Recent content by Sciophyte

Oh, it's not super-important, obviously. Yes, it's a Disqus comment; it was pending for while but now it's labeled as "removed." Not sure why, is all. Here's the comment itself, for clarification: "Obviously, the mystique of leaving her appearance to our imagination was the most appealing way...

It's not a huge deal as I don't often include links, but yesterday one of my comments didn't get posted because (I assume) it included a link to an image hosted on Reddit. The image was not offensive in any way, so I imagine there's a policy maybe against Reddit links in general? Anyway, since...

I gotta tell ya, I can't stay away from Outriders!

Gotcha. Come to think of it, the discussion on that other site may of course already have been cleaned up a bit.

I noticed that more and more articles on certain topics are published with locked comments sections. Why is that? For example, after you posted the piece about GearBox threatening to pull out of Texas because of anti-trans legislation, I checked the same topic out on IGN, and lo and behold, the...

I'm seriously enjoying the demo. Character models could use some love, but in the end, you'll be running around with a helmet, anyway. I like the attack-to-heal mechanic, it's perhaps the one novel thing they did (afaik) and it really pushes you to a different play style from, say, Gears...

My first GOG purchase was Ziggurat, it seems. Never finished it...

Yes! Thanks so much for your response.

Oh... I guess that's true.

So... none, I'm guessing?

I never got very far with CK II, although the theme and setting were very attractive to me. Now I'm intrigued by the generally favorable reviews of the successor, but wary that again, it might not be for me. What are the main differences and innovations in CK III that distinguish it from the...

I detest it when a tricky (= ramped up to ridiculous difficulty/length just so it feels more 'bossy') boss fight interrupts the otherwise enjoyable flow of a narrative—so I'll cheese, I'll cheat, I'll throw sand and do groin stuff, whatever it takes to get that tedious roadblock out of my way...

I want to explore the city at night, when it rains. It does rain there, right?

Oh, right, I saw that one. Dang, RPGs should be the genre where one finishes games, they're stories, after all. But then I don't finish books, either, if I'm not enjoying the story. Life's too short for that!

I tend to buy too many games—far more, anyway, than I have time to finish, or even play. Most of these, fortunately, stem from irresistible deals during sales, though not a few were, regrettably, acquired at full price on full impulse power. A list of all titles that I never entirely finished...