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I liked FFXIII, but it was more on the "mediocre" side for me. I'm glad to see Lost Odyssey on your "worst" list, though. My Lord, that game was a boring mess, and all the characters with giant boobs just made me roll my eyes in disgust at the laziness.

Great article, Patrick! Nice to read about an experience with gaming so different from my own.

I loved this game quite a bit, and it was actually only like the second or third JRPG I ever played. I also remember it was the very first game I ever bought with my own money. Worth it.

Omg, I was desperately waiting for Patrick's write-up on this. I'm gonna sip coffee and absorb EVE's crazyness. Yet again.

EDIT: Now that I've finished it, I have to say it was a well-written piece, for sure. That, and Mittani sounds like a friggin' man-baby, especially compared to the intelligence and "let it be because it's a game" attitude of Manny.

To be honest, I get it because it takes me a long time to reduce my Asshole Meter (tm) down to the point where it reaches "Yeah, you're alright." With people I already know, like brothers and whatnot, I'm a goddamn fool and a corny, bad-joke loving idiot and having a grand old time. But man, trying to "party" just annoys me, and I can't stand being in groups like that.

Another problem is that I am extremely bored by standard conversational fare, such as the weather, any and all sports, romance bullshit, 99% of TV. And that's what most people want to talk about, it seems.Tell me about your hobbies, interests, places you visited outside of the country you live in, and I'm all ears all day. I swear I'll hound you with questions out of a natural interest. Unless you're creepy, then the aforementioned Asshole Meter (tm) starts screaming at me to leave you the eff alone.

Unfortunately my real social anxiety and my absolute hatred of dumbasses, liars, narcissists, and creeps combines to make me want to stay home pretty much all the time.

As has been said already, it's good to have someone you really trust, who won't spill your secrets all over the place with others, to chat about these problems. Doesn't have to be a professional, in my opinion, just someone who has your back for real. For real.

Edit: To explain further, some of it really has to do my tendency to show way too much sympathy and empathy for people, which is a giant mistake when those people have their own problems that will lead them to mistreating you. "You can't help everybody" as they say. I decided recently to continue showing sympathy and empathy, that's who I am, but to make sure to stay away from the people that will abuse it. And to be incredibly honest about everything, to myself and those closest to me, even if it means being a little brutal. I dunno, that's how I'm solving my anxieties for myself for now.

I'll have to read the rest of this thread later on, though. It looks like I definitely have some brothers and sisters with similar problems dealing with others.

Really, really interesting if this OS will be able to play more than just the limited Linux supported Steam games. Fortunately since it will be able to stream games from "other computers" I don't think that matters too much.

Would be nice to have a cheap, fully usable living room computer (or a Steam Box) and my normal dedicated rig streaming whatever games I want to play to the former.

Oh my God. Just...

Dude was in my life more than most entertainers will ever be. I've heard more of his voice and humor than I will of almost anyone. I can't begin to imagine what his actual friends are feeling right now.

Edit: I'm literally just walking around the house remembering Ryan. I want to go back and listen to every Bombcast and Gamespot podcast just to get as much of him in me as I can.

This guy's YouTube channel is my new addiction. Can't believe I hadn't seen this before.

At least EA has the cash and clout to be able to handle this. Better than friggin' Disney and their terrible game development decision-making.

I'll keep myself hopeful for some good Star Wars content. I don't like the universe in general, but a fun game is a fun game. And I hope they revive 1313; that had some actual positive buzz around it, unlike darn near anything else Star Wars related is a very long time.

I did love Siskel & Ebert, and at first it was for the same reasons that Alex did - watching clips from movies. My parents were the kind that thought of going to movies as pretty much pointless, and also felt most of them were also pure evil. I literally went to the theater once before I was sixteen, and that was a school trip.

After a while, I watched the show as much to hear intelligent criticisms from obvious lovers of an art as for the clips , especially Ebert. It was like hearing someone who happened to memorize all of history talk about a current event, but do so in a way that even a child could understand.

On occasion I write something and still think "how would Ebert phrase this so it's easy to digest?" I have several other role models for writing nowadays, and ones that fit my style and purpose better, but Roger Ebert was the first and, therefore, will stay one of the most important.