This Is nuts! Love seeing how reverse engineering can take down run killing RNG.

I’m only getting 10 smithing stones per chapter, is there something that affects that number? Certainly not enough to fully repair before each chapter and hit the cap.

For ages my answer has been Portal 2! What an incredible game, when It came out I played through it about 4 times, and since then I have tried to avoid so that one day I can forget something about the game.

Thank you for for this! She was one of the first that popped into my head when I saw the thread. I remember just standing around and pressing the button to hear the idle dialog between the prince and her. That was the first game where I really enjoyed having a companion and they felt like more than just a extra piece…

In addition to all of the other explanations you have received: the newest skip involving Arbitrary Code Execution actually requires Japanese 1.0. It uses the filename as a part of the trick (part of that arbitrary code), and J1.0 is the only version which allows them to type the needed characters for the credits…

I enjoyed this game a lot by myself but my friend absolutely raved about playing the game co-op. After he pointed it out I could see how a lot of the design does seem to lend itself towards multiplayer and being solved as a group.

I totally agree, I don’t even mind that he Is a little bland, at least he exists! Really loving this game.

Thank you for this article Ethan, I hope In the 2020s game devs will get the hint that they are developing for people a dozen feet away, not mere inches like they sit on front of their monitor. I never noticed small text too much until I played Hyrule Warriors on the Switch and ever since then I have noticed it EVERYWH…

No tips for playing shenmue 3? I guess it’s true to the sim nature of it that I have to figure it out as I go.. but I’ve already abandoned everything to play pachinko for 2 days straight

I played this level just an hour ago. It broke my heart to see that achievement pop up. I captured lots of screenshots and video of this level at least. Your films will live on forever on my SD card, Morty!

Thanks for the write up! I’m hoping this game along with Pokémon will last me through Christmas

Subtitle accessibility is great, really a fantastic addition that was probably very easily scoped and Implemented compared to a lot of game dev. But I really hope that they take this principle and adopt as a deeper design priority.

Maybe western gamers just hate games with 400 hours of backstory they “need” to know.

2 Tips I would add:

Mr. Resseti is the clear answer to “how can AC New Horizons support cloud save?”. Please make this happen Nintendo, the mole has a family to feed!

Not just eShop games, I found the text size in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition appalling it was SO small. (a problem mostly unique to the switch, english version). Octopath Traveler too had a lot of small text. I’m glad this feature has been implemented, but I really wish Nintendo would step up their standards for…

The absolute best feeling is when you solve a puzzle with such a weird/smart solution that it still works when the next level is a redux!

OWL has been incredibly fun to watch, stage 1 finals did not disappoint!

As clever a line that is, it is a total disservice to Mickie!

I really enjoyed seeing all the eSports coverage, in particular the stories on Overwatch League were a real treat to see how that huge yet infantile eSport came into its own. Thanks for all the hard work, and all the best to you, Dennis & Eric.