But the emerging truth from all of them, and your book, is that the basic structure of designing games is broken. People have this desire to build these awesome worlds for us to enjoy. And in too many cases that desire, and the joy that must come with it, is turning into this nightmarish scenario.

So long as the game’s designers included a reasonably painless way to respec, I am completely OK with not being able to unlock every perk in the tree. But when games fail to provide that? Horrible. I’m at a point in my life where I really don’t want to replay content just to do a build “correctly”. 

i promise this is the exact comment i hungered for when i wrote that headline

YEP she’ll be just fucking fine because we live in hell. 

You know, you could have saved time by just saying, “I didn’t read this shit but I’m big mad at women.”

I understand. Can I get a nice stake? Maybe something made out of like oak or even a metal stake? 

Nah, if you can hang in Bloodborne, you don’t suck. I struggled a lot with Papa G as well... the beauty of these games is that everybody seems to have their own individual struggles with bosses.  I tended to do well against bosses that were overly aggressive and quick (Papa G and Pthumerian Descendant excepted), but…

The weekend editor role is a tough role to fill and can easily trip even the most talented writers up. But for the past year, Cameron’s done wonderful work on Kotaku’s weekends, infusing it with his taste and insights in games while connecting so well with our community.

It’s been an honor to work with Kirk for the past seven years. Kirk’s love of games and his desire to communicate about them with readers shines through his work. I’ve valued that a lot, but I’ve valued just as much, if not more, his love of writing good sentences and paragraphs. Anyone can write about video games,…

Sucks to be you

I cannot stress enough how many times my FIGHT or RUN response was triggered while watching that trailer.

Internet: There will be a real life Pikachu Detective Movie.

THE TWIST WAS NOT UNDERSOLD

My wife was washing dishes and I told her, “Oh crap, they’re bringing the original Katamari to Switch.” She immediately stopped and told me I have to get her her own Switch because she’s not going to be splitting time with me. 

Spider-Man’s portrayal of policing feels divorced from reality

“if my wife found out, which she won’t” lol

You started an affair with a 17-year old when you were 24? 

I just started playing Earthbound the other day. I love it. I really missed out when I passed it up in the 90s!

Excellent choices!

Never heard of it, got a link?