I think more companies should take the Tears of the Kingdom / Miles Morales approach. You have the engine, the art, the systems. Refine what you have, and make a new game with a new story out of it, but using a similar amount of time and care

I went back and checked the picture and he definitely has eyes

Ditto the restaurant industry!

Thank you for your writing, and best of luck. You had one of the most distinctive voices on the site over the years, and I say that positively.

They did build the mousetrap, and it seems like you in particular might be susceptible to these kinds of manipulative gameplay devices. Based on your post, it may very well be in your best interest to uninstall the game, take a walk in a park, move on to some kind of singleplayer non live service type of game. It…

I think every gaming press website should run an article once a week with the headline “Everyone agrees not to buy Switch successor unless it has backwards compatibility” or something similar. Gotta light that fire under their ass!!!

Hi Ja Rule, voting member of the Illuminati here. In short, these were long-term cost-benefit business decisions more than just trial by audience, and my team has been relatively hands off with these two cases. For Miller, WB had a film they hoped to make a billion dollars off that they hoped could outlast the…

The best games absolutely are 5, 9, 12, and Tactics 

Yes, they use speed cubes and not the Rubik's brand.

I’m not sure where you got all this info. People speedrun on cubes specifically designed for speed, which rotate far more smoothly than the original Rubik’s brand. I also don’t know what the smoothness of the spin has to do with “learning, playing, savoring.” It’s not like you have to think less when friction is…

Yes. I also think the media and pundit-sphere can report on an individual’s acts of aggression or failings or crimes without expecting every one of their friends and family to disavow them completely. 

While I generally like the pro public transport bent of the responses, the original comment was funny and also correct for the US, since no matter how good our public transport gets, rich people will generally not use it

My favorite Mario game remains Super Mario World. Part of this is, obviously, when it came to me in my life. But for me it remains far better than SMB3, and it’s high point was not the level design (or the gorgeous pixel art) but the world map. I still get a rush today re-discovering the secrets within levels that…

You certainly can! I think the distinction lies in the particular combinations of words that you choose to leave in comment threads and subreddits

This checks out. The one time Family Guy has ever been offensive was when they unnecessarily made fun of Christianity. That’s it. Otherwise—just love and acceptance, man.

Fincher and Kubrick aren't known for their performances, they're known for their composition. Altman is great, but he simply wasn't doing the same thing 

* checks online * yes, turns out Sonic is a Sega property

- the first movie of his was a cultural phenomenon

My delivery experience was a little nerve wracking but fine, but the moment I saw FedEx was delivering it I was like SHIT

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