Huh. I didn’t realize this was going to be a game about gothic lolitas.

Is this the Japanese version of when a Western game studio adds a vaguely “Geisha” themed character class? Like, they don’t really know what it is or what it represents, nor do they particularly care, it’s just seen as another category of fun exotic costume with certain special powers and weapon types which fit the…

I think a lot of people would like those things, too, though they’re probably a lot harder to mod into the game.

Keep fighting the good fight, Kirk. I believe in you.

There *are* magic space healing lasers. Thing is the kind of ship Harry would have been flying can take down Salome’s ship before anyone has time to react in the first place.

Ok I am officially old now. I have NO IDEA why anyone, anywhere, was even a little bit upset by this. The article doesn’t help because it seems to take the position that yes, *of course* this is obviously offensive and bad, and doesn’t even bother to make a case for why (probably because it’s so OBVIOUS that only an…

Yes, a “poor artist blames his tools,” because a good artist recognizes whether or not his tools are up to the task *before* he sets to work. He would be a bad artist if he entered the tournament, performed poorly, and then blamed the controller. He is a *good* artist precisely because he recognized the inadequacy of…

You can activate a self-destruct sequence in the functions tab of your ships right hand panel. Or you can google “fuel rats” and arrange to be rescued.

The huge ships absolutely haven’t been in the game since launch. It’s no secret that they were added into the game in the most recent patch. The clues and solutions to the puzzles and plot points from the novel have been around in different forms over time. There have also been plenty of puzzles/mysteries that the…

If the ship is the problem, go to the Quince system and do passengers missions. (Google “quince passenger mission stacking” for more info.) In less than an hour you’ll be a multimillionaire.

You almost certainly won’t discover stuff unless you join up with one of the obsessive player groups like Canonn; all of the big weird mysterious things in Elite are incredibly rare and almost impossible to find by accident. Not only is the potential search area astronomically huge (literally in this case), the clues…

Did you actually really play this? Be honest.

Devs should probably also name-drop H.P. Lovecraft, Dark Souls, and System Shock, just to get as much exposure as possible.

This “turn off the minimap” thing is something Kotaku can’t seem to stop beating us over the head about, and I for one approve wholeheartedly.

Yeah it gets way boring after a mere 500 hours. Totally not worth it

Don’t read any guides or FAQs until after you’ve made your first million credits. It’s way more fun to bumble around the galaxy and learn by doing. Getting blown up (and losing it all) are part of the experience. The learning curve stage of the game is the most wonderful experience. Don’t waste it.

You’re a fucking Nazi. Prove me wrong.

Hey thanks for posting this. I hope people read it and take it seriously.

Funny story: a previous account of mine was *banned* from Kotaku for objecting to an article’s use of “begs the question.”

I’m with you on this but I’ve given up. I’ve been reading games journalism for a long-ass time and I remember when everyone was saying “granular,” all the time, and then there’s the ongoing misuse of “begs the question,” and a whole bunch of other ones which I can’t remember right now.