I got to experience the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter about 3 years after it opened as part of an education type trip (their old Youth Education Series). I was twelve at the time, which was probably just the right age to be completely terrified by the ride and come out talking about how awesome it was. Even then,…

I refer to this as padding because it seems to provide zero value aside from adding to the amount of time that the player has to spend doing something.

Feels like “padding” has been thrown around so much to describe even the smallest/briefest of moments that aren’t a gamer killing things or completing objectives that reward loot and/or power that it’s been diluted to the point of losing almost all of its meaning.

Kotaku’s definition of colonialism is basically “Whenever a group leaves one place to settle in another.”

Some of this list has to be a result of staff cycling in and out, cause I distinctly remember a good number of very critical articles against Mass Effect Andromeda in the year or two after it launched, and little in the way of defending it.

A tad bit surprised...

My friends on Discord got to hear me, over voice chat, switch from talking about what I was enjoying trying out with my Sorceress and some of the mechanics I was finding interesting to suddenly being chased.

You also get to upgrade them over time (level requirement at each step, plus materials), as well as get more charges from things like the Renown system (various objectives related to the overall region), up to a total of 10 charges.

The funny thing about Elden Ring not signposting is that it also uses really, really, really obvious glowing effects for items that can be looted.

We’re counting random shots at a game, in an article about a completely different game that isn’t even the same genre, “valid criticism” now?

Not sucking up to publishers is one thing.

Yep - they take stuff like motion capture, which can be done with a handful of trained professionals (just 2 or 3 people can do the movements for dozens), and link it with the above software for he lip sync and facial animations.

or the fact that part of the plot is about getting the mc’s blood — that’s literally blood libel.

Odd to call him a Gary Sue of a character, since the game doesn’t exactly hide that he’s an unreliable narrator and frequently full of shit.

Adding this as a reply since the above is long enough:

I’ve legitimately gotten Steam achievements that were as simple as “visit this place on the map” and it wasn’t hard to reach, just out of the way...

You won’t get higher than 40% with Johnny pushing through primarily the main game.

Like rushing to find Ciri before the Wild Hunt catches her and the world is doomed?

(The tone here is meant to be good natured, just for clarity) Did we uh...did we play the same The Witcher 3? I distinctly remember TW3 also pretty strongly pushing you forward with a sense of urgency, what with the whole “You need to find Ciri ASAP cause the Wild Hunt is after her and also if you don’t it could be…

the school is basically a cardboard cutout