James Whitbrook's discussions

I KNEW I HEARD HIM IN THAT GAMEPLAY DEMO! Read more

The first wave of the next generation, bought to you just like the last year of the current generation: Almost entirely by Troy Baker. Read more

It's still the end of that story and the end of their time together as of that moment. It's bittersweet in the fact that that one specific story is over (both in terms of resolution and the fact that the game you've just spent 60+ hours with is finished). Read more

Persona 4's ending is definitely bittersweet. Sure, you saved the world, that exhilarating rush... but there's nothing like the inevitability of Yu getting on the train and leaving those friends behind. You've spent what, 60+ hours with these characters, developing bonds, and then you're left with the crushing moment… Read more

It seems that a lot of BSNer's are holding this up as everything that's wrong with the Citadel DLC, but I unabashedly love it. It seems perfect for the totally dorky Tali, and the fact that Fleet and Flotilla has a musical adapation is great (although I can't imagine it's as great as Francis Kitt's new Macbeth...…

That sounds exactly like Star Trek Online to be honest. Your own ships, your own bridge officers, and it's set in the continuation of the Main-Trek universe after the destruction of Romulus that sends Old Spock and Nero back into the alt-JJverse. Read more

You know, this looks surprisingly neat, a lot better than you'd expect for a movie-tie-in game. Nice bit of variety in the gameplay (although I wish that the Enterprise-control sequences were a little more in the vein of STO, or a space sim, rather than something that looked like 'it's call of duty controls, but… Read more

See, that's not tacky at all then - buyer demand drove the price up rather than you artificially raising the roof. That's what's tacky about this. Read more

I don't think it's necessarily the idea of selling them on is tacky, but the idea of immediately hocking them, whilst Toy Fair is still on, for four digit prices is. Read more

At first I thought the Krogan was on the Thessia Multiplayer map (it sort of looks like the extraction area from that), which could've hinted at new Multiplayer content - but I'm not sure. Obviously the club environment isn't multiplayer, with all those civilians hanging around... and it's unlikely you'd be fighting… Read more

Oh fuck. They did it. They made me want a Wii U. Read more

I hope they continue along the style that Dragon Age II had - I liked the slightly cartoony look of the characters, the brighter, more vibrant colour tones, and the fact that the races were all visually distinctive, rather than 'here's a human, here's a short human, here's a skinny human with pointed ears, here's a… Read more

Holy crap, Nintendo actually did it. I was talking about this with a friend yesterday, expecting this to either be a remake announcement - Ruby and Sapphire maybe - still sprite based, and the idea that it would be a new generation of Pokémon, and actually in 3D, would've been the ideal outcome, but they'd never… Read more

Oh! Christ, I thought you meant between us and America. Duh! Read more

Ummm, where are you getting a Year-long wait for it?

My Gaiman/Abrams team up starring... George Lucas, actually, seemed to go alright. Star Wars: Again with the Trade Embargoes dazzled critics who feared Lucas' move from behind the camera to in front of it, making a cool $173, 827, 557 profit. Read more

Hulu has all 25 english-subbed episodes (not the bonus 'True' ending episode though, boo!) of Persona 4 the Animation, which I will continue to recommend at every possible opportunity. What better way to escape the family stress or holiday blues, than with the teenage hijinks of a group of murder-solving friends who…

Poor Dany. Her whole Qarth thread in the book isn't that good (except for the House of the Undying, which the show, whilst managing to do something good, didn't quite do justice I think), and the way it was adapted to the show was pretty lacklustre, even if I still get a tickle out of ERMAHGERD, WHUR MAH DRAGONZ. A… Read more

Breaking news: Versus XIII cancelled. Nomura redirects all assets to Lightning Strikes Twice: Fabula Nova Crystallis XIII-IV - Final Dissidia Theatrhythm Electric Boogaloo Fantasy Agito-0, a Lightning-revolved Dance/Fighting game exclusively on iOS devices, due Holiday 2016. Read more

Yup. That sums up the XIII series perfectly, character design et al - and I say that as someone who really enjoyed XIII. It looks so ridiculous and stupid that it loops round to being good (in that inherently Japanese way)! Read more