Schreier’s exposés while he was here are probably responsible for more instances of Kotaku being cited as a source by other games news outlets than every other Kotaku post combined.

Especially given that it’s a Jason Schreier article. Beyond being possibly the most credible journalist in games media, he was that at Kotaku for quite a long time. His exposés are probably the most Kotaku had ever been cited as a source by other games news outlets.

What makes the separation of the WRX from the Impreza moniker even more puzzling is how both the current and previous generation WRX have such tame, Civic-looking taillights. The GD/GG-chassis Impreza and WRX had more “aggressive” and interesting looking taillights in my opinion, I’m partial to how the GDB taillights…

I’m not sure if it’s changed since the initial release, but the keyboard controls for the Mako feel like they directly mapped what the left analog stick would do on a controller to WASD and it’s the most unintuitive feeling I’ve ever experienced driving a vehicle in a video game.

But even after I picked up Liara and headed to Noveria, I was still gated out of certain Charm options. It could be a quirk of the new Legendary leveling system, which crunches the level 60 cap in the original Mass Effect down to 30, but I was starved for Paragon points despite consistently making Paragon choices on…

I was going to comment something similar; if you know the most basic classification of these two substances, then you should know it’s a bad idea. What’s arguably the ultimate form of mixing a stimulant and a depressant, speedballing (cocaine with a strong opiate, i.e. heroin or morphine or a benzodiazapine), has…

My suspicion is that the difficulty in providing PS3 backwards is what keeps them from investing in backwards compatibility altogether. In Sony’s eyes, behaving as if they are not invested in backwards compatibility at all prevents them from having to explain why the PS5 is backwards compatible with every previous…

I don’t really have issues with the PS button, in a sense, the fact that it’s less prominent has likely been a benefit for me as it’s the one button that you never are intending to press during gameplay. I think the designers did a good job considering how many inputs they had to find room with.

You’re sort of looking at it from the wrong perspective, or wrong direction. The disc drive version is the main model and almost assuredly the price they decided first and is closer to the margins they’d like to have. The discless model is likely sold at a loss or less-than-ideal profit margin because it provides a…

Ugh... For some reason I just can’t stand when a vehicle’s actual headlights are not where you initially think they are, i.e. the Cherokee and Juke. This isn’t quite as egregious as at least the projectors are under the same glass, but it still feels like a person with pupils below their eyes.

Was going to make an explosion joke, but then realized it’s a different Halifax

It’s easy to argue that people can get too precious when it comes to an automaker reviving a formerly-renowned model name for something they feel doesn’t live up to it, and I would often agree...

I have the opposite problem, I can’t hardly drink at all while playing games. In practice, it’s actually been great for me, because it means I refrain from drinking a lot more than I would otherwise. But on the topic of drinking and playing video games, I’ve just never been able to do it. My hand-eye coordination,…

The cheer at the end of her introducing the game was audibly louder than just about any other during the conference. I'm suspicious that it was more for her than the game. 

The top post of the past week on the Anthem subreddit is titled "Can we all just agree that Anthem is dead?" with 8k+ upvotes, so I think it's safe to say people are admitting it. 

Somewhat related, I’m not sure how many people have noticed, but Ubisoft is one of few publishers out there that is still using real-world weapons with mostly correct names in just about all of their games. Of course, like pretty much all games that still use real weapons, they omit manufacturer names and use military…

I haven’t been as shitty as what I see on the subreddit, but I’m starting to get pretty pissed off, honestly. For what Ben said about the “cost of transparency”, the communication since launch feels decidedly not transparent. There’s a real vibe from the communications and the livestreams that the dev’s really…

I’ve been playing Anthem fairly regularly and was visiting the subreddit daily since about 2 weeks before the VIP “demo” and yeah, that subreddit’s community has gotten really bad.

I’ve put about 7o hours into Anthem, enjoyed the hell out of it, and I still think the reviews are accurate. I believe Anthem is judged harshly for two main reasons:

Here’s how I can best summarize my experience, having put about 40 hours into it and being at max level: The combat, graphics and sound are the best part of the game right now. The story, quality of life, loot, amount of content, UI, network... Basically everything else, needs work. Fortunately, that’s easier to…