I think the problem, in this instance, is that Taylor’s been less than honest about the situation. Her first video said she was offered $4000 total, then it was $10,000 and now it’s $15,000 after Platinum showed the receipts. At a minimum she was not fully transparent, and at worst she was purposefully deceptive to…

This sucks because as big a fan I am of getting paid for your fucking work, I am an even bigger fan of bodily autonomy and independence. If the ink is inside me, it’s mine. I won’t recreate the design for profit, but I don’t owe you a license fee if I license my image. That’s a bridge too far, for me. At the VERY…

It was a massive failure because of Sony’s incredibly boneheaded attempts to force people to buy exclusive storage media at 5-10x the rate of the same amount on an SD card. The systems came with very little storage, and Sony really wanted people to pay out the ass for those memory cards. When people balked at paying…

I fired up TF2 a few weeks ago on my new Deck for the first time in 7 years. I didn’t even recognize the interface, or what was going on. The single match I played had someone spamming audio yelling “you fucking n*gger” for the better part of 5 minutes before getting booted. Then, someone started up again with the…

Kotaku has become complete garbage since Schreier Crecente left.

There’s no way the library had games to rent back when Blockbuster was a thing. I’ve been going to libraries for 30 years and only started seeing them in the last decade, maybe 15 years at most.

All these people are suckers! I would never spend money on cosmetics because-

I was 5 times rear ended and I wasn’t even tailgated, 2 hit and runs

hazards shouldn’t be used when you’re moving

I’m guessing you’ve never been rear-ended.

Because my 3000 pound sports car with track pads can stop in about 130 feet from 70mph while idiot in the 6000 pound Tahoe 10 feet off my bumper will take about 50-60 feet more than that. That’s why you don’t tailgate. Because the vast majority of accidents are rear enders where someone was too close and/or not paying…

The Accord took it up a level and the Raptor responded in kind.

No, it really couldn’t have.

“And some conservative spouses of [Microsoft] executives read it…”

Man, you’re right - that Backbone recommendation for Android is really strange, especially since (according to the very Gizmodo article linked in the article) you also apparently have to pay $50/yr for the privilege of evenusing it on Android, which is some bullshit. I’ve also heard the Kishi is great. I just use a…

That backbone writeup will potentially be very confusing to Android readers, since it only supports Android using a cable, essentially eliminating its usefulness (since a dualsense or Xbox controller can do the same cheaper).

Ok, a bunch of games like…?

Stats during the match isn’t a bad idea, BF2042 is much derided for it. Its also in… every competitive game mode ever made. So its not just weird taken out of Halo, it’s weird taken out of any competitive game.

The signature thing makes me do some serious self reflection. It’s sad to think about. Like, that’s the kind of thing I (a guy) might joke about with some of my close friends (who are guys). It’s something crude but ultimately harmless with a certain group.

I think this just shows the divide between the general users and enthusiasts. general users want the big multiplatform pop culture titles because that’s what they like and what their friends are playing. Enthusiasts like the 1st party titles and we’ll talk all day and night about them but that doesn’t mean average joe…