I was definitely thinking “alright, it would totally be a barefoot dude who only uses his big toe for pedals who buys a Cybertruck.”

I used to think the same thing, until I finally watched the original Gundam, Zeta Gundam, and the other shows from the Universal Century (i.e. 08th MS Team, Stardust Memory, and War In The Pocket).

I did try playing Monster Hunter: World, but I’ll admit, the mission based structure and grind mentality of the game was a bit lost on me and I ended up finding that most of the people who stuck with it were my friends who are into looter shooters and other big “season-based” games that I can’t really get into.…

If it’s anything like the first one, I’ll definitely say that it is a dense game that seems impenetrable, but I was able to replay it as an adult over thirty with limited gaming time and found it to be one of the more enjoyable gaming experiences in recent years. I know that doesn’t make sense, but it’s a game that…

Dragon’s Dogma is arguably the better “game” of the three of them, even as a monster-hunting witcher-like game, it’s got better mechanics and gameplay. The only thing it lacks is a very strong/directed narrative with lavish cutscenes and characters, but that’s largely because it seems like it’s trying not to shoehorn…

To be real, if this game is anything like the first game, I can see why they didn’t add multiplayer. The way the world, combat, and the exploration all functioned in the first game were great for a single person and a team of mostly competent pawns, but I think adding too much human interaction would have made it feel…

You have no right making me laugh as much as you just did, especially with the Frasier joke.

Consoles are specialized computers with architectures tailored to meet specific end-user expectations, primarily focused on gaming and media consumption. They offer a high degree of standardization, allowing developers to optimize their games for a consistent set of hardware specifications. While consoles may not be…

In Sony’s defense (I do not own a PS5), their commitment to releasing on PC in recent years has been pretty impressive and benefits Microsoft’s claim that PC users are indirectly “Xbox users.” Really, Microsoft is only dropping the ball in the sense that they haven’t made the “Xbox platform” into a low-cost gaming PC…

Silent Hill: Art School.

The bullying should have been more high-minded: “The use of cliche themes in your work is a pedestrian attempt at novelty that is better left in a mall poster shop than in the public eye! Your graphic aesthetic is a gauche attempt at depth while coming off as nothing more than a reductively commercial pastiche of…

As someone who’s worked on several games and been on different scales of teams, my guess is that “shit happens” is probably the best explanation possible. Whether it’s the corporate world of trying to appease bosses/shareholders/timetables or the indie world of overconfidence and over-scope without really appreciating…

Yeah, I get that, but I’m also not sure if Steam’s backend even offers an automatic refund option like that from the developer side. On the teams I’ve worked on, Steam’s interface has always been a complaint from the people who handle the store pages and the launches. I haven’t personally gone through any of it (even…

All the dumb insanity of the leadup aside, I will say that it’s admirable that they nuked it all before the payout window on Steam (I believe it’s still a two week holding period, but I could be wrong because I never handled that side of things for the games I worked on). The game always looked like a suspect…

Really relieved to hear it! Congrats

Me thinks you mean CYBERNATORATOR

Do me a favor, play the game. Tell me that if you were picked as a judge based on experience and expertise that it would warrant a spot on this list before any of the other games (or any of the 68 higher rated games on Metacritic this year). I’m gonna tell you, mass appeal is often momentary and reactionary and there…

But that’s assuming the VGA is purely about picking Metacritic numbers, and if that was the case, then it would be a simple numerical game of aggregating. Once again, Metacritic scores aren’t aimed towards specific components of games and largely just aggregate reviewers who are willing to provide scores, which…

They did similar things before with the launch of the first Steam Deck and it worked pretty well actually. Tying it all to a steam account with a purchase history is pretty significant in terms of blocking bots and chances are high that they’re also monitoring strange behaviors too. I’m pretty sure that they monitor…

I did play it, and it was particularly mediocre from that perspective. As I’ve said, the game was largely satisfying to people who like the setting and wanted a self-insert character. It had relatively little depth or mechanical interest for those of us who aren’t into HP. Octopath Traveler II was a better RPG, hell,…