I wanted to let yall know that your latest show that is currently on the apple podcast app is from Sept 28.  I just realized I hadn't seen a new episode in awhile and found them on another source.

Also, just listened to the episode where Julian was talking about the X-Men omnibuses.  In case he hasn't seen it yet, Amazon has volume 5 as coming out next June.

You can run from battle, on the PlayStation you hold L1. It doesn't always work on the first attempt, but if I keep trying it usually works before I cycle through all my characters.  

Yeah, there's lot of good games this year.  Too many really.  I'm currently 5 hours into Persona 5 and already know that I'll at least enjoy it as l much as the last two Persona games, which are two of my favorite games of all time.  Resident Evil 7 was also a really fun game.  I haven't played Zelda or Nier yet, but I plan to.  I also really want to play Nioh, Thimbleweed Park, Yakuza 0, Gravity Rush 2, Mass Effect (despite the bad reviews), South Park, Danganronpa 3, and the new Mario (I think that's supposed to come out this year?) .  Isn't the remake of Final Fantasy 7 also supposed to come out this year? 

I'm really happy that it's getting great reviews.  It's the first game I've pre-ordered in a long time, so I'm looking forward to playing it day one.  I've put off getting Zelda even though I really want to play it (trying to wait until either the switch comes down in price or it comes bundled with a game or two), so the 100 hours I'll likely put into Persona 5 will help with that.  Even with the bad reviews I still want to play Mass Effect, so hopefully the price will have come down once I get the time to play it.

I'm not excited about the large majority of AAA games, but just due to the sheer number of them I still find plenty that I enjoy. I also play alot of indie and B and C-Tier games. I find myself actually wishing that I agreed with people that say that there are no longer many good games coming out, because if that were truly the case then I might actually be able to play all the games that I read about and want to try out.  

The one thing I am scared of about getting older and playing games is my ability to actually play them. I'm only 36, but for years my fingers (and most joints) have ached.  Working a job that is mostly at a computer doesn't help.  My wife also recently talked me into getting a 'nice looking' desk for my computer set-up and the height of it lines up with my chair in just the right way that it hurts my back, shoulders, and elbows to use the keyboard and mouse.  I'll be looking for a new chair soon to hopefully alleviate this. 

As a big fan of Maniac Mansion, I was super excited when the original version of DOTT came out. I remember it was back when CD games were first becoming a thing and they advertised the CD-ROM version as a "Talkie," meaning that it had spoken dialogue.  It quickly became one of my all-time favorite games.  When this remake came out I hadn't played the game for probably about two decades (holy shit I just realized how long it's been and how much older I am), but I bought it day one on the PS4 and enjoyed playing through it again. 

As others have mentioned, if you like games like Firewatch you'll probably also enjoy Life is Strange.  Gone Home is another 'walking simulator' game that I enjoyed, and it recently came to the PSN.

For puzzle games, I'd recommend The Talos Principle.  It's kind of like The Witness, although the puzzles are a little easier (The Witness can get extremely frustrating).  I'd compare the puzzles to Portal, where they are just hard enough to make you feel good when you complete one, but not so difficult that they feel cheap.  Its also got a pretty neat story to go along with it.

I need to play this again.  I originally played it on PC and loved it.  I think I've since bought it on both the PS3 and PS4 but haven't played it on either.

I pretty much play and have fun with all types of games, from the most simple FPSs and platformers to really dense RPGs, but I really do enjoy a good story. When I first discovered graphic adventure games as a kid I fell in love with them, despite the fact that the video gamey parts of them were mostly non-existant.  I still seek out games with a good story, and I really loved Firewatch.  I thought it was extremely well written and well acted and the pacing was just right.  The length was also perfect for what it was.  At my age i prefer games to be shorter (although I'll still probably be putting close to 100 hours into Persona 5 when it comes out).

I had forgotten about this remake, but I had a good time with it when it first came out.  I spent alot of time playing the original game on the Commodore 64 back when I was a kid.

Like I said, Obama's wasn't a ban (and was one instance, not five like you mentioned), just a slow down in the vetting process. (Which again,resulted in a vetting process that can take over 1.5 years and is still in place - so to act like we are not vetting properly seems kind of a reach).   And it was because of a specific threat.  And it didn't take all the agencies by surprise, so it didn't result in nearly as much confusion.  So I don't see how you think they are similar.

 I just find these types of arguments his apologists make to defend him annoying.  While I strongly disagree, I understand why someone might support what Trump has done.  Just don't try to justify it by making false equivalencies.  

If it makes you feel any better at all, we've had much bigger protests over Trump than we have had celebrations over his presidency so far.  Hell, I live in the south and even though I know (and am related to) alot of Trump voters, it seems like a lot of his voters don't really support a lot of what he is doing or what he stands for. They just voted for him because they support traditional republican values (which of course he has not at all displayed over the course of his life, but that's another story...)

What are the 5 similar bans you are referring to?  The only one cited by Trump was from 2011 when there was a specific possible threat from Iraq, and it only applied to Iraq and wan't a even a complete ban, and also led to stronger vetting processess that are still currently in place right now (so not really similar at all to to what just happened).

Yeah, I've noticed the slowness in telling you what you picked up.  Also, sometimes I'll have to pick up each of 3 items individually, other times it seems to pick them all up at once.  I'm not sure why this occurs, since I can't tell that I'm doing anything differently.  And I'm completely with you on the multiple hunts.  They are boring enough anyways, so I would much prefer just to have all of them available to tackle whenever I am near one than have to keep going back between every single one.

Due to my compulsion to do every side quest (and most hunts) available, I am 30 hours into the game and have only just completed chapter 6.  I find myself mostly agreeing with this review though.  I really like the world, but it does get boring after awhile.  I think my need to do all the side quests has really exacerbated this issue and I am going to try to force myself to focus on the story for awhile before I burn myself out.

I also agree with alot of your combat issues.  I find myself mostly just quickly pushing the warp strike button until my MP depletes. While I don't really have problems with link strikes working, I have alot of issues with the camera.  Luckily the wait mode helps to get around this, but it's still a pretty big problem.  

My main concern with the magic isn''t that it works like grenades, but rather the manner in which you have to fill it back up every time you deplete it.  It is annoying to have to take the time to go find a camp site, then either park and get out of the car or jump off my chocobo, and then have run to each of the 3 elemental deposits (which are often spaced rather far apart considering how slow you run) and then have to stop in front of them, make sure you face them correctly, and then drain them.  

Speaking of that, I also have issues interacting with basically everything due to the camera.  I often find myself jumping 3 or 4 times while trying to interact with an item or a person.  Or when trying to talk to a person who also gives a quest it becomes annoying to have to line up the camera just right in order to select either 'talk' or 'quest' (and then sometimes it switches just a hair instantly before I press X, so I still choose the wrong one).

Despite all the complaining, like you I am still overall really enjoying the game.  The charm of the main characters and the beauty of the world have alot to do with it. 

I had it pre-ordered from amazon, and got an email on Sunday that is had been shipped and would arrive by 11/29. Yesterday I got the "arriving today by 8:00 PM" notice.  At 10:00 PM last night I still had the "arriving today by 8:00 PM" notice.  Today it just says "On the Way...Expected by Nov 29."  

Hopefully I'll get it and be able to play it tonight.  I guess an "on the way" message is better than a "delivered" notice when you know it hasn't been delivered.  That's happened to me before (luckily amazon believed me and re-shipped it)

I got the Telltale Batman game, the Mega Man Legacy Collection, and Bully all on sale on PSN.  I also got an additional 10% off with a Black Friday code that I saw on ign.  

I have great memories of the Wii, starting with how I got it.  My then-girlfriend (now wife) knew I wanted one really badly, so she ended up waiting for hours in lines in the morning at store openings to get me one for Christmas.  I think she said she went three times, but never got one. I had actually forgotten until right now as I'm writing this, but she finally ended up paying way too much on ebay for one. If I had known what she was was doing I would have told her it wasn't that important, but I really appreciated the gesture.

Also, it was a great time in my life to get one.  I had been out of college and working for about two years, but I was still living with my old college roomate and hanging out and drinking with friends most nights.  It was kind of the last year of my pre-adult life.  Once I got the Wii, we had a great many nights of playing Wii Sports.

I also got Zelda very early for it, and that was the last time that I played a video game with a frequent spectator (my then-roomate).  I miss the days of watching friends play games or having them watch me.  Although my wife doesn't mind the rather large amount of time I still play games, there is no way she is going to watch me as I play through them.

Although as the years went on I played it less and less, I still have about a couple dozen games for it.  Sadly, it's been gathering dust the last few years ever since I quit playing Xenoblade Chronicles.

Yeah, the two party system sucks. I'm also not really happy with the two major independent candidates either. I'm sure I'll be fine with a Clinton presidency.  I just don't like her much personally.

I own one other Ys game on the vita, but haven't played it yet. 

As an American who more often than not votes Democratic, I'm still not particularly happy about voting for Clinton, but Trump made it impossible not to. My state (North Carolina) is a battleground state which as of right now is still up for grabs, so I'm still pretty nervous. I'll stop there, because the majority of the commentors on this site seem pretty politically conservative. 

That Ys game was really fun. I started it a couple months ago, but for some reason put it down without finishin it. I need to start it up again. 

Space Quest was my favorite, but I loved them all. I enjoyed the new Kings Quest, but it was was more like the typical Telltale-type modern adventure game than the old Sierra games. The 5 episode game took pieces of all the original KQ games, condensed the stories, and also added new stuff to create a new tale spanning from when Graham originally went on his quest to become king up until his very old age with his children. It was fun catching all the call-backs and plot points from the originals. 

I just finished up The King's Quest episodic game this weekend.  It was fun.  The final game even brought back some hard-core nostalgia for me by having a couple crazy sequences where Graham passes out and in his dream you start playing the original KQ1 (with the original graphics!), and then a segment from KQ6.  It also had a sequence with KQ5-like graphics.

I then started up the new Ratchet and Clank game and have been playing that some this week.  I always enjoy Ratchet and Clanks games, and this one is no different.

Over the past several weeks I've also been steadily making progress in SMT IV: Apocalypse. Considering I usually only play the game for 30 minutes at most prior to going to bed, it's going to take me a few more weeks to complete. 

I'm a big fan of Halloween and horror too, and always try to watch a bunch of horror movies leading up to Halloween. I actually just watched Cabin in the Woods last night for the first time since it came out and liked it even better the second time.  The only other movie you listed that I've seen is the Evil Dead remake, and I agree that it's one of the best remakes I've seen.  I didn't watch it this Halloween, but over the last few weeks I re-watched the Evil Dead trilogy so I could then watch the Ash vs Evil Dead series from the first season up to the current episodes.  I'm really digging that show.

Saturday night I watched The Witch, which I had heard great things about.  It was pretty good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.  It probably didn't help that it was extremely difficult for me to undestand what the hell they were saying (it takes place in 17th century New England), so I eventually had to turn sub-titles on.  Still a good movie though.

Friday night I re-watched The Babadook, and that was another movie I enjoyed even more the second time.  I also watched half of the Poltergeist remake.  I'll probably finish that up soon.  It seems okay.  It's not nearly as bad as it's been made out to be, but also seems kind of pointless.  I'm not sure why they felt the need to remake the film.

I finished that game not too long ago.  Although I wasn't too happy with the way it ended, I really loved almost every second leading up to it. I thought it was a great game and the story really resonated with me.

I think I like Legends of Tomorrow more than all the other DC CW shows, although I did find both of the hawk people and Vandal Savage to be boring.  I'm glad all three are currently gone in the new season.  At first I didn't like Captain Cold's voice, but I eventually grew to love it and he actually became probably myfavorite character on the show.