He is the leader of a Fighting gym where the only fighting type pokemon is him.

Why apologize? Because I don’t think we should be running uncensored screenshots of animations of young characters from popular fiction having sex. I’m not saying we should write about it or even in some fashion show people what it is we’re talking about, but how we presented it exceeded what many readers expected.

I…

We have multiple editors. I don’t see every article. But, as I said, the buck still stops with me about what we publish.

Honestly I think a similar article but with links to the images instead of just showing them right there might’ve been more appropriate for Kotaku. The people who want to see can see, the people who are easily offended but can’t resist clicking will get what they deserve, and the others can stay blissfully unaware.

I’m not trying to answer for Stephen Totilo, but rather explaining what I understand based on first- and second-hand knowledge in publication:

Sex is part of culture. Sex games are part of gaming culture. It fits perfectly within the themes of the website. People like you, especially now a days, need to learn to ignore things you have no interest in, instead of trying to ruin it for everyone else who do enjoy those articles. Move on. It's not offensive, and…

Do I need to have played the first one to understand the story?

If they do this, they should lean into the Nihilist Arby’s angle.

There is still plenty of people that think this is a full remake and not just Midgar.

More like 15...

It’s not really a question of what they’ll think when they FINISH the game... it’s a question of what they think when they’re BUYING the game. This is misleading.

The console generations thing is the most concerning for me. We already know the PS5 will be announced next year, and just this part of the project has taken a LONG time to make so... will the whole thing be released on the PS4? Midgar is about 10% of the entire game..... is this a series in 10 parts? Because that…

Super disingenuous of Square Enix to not say something like “Part 1" or “The Beginning” on the cover. Lots of erroneous purchases will be made, guaranteed. Personally, I’ll wait for the “collection” or whatever they call it, probably 3-4 years down the road.

Deadly Premonition: Arby's 

gamers don’t like lootboxes, but for some reason like literal, direct, not-even-trying-to-hide-it advertising for huge brands in their games. weird

For anyone interested, this is a real Miyazaki quote. He's known for his... Distaste of the anime industry and doesn't consider his work to be "anime."

You say that like it’s logical, but we’re all very aware that people exist in this world that think the entire project hinges on them and their contributions. That the world would crumble if they left tomorrow. It’s not that far fetched to assume this of Kojima given how he slaps his name on the games.

If you cringed at sensibility-offending jokes but they didn’t ruin your time, then the review commenting on their existence in 2019 shouldn’t ruin your time either.

On the other hand, if you happen to be a member of a class of disability that a game thoughtlessly uses as a recurring punchline for cheap laughs because…

I smell a rat.