joetom

I've been traveling around with Piper a lot. I really like the whole "intrepid reporter of the wastes" thing she's got going on.

I'm sure I'll install some texture mods if anything comes out, improved lighting engine, stuff like that. Although I imagine something like that will be a little bit.

It's funny, about a week ago I had almost forgotten Fallout 4 was coming out. Now that I've remember I can not wait to jump into another Fallout game. I'm downloading New Vegas right now just to get back into the spirit of things.

I've picked up "that's the cool thing to do" from Dan. The affectionate use of "dumb" from Ryan. The sarcastic "great" that Jeff does a lot.

Wow, I loved this game as a kid. What a cool, bizarre move. I might have to check this thing out. I've been kinda learning about Eastern history, so this sounds interesting to me.

Best I could come up with. Some of the ones I've seen here are pretty clever. Wanted a name that sounded Metal Gear-y.

It looks really cool. If only I had a PS4 to play it on. No chance of it coming to anything else. Maybe in a few years then.

Man, if this is what you write on the fly I'm pretty jealous.

Anyway, you really made me rethink some things for sure. Originally I thought the issues taken were unfair, as dismissing The Witcher as a "white game" is super unfair to its Polish creators who very passionately made something uniquely Polish. I still think there's an American tendency to project its racial situation onto other parts of the world. A lot of people I know here in Canada tend to lump all of Europeans into "white people" and dismiss the vast differences that exist between, say England and Poland. That's how I saw the issues taken with The Witcher, people were dismissing the unique Polish-ness as more "white people stuff."

But I also now realize that I fell into the same trap people always do with these issues. Just because it doesn't bother me, doesn't mean it's not an issue. So yeah, I suppose it would have been nice if they'd included some merchants, or mercenaries or missionaries or whatever from Zerrikania. It actually might have added some cool perspective, an outsider not directly tied to all the politicking going on.

Silent protagonists shouldn't still exist. It's super distracting when everyone is fully voiced except you. I don't want my character to be a blank slate, I want my character to be a character. In fact, I'm kind of sick of games where your character is supposed to "anyone you want them to be" because they just end up being non characters. I'll prefer playing as Geralt over The Inquisitor or The Courier almost every time.

You're a great writer Austin. Get your point across way more succinctly than I ever can. Fury Road got me in the mood for some post apocalypse, and Fallout is one of my favourite game series, so colour me excited.