Evan Narcisse's discussions

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Evan Narcisse
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Video games. Comic books. Blackness.

"He stood alone at Gjallerbru." Excellent breakdown by Chris Sims of that great story is here. Read more

Hah! Either you've caught me praising The Oath before or just know that I'd dig it. But yes: that. There's a Roger Stern/Paul Smith run from the 1980s that I adore, too. Read more

Certainly can. I'm slowly working my way back to doing regular comics-centric stuff after slacking off for life reasons. Read more

Purely a matter of time crunch, combined with not wanting to recapitulate yesterday's news. But I have a bunch of favorite Dr. Strange runs. Read more

You make a fair point so I've changed "evil" to "fearsome." Read more

I imagine an all-the-bells-and-whistles press release will happen on Monday. But I could be wrong. Read more

The things that are bad make the things that are good less good. Read more

Yeah, for every genuinely scary moment, there were ten that felt like they were cooked up by Bill Hader's SNL version of Vincent Price. And Sebastian is so flat that you never invest in him. I guess he's supposed to be dead inside but he mostly seems bored. Read more

The game occasionally sat idle but not for huge chunks of time. There were multiple parts where I'd spent hours on a boss fight. I can certainly allow for a difference in individual skill but, honestly, I'm just relaying the numbers that I got at the end of the campaign. Read more

Didn't play The Wonderful 101 so I can't make that comparison. I'm planning on trying out Bayonetta 1 around the time Bayonetta 2 launches. Read more

Not clear which one. Changed wording until I can clarify. Going to find out. Read more

I don't feel like I'm giving it a pass. It succeeds at what it apparently sets out to do, which is a game premised on the emotional experience of bullying. I call it out for being relatively uncomplicated and technically imperfect. But it manages to be affecting. The dialogue is funny and it has moments that rang true Read more

Yeah, I kinda hate the fact that even deigning to talk about it makes you some kind of killjoy snob, in some circles. Read more

Played it via touch but it does have controller support. Read more