I definitely notice property damage a little more, like at the end of Galaxy Quest where they just plough through a car park and I’m like “people are going to be pissed when they leave the convention”.

Maybe, maybe not. The Hogwarts Legacy debacle got so ridiculous that Poe’s law is in full effect.

It’s definitely one of those games that’s pretty addictive (just one more day!) but honestly it’s not too difficult to put down after a point. The last time I picked it up again (playing on Switch) I finished the community centre (one thing I’d never done in previous plays), got married (Leah this time), and reached…

I mean that’s because Blitzball was made up for FFX and so it wouldn’t really have done a good job promoting it if it was absent. It’s not like they need to advertise this though (the books and movies already have that covered), and Legacy’s sales are a good indicator that this will probably sell like hotcakes…

Pretty sure everyone at Kotaku HQ celebrated when this was announced. With the Hogwarts legacy controversy drying up I’m sure they were worried about what they’d milk for clicks next. This will keep the lights on for at least another month though.

It’s fine as a dumb fictional thing that silly wizards play, but it’s broken when you try and turn it into a functional game that real people play. Really though the position of Seeker only exists because Rowling clearly wanted a hero position for the protagonist. Because even though Quidditch is supposedly a team…

The problem is that being smarter than Trump is a laughably low bar. Just means having two brain cells to rub together instead of the one. You’re still dealing with a raging idiot at the end of the day. Personally I don’t think there’s any replacing Trump in the MAGA movement. It isn’t a political stance, it’s a cult…

Funny how you call it objectively bad when we’ve seen literally nothing about it, sure Quidditch as a concept is dumb as hell (because of the Snitch mainly) but it doesn’t mean they can’t make a decent game out of it. And no it doesn’t sap time and energy away from your other efforts (assuming you’re not full of shit…

I think it's fine as long as it's good. Even if they had put it in Legacy it probably would have only been a glorified minigame rather than the full fledged experience this sounds like it might offer. I'm not really interested either way. Quidditch is fine as a dumb fictional game to read about but it breaks when you…

Yet another line in the sand for self proclaimed “allies” to rally behind so they can pretend they’re doing something other than stroking their own self righteous egos. All while they achieve nothing of consequence for the trans community. And I bet Kotaku is looking forward to a new controversial cow to milk for…

Why not both?

I don’t really pirate anymore because I have enough disposable income these days to buy the games I want. And the landscape has changed in a way that removes some of my reasons for pirating. Heck when I did pirate I sometimes pirated copies of games I actually legitimately owned already. Because I was at a friend’s…

Just like I said to all the people who said they wouldn't buy Hogwarts Legacy but would pirate it instead. It's the most milquetoast and unprincipled form of protest. Not only are you literally giving up nothing but you're also gaining from doing so since you're not spending money. I hate to break it to you but it…

I’ve got the plat on the PS3 release of 1, and then PS4 for Re:CoM, 2, and BBS. Need to make a proper start on DDD soon. I decided I’d plat them all before playing KH3. That was a mistake.

Doesn’t stop the rules being shitty.

No, they profited from providing a service. By your logic eSports would be illegal, can't pay people to play a game because that's making money off an IP. And in any case Nintendo aren’t going after the person that directly made money from this (the modder) they’re going after the person that commissioned the mod.

There’s limits to what is legally enforceable under those terms though. They can for example say they’ll remove your access to their online services and that’s something both fair and legally enforceable. They can’t however put something in there that says they’ll send hired goons round to break your kneecaps if you…

Just because they should have known what would happen doesn't mean it's any less shitty of Nintendo though. Especially when they're throwing claims on to videos that don't have anything to do with modding.

I’ve said it a thousand times but there needs to be harsh penalties for companies that abuse copyright enforcement. Including but not limited to losing the ability to enforce their copyrights with the tools they’re abusing. Nintendo would think twice about pulling these kinds of stunts if it meant losing the ability…

As I said in another comment Lingering Will makes Sephiroth feel like a tutorial boss.