Zevvion

Here is the history of Best Looking category. Games in bold are what would qualify as technical achievements.

2016: Inside (Uncharted 4, DOOM)

2015: The Witcher 3 (Ori, Rise of the Tomb Raider)

2014: Guilty Gear (Destiny, Neverending Nightmares)

2013: The Last of Us (Battlefield 4, Proteus)

2012: Journey (FarCry 3, Fez)

2011: The Witcher 2 (Rayman Origins, Dead Space 2)

2010: Kirby's Epic Yarn (Hot Pursuit, Limbo)

2009: Uncharted 2 (Arkham Asylum, A Crack in Time)

Technical games win 50% of the time (4/8) and make up 54% of the nominees (13/24). I kind of think they are doing the category fine considering the stats.

Please do not remind me of the Super Mario Maker debate. I still cannot believe when Brad made the irrefutable argument that the game's lack of curation made it random if you had a good time with it or not, Jeff's counterpoint of 'you can say that is a big deal, but it actually is totally not' prevailed. I understand when people who love Mario and had the randomness work in their favor had a good time with it, but goddamn if I did not and couldn't for the life of me ever change that. Cool concept in theory, but without a doubt the worst Nintendo game I have ever played.

Not my thing. I don't really like how it feels, the gameplay that is. Also, I think everyone and every piece of gear looks dumb. I understand it is intentionally goofy to have massive swords, weird looking armor and odd shaped gear and such, which is why I conclude it's not for me.

I don't understand why you are troubleshooting yourself if you have warranty. Tell Sony you have followed all of their steps and it still crashes. Be specific about the time when it usually happens. For example: after three hours of use. Chance is they'll just send you a refurbished machine if they can't figure out how to fix it.

If this happens you can sue them. Which you won't because it costs way more money than you'll get out of it. But you can post video evidence of the system shutting down along side Sony's claim that it is working as intended on forums and Reddit to get exposure. Fellow-consumers will not like this and you'll likely get some traction, giving you leverage. Keep calling them every day demanding they'll do more than just send the console back as is. They'll see refusing you is more trouble than it is worth and fix the situation.

That said, I think your presumption that they won't fix it is a bit premature. I haven't heard Sony treats its customers like this. I have experience with sending consoles back to Microsoft and they had always just swapped the consoles for me with a refurbished one, even when they told me my claims were vague. I would assume Sony operates similarly.

As I said, racist is almost certainly the wrong word to describe her so we can disregard that as far as I am concerned.

In fact, let's just disregard all labels here for a moment, it's probably better if I just describe what I do not like about her personality. It's not that she is hostile towards anyone that she perceives to be an outsider, it is that she defaults to presumptions and suspicions and acts as if they are true without confirmation. In your example, it isn't a congressman that can't help, it is a congressman that can help, but perceives that he cannot based on the nationality of the people in question and/or an inward sense of duty. 'We have 2 million to spend. Aid here costs 1 million, aid in Somalia cost 1 million. We can't afford it, we need 2 million here'.

And also more like: 'We shouldn't let the Chinese in on this anti-terrorist mission. It might compromise the state secrets we have obtained from our Chinese allies'. She has many lines that make her come across as such. She wants all species except humans to have revoked access from systems that was a joint effort to built and that humans didn't even have the largest finger in, nor had the best innovative designs for.

I understand the whole idea that her being suspicious of allies can be a good thing since she'll be on the lookout for risks, but I disagree with this because the person that keeps distrusting a team that has no traitor is the person that makes it brittle. I saw it as someone who would never be part of such a team in real life, she compromises teamwork and trust which is crucially important. Kaiden on the other hand only promotes it. He would also far sooner spot an actual traitor because he isn't blinded by default mistrust of certain species. Ashley is wasting her energy.

This not counting her metaphor for shoving a dog under a bear to save your own life as an analogy when talking about other species, which is one I found particularly gross. This is how I think anyway.

Trials in Destiny and high stakes missions in XCOM 2. Also, fights that have dragged on in Dark Souls II and the odds are stacking against me over time make me really, really, really not want to lose.

Maybe racist is the wrong terminology. Well, it certainly is since we are not talking about race, so it can't apply by matter of definition. But she goes a lot further than the line you claim. She wants them off the ship, she'd have an all-human effort if she was calling the shots, she'd never share information, she'd let them all die if she thought it was safer and so on.

I believe in the whole 'bad people are good people who don't act' thing, cringey as such sayings can be. If it wasn't for Shepard giving commands, she would be. She claims as much. This is all a matter of perspective of course, but this is how I look at it.

If you changed her mind. Isn't it the case that on renegade runs you can basically fuel her dislike of other species?

Nevertheless, having her past is no excuse to want other species off your ship, revoke their access, don't share a common goal with them, only 'look out for your own', and 'we matter the most' mentality. She'd shove her dog under a bear if she thinks it would save her life because it isn't human anyway. This is her analogy to how we should treat other species. Throw them under the bus if you think it gives you an edge, whatever it takes.

I'm pretty sure xenophobia means you are distrusting or scared of foreign things, in Ashley's case anything that isn't human. Which fits her behavior perfectly.

Ha! See, I have never been able to do that. The first time I attempted a Renegade run was my third run of Mass Effect. The very first renegade conversation option in the Normandy against Joker made me go: 'Oompfh', as if I had taken a serious blow. I proceeded to hold my head with my head for the next 20 seconds, shrugged it off and continued playing. Before I got an hour of playtime in, I quit and immediately deleted the savegame. I can't do it. I'm too invested in the game and the characters to experience it this way, especially when I have the choice to do so.

At this time, I still cared about achievements so eventually I just did paragon as normal until you got to the cheat spot on Navara I think the planet was called, where you could gain massive amounts of renegade points with an exploit. Unlocked it, deleted the savegame and never bothered with renegade again. At least not forced renegade. I play these games with picking the options I feel are appropriate, so there are a few conversations and sequences where I did a renegade thing.

@ll_exile_ll Now that you mention it, I do remember something like that being said. I never noticed it though. Which is a little odd, usually the romance paths are super straight forward.

@nutter: I will take bland over xenofoob racist any day. When I get invested in a game I tend to approach it how I would approach issues for real. I sort of 'forget' it is a videogame and thus the decision was easily made.

On top, I don't think Kaiden is bland myself. I really like his background story and motivations.

That said, it is now more than 10 years after the first Mass Effect and we are still talking about which you'd save, Kaiden or Ashley. This just seems like one of those discussions that will go on forever. Which is good.

@frytup: Have no worries, I am planning on buying stock and only putting a small amount of money into options for fun, it wouldn't matter if I lost it all. I understand the time it takes to invest in options wisely to turn a good profit, I'm not going to do that.

If I am going to do options I'm using my expert casino mentality. I'm not spending more money than I would not care about losing.

@Notckots I'm not sure why you're immediately assuming what different things I will be investing in. If you must know, I am only investing in one specific stock, not any others and I am going to sell them no earlier than a specific date I have in mind. The broker I am using only has transaction and purchasing fees and I know how much they are.

@moves I did not ask for financial advice here. I'm reading it since it is given to me, but to be honest it doesn't really apply.