I don't usually get annoyed by these lists...but no Metroid Dread is bizarre.

Friendly reminder that Metroid Dread is better than at least half the games on this list.

Don’t you mean “shocked yellow lightning mouse face”? You trying to get us all sued?

the Ubisoft co-founder said the backlash to the Quartz announcement was expected, and likened it to initial public outcry over previous new developments in the games industry like DLC, microtransactions, and loot boxes.

Yup. Nine out of every ten players made it through Mass Effect 2’s final mission with everyone alive. In a mission that functions by design to have you lose some party members—one that’s so maze-like in its possible outcomes you basically need a byzantine flowchart to properly navigate every key decision.

One test is whether anyone watching along at home who wasn’t already closely following all the headlines would have any idea what he was talking about. 

I keep trying to give you a star but Kotaku is keen on keeping me in the greys for an eternity it seems. So... I’ll just comment here...

I enjoy shooters as much as the next guy, but collaborating with a gun manufacturer to create a real live, mass produced version of a video game gun, is just awful.

I miss the days when Atari turned down military contracts and made anti-war games like Missile Command.

I legitimately don’t know what to say about this, the problem is these ‘games’ are nothing of the sort. They aren’t fun, they aren’t even gambling, they just straight up exist to take advantage of people with problems. I honestly struggle to see this as anything except fraud, and I’m saying that as someone who thinks…

When I was a kid I saw Karate Champ in the movie Bloodsport and wanted to play it so badly. As luck would have it they had the cabinet in a local bodega around the block from my house. I had 20 dollars from my allowance. In just a couple of hours I spent it all on Karate Champ. No regrets! lol

There are two things to consider with this:

So it turns out he’s a greedy prick who also mistreats women? Is he trying to run for President or something?

They’re really living down to the “lol journalists suck at video games” stereotype.

I literally opened this list expecting its omission. I even have some issues with Dread as compared to other Metroids and ‘vanias (the over-reliance on melee counter in boss fights, lack of distinctive “set piece” areas, labyrinthine map design) and it’s still my front-runner for GOTY. The more you learn it the better…

Oh for the love of fuck; I know you guys have a weird, misplaced hate-boner for it, but Metroid Dread is ABSOLUTELY one of the best games of 2021. 

So its, “So long, Gary Bowser?”

...honestly, so much of this NFT in gaming crap reminds me of the utter failure that was the Diablo 3 Auction House. Same basic concept, you could earn real money by playing a game, just the underlying tech that’s different.

Imagine having such a transactional mindset that you need your goddamn leisure time to be some kind of investment.

Genshin Impact is much more enjoyable if you completely ignore limited gacha characters and just kind of take what you get.