Hmm, I guess I didn't notice with consoles acquiring all the social, multi-media functionality, free to play, and online networking features derived from PCs. Then the x86 architecture, apu-like chips, just more standard PC hardware, and Sony's system architect saying the machine used "super-charged PC architecture".…

You guys aren't seeing it? Here, let me use my totally non-crappy shoop skills to imagine we spray it with primer and then give it a coupla good whacks on the side with a hammer.

It's also a gorgeous game. Beautiful. While it's disappointing to some that Nintendo is once again back to being almost a generation behind the competition in terms of visuals, one look at SM3DW running in HD will have you wondering how the Mushroom Kingdom, at least with its current art design, could possibly look…

The entire justification for the obviously less powerful system being sold at a high price was that it provided an entirely different kind of gameplay experience. This was Nintendo's marketing from the very beginning, and they continue to stress that it allows entirely different kinds of games that the ps4/x1 can't…

You just opened the gates of comment hell. This is what will happen.

Overall resolution is a small part of a games graphics man. Mario running those specs on a Wii U is proof it is not that demanding.

Personally, I get the feeling people actually look way too hard for "justification" and then cry foul when it's both "underused" and "overused" at the same time. It gets kind of annoying actually. I'd rather see it just presented as an option. We're looking at the exact same thing that happened with the DS. People…

Indeed, I spent most of my time playing the game on the Wii U controller screen, just because it was more convenient

No, she doesn't actually. Not at all.

I always imagine any time a Kotaku writer decides to make a post about women in games they already have a bottle of alcohol on the desk before they hit the Enter key.

Seeing The Comments on stuff like this just has to make one want to bash their head against a wall.

Strange, I can tell a lot about you and your gender identity from this post and I can't even see you.

Yeah, that's obviously what she's advocating for. Fuck women! Always wanting representation and equal footing.

Wait, are you arguing that Katniss wasn't whitewashed? When the casting call specifically called for white blonds? And when the character in the book was specifically noted to have olive skin and dark hair?

Kudos to the Kotaku writing staff for continuing to post these videos and keep the discussion (though I wish there was more of one being had) going. No idea where the willpower comes from, looking at the comments here and response videos available elsewhere every time is utterly depressing, don't know how I could…

Ever heard the phrase "the exception that proves the rule"?

That's actually a good thing. You know, instead of complaining about games made by others and trying to take away someone else's fun, instead she can put out a positive example by working on games she and other women can enjoy.

Ruin what? Mirrors Edge had no discernible story to begin with, having anyone with any kind of agenda on the team would at least give the game a story, for good or ill.

...I guess we have different standards of what 'anger' looks like.

I really liked this episode. She makes some great points, without making it sound like she thinks all video games that stereotype their female characters are bad.

Two points on that