A Thought Terminating Cliché out the gate? Are you doing okay IRL? Do you need a break from interacting online?

I’m still trying to process the existence of someone who writes “a fact of lightsabers”. I hope I’m not the first one to tell you that they’re not real and can be whatever you want.

I had a conversation about just this with some friends and I’m actually more excited that Fallen Order is returning to the feel of the original trilogy and not the constant, action-packed vibe of the prequels. A lightsaber is supposed to be difficult to use, and even when you master it, it’s not like you should be…

It’s only condescending if you’re uninformed by choice or by age. I’ve been playing games solo or cooperatively (and that includes 40-man raids years back) enough to know that scaling enemies is boring while actually configuring for new experiences is far better and more rewarding - and specifically rewards players…

You’re giving the idea so much credit it doesn’t deserve that you’re changing the topic. Games, like books, have characters doing specific things. They aren’t AI to violate or comfort. Games can give more options by way of their design, but their lines are programmed. All we’re really talking about is writing that’s…

I reread the article just to make sure, but it’s still incredibly stupid. The only way this game makes sense is if characters are considered as viable people. They aren’t. They’re characters. They’re not AI; they’re programmed. This game is about empathy but all it’s doing is exploring the same subjects in another…

They in your instances are placeholders. It would be weird to refer to someone with an identity as they. It suggests that you don’t know them or something. And your example of employees doesn’t work since the word employees is plural; you’d use they regardless.

Seems like a great concept that I would ultimately have to explore by way of characters I wouldn’t want to hang out with in real life.

Damn. You beat me to it.

And here I was thinking I would never be someone to utter anything close to “gamers are entitled”.

DrDisrespect treated the streaming and gaming community with the disdain it deserves. He openly mocked a lot of aspects very well while still participating. I hope he returns after facing legal consequences.

Not play as Zelda? But he’s the main hero of the whole series!

What do you think IQ is?

They actually did make a series of Blair Witch games some years back (circa 1999, 2000). It was made by the people who made Nocturne and featured some of the same cast since the idea was that you were investigating from earlier in the 20th century, and that tied in nicely to their agency Spookhouse, which investigated…

Same. It had some significant flaws, mainly the sparse environments for sure a title and unforgiving environmental challenges each level had (I still remember this spot in the mines in Episode 2 where you just ... drop down), but the backstory and atmosphere of almost everything was absolutely fantastic. The gameplay…

Can someone give me the TL;DR of Gears’ story at this point? I played 1 and 2 and remember only so much from each title, but this appears to be a series that they won’t let die. The trailer for 3 literally had the words “the end” in it, though I guess the creator left around then.

the memes practically write themselves

What’s the difference between digital copies online and physical discs or cartridges that are manufactured once then never again? I have old PS2 games but my PS2 won’t run forever. The discs might not read. You can have a bike or a car but it’s more like having access to the original car - at some point, you may need…

Seems like you think because some places are bad, other places cannot complain until things are even on that scale. For some reason.

but also one of the points of criticism surrounding the console. “The lineup for Playdate’s first ‘season’ of 12 games and the people who made them are meant to be a surprise, but the roster of exciting creators released to tease us is pretty white, and exclusively male,” wrote Kotaku’s Josh Rivera.