. From there it's more your own personality. Do you like cats? Is it taken? Is it likely to be taken on new sites? And then you play with it. For example, There's no original Xpgamer. I just liked the idea of sarcastically putting up a seven that made it seem more generic to the style of usernames when I created it. Over time some people began to recognize me from it and so I keep it. Sometimes I feel awkward about how generic it is and sometimes it amuses me. Also I like that sometimes people consider it a windows Xp-7 skipping over vista joke. Also don't overthink it I guess, cause it's not like you're making a career decision and you can make a new one later.

I kickstarted it so I have a copy, but If I didn't the price would be a bit high for me. I almost never can afford games when they first come out so the whole starting cost is a little personally disconnected but 25 bucks seems a little much. I still feel weird about Braid being 20, Gone home had to have it's price justified in Patrick's review and the price is the one thing stopping me from buying Firewatch is that 20 dollar price tag. I don't know the market science behind what people buy and what the sweet spot for actually earning money as developers is per genre and acclaim but I do know that more and more developers think about how to sell their game through not just the sales, but bundle deals and promotions like humble monthly or playstation plus. I have to imagine that might mean price hikes for initial buyers as more of the frugal crowd waits for even better deals.

Also I would say that it's worth it's price tag even if it is high for me. There's a nice sense of polish to the whole thing that makes it feel worth it's cost.

$78 million. Just to highball all the $77.5 million-ers

@nmarebfly: I played a bunch. You respawn at wherever has a nearby upgrade station which you can use to upgrade your weapons, genes and reload guns. Also go on virtual forums. The menus look great, and the gunplay feels OK. As for the weird ass story they weren't showing much. You get to go to a cyber dwarf town where everyone is pissed off at you, and if you die in the swamps you get modified or something. Also it's hard, I died about 25 times.

I don't really have words. I just hope he can rest peaceful knowing he's so beloved.

Yeah so far it seems to be a lot lower on the success scale. Second kickstarters, along with less famous developers seem to lose a lot of the media torrent that propels users to them. Also I'd say people are more used to kickstarter failings AND succeedings. I'm guessing it'll succeed, and I'm rooting for it but I doubt they'll be able to have a runaway success with the production values that people probably want.

For those not in the know Comcept just announced a new kickstarter here. It looks to be in the style of Megaman Legends, but it's so early in pre-production that most of what's available is concept art and outlines for plans. They're close to launching their new game Mighty No. 9 and it looks like they're trying to set up a new game for production as their first finishes up. Also they're teaming up with an anime company who are making a movie within the same universe but in a seperate kickstarter? Despite the semi weirdness of cross-kickstarting, you can find that anime part here. I don't know much about Anime but they apparently did Mind Game which was weird as hell. So what do you guys think? Kickstarting while a project is still going feels weird to me, and reminds me of Uber screwing up by ignoring user frustration on Planetary Annihilation and being forced to cancel their Monster RTS. On the other hand after explanation and goodwill Double Fine had the reasonable Success of Massive Chalice. All the gaming press has helped me to understand the necessity of running multiple teams with multiple projects, but it's still a mixed bag of what gets goodwill and what doesn't. After all Elite didn't convince me but damn does it look amazing now. Or maybe you just want Megaman Legends 3 that badly.

So after Screened Died, I didn't have a great movie site, and explored for a while. After Deadline, Ain't it cool and others I ended up on The A.V. Club as I enjoyed their editorial content and page design. I don't like seeing stuff like Daredevil reviews having the issue of the issues with female portrayal being a constant point(feels like polygon man) but other than some personal opinions being pushed more than I would like; I really love their analysis on what makes different shows and movies good.

What about you guys? What sites do you use and why?