@HackedLife: To be fair, saying it's "an intense third-person shooter" is probably more marketable than calling it an RPG or even saying it's a combination of both. I hope that there are at least some RPG elements to it, but I think we all know that after the first Mass Effect the series has been leaning more towards the third-person shooter side.

@scatterbrain007: It probably wouldn't have been as big a deal. I really don't get why this has gotten as big a reaction as it has. We have an entire story written about one person on a forum having a bad reaction because they noticed a female character has a butt. The argument that the pose reduces the character to another sex symbol because "it has nothing to do with being a fast, elite killer" is just dumb. Should each character only be allowed to do poses that are completely specific to what archetype their character is?

@Kingjames11: Did you even bother to read the article?

I don't care either way about this nonissue because it's just a video game, but I was confused by this line:

"Tracer didn't appreciate this appearance and claims the stance reduces her to a sex symbol."

Am I missing something or are the characters somehow self aware?

It's too early for this kind of nonsense, Eddie.

@mr_azim: Orange is the New Black is a TV series on Netflix.

I think I can see where Spector is coming from. His concept of "expression", whether low or high, in games is based on the things you don't have to do as opposed to the things you have to. In Fallout, for example, there is a clear story-line and hundreds of quests, but you don't necessarily have to do any of them to play the game. There is a level of freedom equaled by few other games.

Be that as it may, saying that Uncharted, Heavy Rain, and The Walking Dead "do not make the most of games as a medium" is wrong. As a medium, games are all about freedom, so it doesn't make much sense to restrict what "makes the most of them" to his concept of expression.

Didn't realize Virtue's Last Reward was on sale until I saw it on here. Grabbed it an hour or two before the sale ended. Vita games like that are almost never on sale. Great deal.

@Warlord_Irochi: Just like when people complained that Resident Evil 5 was racist.

@linthes999: There was no vote this month. It should be interesting to see exactly how regular a thing Vote to Play becomes.

"Two Mad Mad Sequels". So, is the sequel going to be Mad Mad Max? If so, will it be anything like Wild Wild West?