Epic wants to look like they’re the good guys, but in reality they’re just as scummy and money hungry as anyone else. They act like avoiding the fees of the app store is righteous, but it’s not like they’re going to charge less to the customers for their microtransactions. They just want to pocket a larger percentage.…

Interesting. So you are citing Sega v. Accolade- which is a case that has nothing to do with antitrust law, but is only about fair use in the context of copyright ... that means ... what, exactly? Genuinely curious?

Daniel Ahmad didn't confirm anything.  He made a claim based on speculation.  And he's not anymore capable of confirming anything than anyone else.  He's not affiliated with it in any way.  He's just some guy.

Nice article and good list. I haven’t checked out Murder by Numbers but the rest are great. I actually just started Yakuza 7 two days ago and I’m in love.

Can it really be considered “on the air” when it was literally not on the air for years at a time between most seasons and was continuously believed to be cancelled? The show has 81 episodes. Many hour-long shows do that in under 4 years.  It has about 25 hours of actual show.  Not complaining, it just isn't quite the…

The game plays out in a series of rounds and this is just round two.  Strategically, it makes a lot of sense because there's no benefit to the player who's ahead to cross the finish line sooner, but pushing out a few people who are fast and outperforming most of the other players will make the next few rounds much…

It's sound logic.  Eliminate as many of the better players as possible.  I think it's crazy that people are thinking it's somehow bad.  It's the fun of the game!

Yeah, it’s hard to imagine no one is mentioning this. Even if people are going to buy fast food, a fast food burger for $2 is a much better value proposition than most breakfast items. Breakfast food at fast food places tends to be MORE expensive than their lunch/dinner items and yet it’s made of cheaper ingredients…

Who cares what happens on my island after I abandon it?!  I won't be going back, so those suckers are on their own!

First off, I’d like to say that I’m in complete agreement in actually wanting to 100% this game and not wanting to do so in most other games. Not only does it give strong narrative reasons as you mentioned for the poor toads, but how can I possibly leave giant, unsightly monster bites in the fabric of reality? And…

I don’t think it’s fair to call the battle HUD “ridiculously cluttered”. Even cluttered at all. Cluttered means something is haphazardly, untidily messy. And, if anything, it’s the EXACT opposite. Is it busy and packed with information? Yes. But it’s also organized in an attractive, deliberate and comprehensive manner…

“...completely due to how game systems have been designed to work. There was really nothing we could’ve done...”

“Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s Bunny Day event replaced a large percentage of the items players harvest to earn bells and craft cool items with stupid colored eggs.”

The whole point isn’t to build a house and flex on people with items. First of all, there’s a lot more to it that just building a house. This particular iteration is about building an entire island paradise. It’s about befriending the characters, meeting new neighbors, making friendships with them, watching their own…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Design App Is Basically A Cute-Ass Photoshop

I don't want to break your heart, Allison, but I recently tried the bottled Baja Sauce.  It didn't taste right at all.  Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but it's not the old Baja Sauce.  Not even really an approximation.  I was curious to see if anyone else felt the same way, so I did a little googling.  Seems…

Do they? Remember friend codes on Wii? People shat all over them for it. Guess what Steam uses to add people most easily? Friend codes. Otherwise it’s a crapshoot if you’re finding the right person.

This isn't an inherently offensive word like a racial slur.  It just isn't.  The context it's used it was OBVIOUSLY not offensive or meant to offend, so fighting against it is meaningless and offensive.  The word ugly is offensive if used in a way to describe a person or group of people.  So is dumb or foolish or…

I mean, it absolutely makes sense that as you get better the challenge increases.  That's.. literally how every competitive anything in the world has worked since the dawn of time.  Unless you're literally the best in the world by a mile, the higher you climb, the steeper the competition.  It's literally the basis of…

I realize that when in an article that is effectively pitching the idea of pubstomps as self care I shouldn’t have expected much, but hey maybe think for a second about how much it sucks for the rest of the people in the game when someone is pubstomping. I realize that when the exalted mind of [checks notes]…