PixlBit

You're mighty welcome. We disagree on a lot, but I think you're always fair and even handed about , which is a nice contrast to Patrick's semi-trolling (not that I don't dig that too; he and I actually have similar personalities I think).

Speaking of, that's probably why I fail to follow  through with him, since I almost always avoid Twitter and am a bona fide Facebook addict. Lol

And I don't disagree, I just thought "well he used the word paranoid..." lol I get the choice though.

In Bloodborne, I pay attention to my surroundings and try to travel certain paths where I know enemies come in a certain pattern, but I still wind up being ambushed and dying and can't get past the first part. It may be my impatience (I can't stand waiting in stealth games anymore since i only have so much time to play), but I feel like the enemies are indeed more powerful and numerous than in other games I've played. I mean I can easily stroll through everything except Wiley castle in Mega Man 2, even on hard ( can't say the same for 3, which I've always had more trouble with than 1 or 2), but ... Maybe it's my 3D spatial awareness that's the problem. I tend to get blindsided pretty easily in FPS.

Regardless, I'm not saying games shouldn't be hard or that it's not my fault when i die; but the community around those games often says they are indeed too hard for casuals and act like that's a dirty word. Obviously there are people on this site who don't act like that and love these games, but I find the community particularly toxic elsewhere.

And none of what I said was aimed at you. I haven't played Breath of the Wild, but I agree the combat looks less than great from what I've seen of it. If you think certain elements of games should be more like Dark Souls, maybe they do. I can't comment on that. What I can and am commenting on is the notion from certain FromSoftware fans I've seen that every game needs to mimic Dark Souls somehow. Sure, I have only played ... What I could get through of Bloodborne and Dark Souls III, but I've played enough to say with confidence I don't want every game to be like those.

Thanks for the shoutout. And I did reference what Julian said, but it wasn't out of pity. I legit think Julian is a good host. Thank you for giving me something to do in my office hours, which I make a point to have set aside for students, meaning I'm not usually doing much of anything else. Definitely love how this show fills the void. Although, while I'm dedicated, I am never pantsless when listening. 

Patrick, I want you to speak with my classes about video games and the power of them, because I hate that my media textbook doesn't have a chapter dedicated to them. I'm gonna mention it now so I can fail to follow through on it later. 

Japanese men are lucky. I would love to have women wear sweaters based on how ok they are with me hitting on them. The only problem is that red is a warm, "sexy" color and that might end up sending mixed messages if we color code things based on traffic lights.

Aw, c'mon ... shoulda played "Paranoid" too after Patrick used that word. lol 

What kinds of games are Darksiders entries again? I only see theatrical trailers. Are they 3rd person action-adventure like that Code Vein trailer? Or are they fighting games, which I keep thinking for some reason?

I had to look up Fist of Jesus ... whelp ... 

Maybe, but "Zero Mission" wasn't quite as linear ... quite. 

Is it the story that concerns you? 

Was going to put this on Twitter, until I forgot that website is made for people who don't read and can't pay attention to anything that's not a Transformers movie for more than 30 seconds:

"I like Fusion ... it's linear as hell, but I don't think of that as a bad thing the way other people do. Imo these games are all somewhat linear anyway, since most people would tend to backtrack to the same areas etc. "

Such an essay, I know. 

I give the edge to Metroid because it did that sort of style before SotN and ... ok, golly garsh gee willikers FUCK, can I change my vote? Cause now I'm thinking Castlevania is a more diverse series with those first entries and I prefer its style and presentation. 

I got Gamefly just to rent Andromeda, but apparently it's never available. I want to know what I believe! So many different opinions! At least I know I think Stardew Valley is ok but not my cup and I'm loving Uncharted 4.

My bad on the rating; I guess my mind just thought "Playstation, nrighbors' place, series with immature humor, violence, and apocalyptic storyline = must be M-rated" and I didn't think to check while I was getting stuff ready for a class or grading ... Really hope I wasn't working on the media writing/journalism class when this happened, but in my defense, looking that rating up isn't really priority 1 when listening to you guys in my office.

Nice edit at the end there, Julian. Lol Luckily, I've met the May 4 deadline for text. May make an audio version just cause.

I tried sharing you guys with my video game loving friend, but he is an actual newspaper reporter/designer/web guy (they all do the work of 3 people or more), so he's just too busy.

I'll put a status up on Facebook and see where it goes. I gave you a review over on iTunes, finally.lol

You it a wall, eh? I do that in games more and more. With less time comes less patience for games I'm not good at. Deleted my Dishonored 2 demo for that very reason. 

I might as well try something productive that might actually pay off like learning an instrument instead if I'm going to get frustrated.

Eh. I find it better just not to engage certain people. I've seen the term thrown at people who just have a genuine preference for one company over another. I dunno. Not everyone has to like the same things and it isn't an objective discussion. *shrugs*

And if Wii Us start skyrocketing in price, I'll probably have missed my window. It's not something I'm running out to get to be honest. But it would be cool to have some of those games. People dog the Wii U, but it still seemed to have some strong first party titles like the other systems. Just bad marketing and a lack of support.