Jason, you missed the big controversy - there were fifteen weapons that were supposed to be added to the loot pool, but players were going through engrams and didn’t get them. They finally put their foot down and asked Bungie to clarify whether or not they’re actually in the game. After a few hours, Bungie said that…

Awesome to see TWEWY getting attention from Nintendo, hopefully if it does well they’ll consider a sequel or a spin-off. Art, music, and story were all fantastic.

Minimum heat laws can be abysmal. I lived in a university in NY with a very old construction. Air was on heat, neutral, or cold. As per law, they would switch it over to heat usually in mid-September, and the HVACs would leak ambient heat. I happened to live on a 14th floor, so my room would be in the 90s, sometimes…

Me too.

I never said the Switch was a failure - I said it disappointed me. I think it’s remarkable on a technical level, but my Wii U sees more use because of Smash 4.

Good point!

I appreciate the insight. By that measure (or even my own, I was expecting them to announce it maybe 3 months in advance) it won’t make the Switch’s first year. I think the longer we go without it, the more possibility we’ll just see Smash 5 - which could take years - and last we heard, Sakurai’s arm was still hurting…

I will personally consider the Switch a disappointment until we see a Smash title on it. Fans have been asking for melee HD or a port of Smash 4, which shouldn’t be terribly difficult to do. It’s why my Wii U is used more than the Switch.

Do not buy an MSI computer. They look great and have fair specs for the price, but having warranty work done is an absolute nightmare.

I really don’t enjoy “conceptual” stuff like this. I can respect Kojima’s work but none of this crap is logically connected, it’s just “how can we blow peoples’ minds next, what would be really creepy or strange to do?”It’s definitely creepy, but I don’t see any indication that this is going to be a coherent universe,…

That’s a good question. Personally the range of commercials is just too vast for me to say for sure. In my coworker’s case, the item was incredibly specific - a nail set - so it had to be from an in-person discussion.

When I was younger, I had a thing about reading video game guides for games I didn’t own. Devil May Cry was one of those. I thought the enemy design was so cool, and I created my own little backstories for a good number of them. I always thought the game sounded really cool, so I’ll probably pick it up this time…

Jason, I think something you guys should report on is that most of the advertised content for this DLC is behind Eververse (aka the gamble boxes). Ships, sparrows, emotes, ghost shells, armor, and weapon ornaments aren’t earned through the story or challenges, only through bright engrams.

Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words, advice, and time.

I recently came to terms with the fact that I have a gambling addiction as well, and it’s something I’ve just ignored that ultimately caused other issues in my life. Huge post inc.

Thank you so much for collecting this information and reporting on it. For months Bungie ignored player posts about inconsistent exp but issued a fix just a few hours after stories broke about it. They don’t care about players. Bad press, however, motivates them.

An update - Bungie DOUBLED the amount of EXP required for bright engrams without telling anyone. This has resulted in an overall nerf. Please keep on them, they only changed when gaming outlets picked the story up.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. While playing, you’ll find food items that are expired or rotten (such as rotten meat dropping from zombies). If you eat it, you’ll take damage. BUT, if you have the soul of a flesh golem (described as “loves to eat the strangest things”) your character can stomach rotten meat, spoiled…

If you don’t enjoy the message a game is putting forward, you don’t play it. Also, games are an art medium. Sometimes, they go places that are uncomfortable because there’s an idea they want to explore. Imagine trying to defend a game like Homefront or Spec Ops. Imagine any kind of game that paints our military in a…

People in my circle think phones are listening, too - that they start seeing advertisements for products that they haven’t searched for, emailed about, etc. and that they’ve only spoken about face-to-face with another person. Usually I’d recommend a tinfoil hat but I’m seeing a lot of anecdotes.