I think what really baffles a lot of people about the last season of GoT being rushed is that when something is rushed, it’s usually the studio telling them to wrap it up. In their case, it wasn’t. HBO gave them as much time and money as they wanted, but they chose to crash and burn because they were bored.

(Proceeds to cast an ice spell at it, because pawn.)

I was hoping it would still be as corny as it was the first time around, and it made me happy during a preview when one of the pawns said “Fie! ‘Tis a cyclops!”

My favorite goats are still the yellow ones on the plateau in Elden Ring that shoot lightning at you and then roll away. I just stood there and stared the first time that happened. Most random goat design in all of gaming.

“Get a fucking life, it’s just tits and dragons.”

He’s not wrong. Guess he’d better get ready for the Twitter death threats.

Seriously, the world didn’t end when Vine shut down. The way people are talking about this, you’d think they’d rather give up food and water than lose a short-form video app for preserving your dumbest life moments for all time.

I want to hear the outtakes from Cox and Shane. “What the fuck am I reading about here?”

There’s a certain crowd that wants a pat on the back for not owning a console.

I’m glad these people are very stupid.

One thing that they never really point out but is really useful early on is to focus on rebuilding port towns before anything else. Once they’re rebuilt you can take a boat to an island (including the one you start out on) where there are a bunch of resources. The first island also has an easy quest that gives you a…

Gamers are always on the lookout for the next thing to be angry about. So-and-so company “contributes woke material” to a game. These devs are out to get me. This game has too much walking and not enough shooting. This character looks different than in the last game.

It could be a pain, but a recent-ish update also let you add the screencap eyeball and the flashlight module in free slots, which makes it a little less annoying. Still achieves greatness, though.

I’m not even sure if they watch TV.

Headlines have gotten very “How do you do, fellow kids?” in the past few years, but I don’t know if zoomers even read Kotaku.

It started getting really bad after the Mass Effect fandom had a collective meltdown after they didn’t like the ending of ME3 and BioWare caved to their demands. Gamers realized they could just bully devs into doing whatever.

Phil Fish is a notorious asshole, but one time I was absolutely in his corner was when he finally threw his hands up and said “fine, fuck it, you guys aren’t getting Fez 2" and then quit the industry.

I did the Titan Lost battle this past weekend and it was absolutely bonkers. Right up there with Alan Wake: The Musical for kick-ass moments in gaming from not just this year but the decade so far.

I re-watched Anaconda for the first time in a while the other day. Still a classic, from the reverse waterfall to Jon Voigt’s ridiculous performance to a very young and mustacheless Danny Trejo blowing his own brains out in the first scene.

Yeah, from what I’ve heard, One Piece was better than anyone expected. It seems like the rare exception, though.