I think it has to do with relatability. Getting gruesomely tortured to death is...unthinkable, really. Real world violence happens fast.

Anecdotal, but every time I think “hey, I should rent [movie] tonight”, I remember my bloated Netflix and Disney+ watchlists and end up playing Animal Crossing for three hours instead.

Yeah it’s a total mystery as to why their name might also come up in this article about a branded chain of video game stores that’s endangering their employees, and by extension, their customers and others, during a global pandemic. Real head-scratcher, that one.

That’s great except Stadia hasn’t even released that feature yet and has given us no timeline of when they’re going to.

Aw, this reminds me of the days when io9 would do Concept Art Writing Prompts. I miss those so much.

I know the format limits these lists to 12 games, but I’m surprised there aren’t more high quality indie games included here. I’ve spent just as much time on AAA titles like DMC5 and Halo:MCC as I have with Hollow Knight, Ori and the Blind Forest, and other indie gems. Game Pass is also kind of the ideal way to…

Well written, smart, fair piece. Hope you don’t get roasted for it.

Eight year olds, Dude!

That’s pretty contentious and subjective, my mans. Personally, I view the $30 as helping to pay for the entire year of man-hours it took to patch the game, including critical mode from last year, all the way through all the DLC and everything they’ve done for it, including totally recasting Master Xehanort and having…

Legitimately surprised. I figured there wouldn’t be another house Nintendo character until the next full Smash game.

I mean this with all respect and no snark intended: Stop calling it Megxit.

You’d think a vibranium shield would be faster or something. #StarkTech

Ah yes, rather than considering and discussing how these games resonated with them on a personal level, they should have instead given a more objective choice based on... I dunno, metacritic? What do you want? I’m sorry you didn’t get a shallow “this sure was a fun game so it’s my fave of the decade” article, that…

On the contrary, I was more than pleasantly surprised by a deeper, more personal article than what the title implied.

Let’s not ignore that graphic, as well. The implication is that male-female pairings and “Straight Pride” shield kids from homosexuality, somehow. Because as we all know, straight people never have gay kids.

Miss Thing, Ant-Man(Scott), Medusa, She-Hulk

I think the Gamer(s) of the Year this year should go to the writers and staff of Kotaku and Stephen Totilio i specifically. There have been so many amazing pieces this year. Dives into DnD, exposing toxic workplaces, retrospectives on why launches went wrong, and so many other pieces that I can’t recall while trying…

So... that’s a shitty thing to do.

They were at the HQ of the Inquisitors, he is the commander in chief of that group over the GI. The bigger plot hole is that they did not discuss the chance that he might be there to wreck the plan, not that he just happens to show up at one of his major bases/training camps at the time of the attack.

Not that I’m inclined to defend Hollywood execs, but speaking as someone who actually subscribed to the 1980s Dazzler run -- which feels like something I need to talk to a therapist about at some point -- they really need the exact right approach to the character to make her work, even in a tongue-in-cheek show.