Welcome to the reality of having a job - just like anyone can be laid off at a “regular” job, content creators are starting to figure out that their industry is just as volatile and heartless as any other industry. One of the competitors thinks 6 months is a long time? Try working for a company for 8 years only to be…

I tend to agree with this. We can’t simultaneously say games are art and they provide meaningful narrative experiences...then scoff when people try to find deeper meanings within those narratives. Play Arkham Knight and try to tell me the writers weren’t grasping at deeper meanings than “Batman hit goons they fall…

She’s already quite good, she’s going to be REALLY good if her aim has been off for the top players this whole time. 

The Pigeot / idiot wordplay had me in tears. Love the wordplay haha

Yeah it’s not like there were two versions of 30th Anniversary Mario, or 3 versions of Mario, or hey remember the super lazy Amiibo Cards...

I mean I would offer The Witcher 3 as a counter example. There are a lot of side adventures that are NPC driven...but lead to either a situation where there are no good options or literally just plot dead-ends. There are whole worlds out there that the Witcher is not only not privy to, but completely unconcerned with,…

Im kindof in the same headspace as you but my game is Black Desert Online. It’s insanely, bizarrely, almost aggressively repetitive, yet I love getting into a monster grinding groove and just letting muscle memory take over. It's like you said, if your grind is going good and smooth it has a meditative quality to it.

Amiibos do kind of have an advantage in that they aren’t tied to a single game and they don’t have the expectation of doing a single thing. It's the one example of toys-to-life that actually seems like it has long term legs, even if they are getting into some wonky territory these days (the triple sized Detective…

My wife and I got our own Switches right off the bat...been smooth sailing ever since.

Im loving the ports. It gives me a chance to catch up on a bunch of games I missed or didn't have the time to get into fully. I have The Zodiac Age for PS4 but never fully enjoyed it because when I'm at home my wife and I are either playing board games or playing FF XIV online together. The Switch goes with me to work…

The Xenoblade one is actually a pretty solid design. 

I was in as soon as I saw the title, but my hype gets more and more palpable as we see more footage. Like a lot of folks that are interested in this property, I grew up playing Cyberpunk 2013, then 2020, then Cybergenerations. I’m trying to avoid ANY spoilers so I haven’t actually watched the video, but I hope they…

Wanted to come and say something like this but you said it perfectly. We don’t really need dozens of thinkpieces on every tweet a politician makes in the wake of someone’s death. You know if she’d made a tweet saying “John McCain was a warmonger. Good Riddance!” She’d be getting it just as bad (if not worse) because…

Pretty sure he made quite a bit more than his salary just on YouTube ad revenue, so he’s gonna be fine. 

You know, normally I hate nitpicking, but this is actually a good point and a pretty solid callout. 

If Ninja was a woman and said she was uncomfortable streaming with men, would this article still be seen as appropriate?

I think part of why I don’t grok misogyny is it would seem like just from a purely selfish business-person standpoint...why hire people only to marginalize their ideas and not put them to use? I mean if we want to take the most cynical look at it we can, I would think one’s greed would outweigh one’s misogyny...but…

Oh great point, I was thinking about the current lineup totally forgot you can get the older models for a steal and still play all the same games.

Ds you ever pause and think maybe it's not the fandom that's wrong on this? Maybe...just maybe...people like their DSes?? 

Oof. Lots of issues here - install base as others have mentioned. Development cycles are another. Also not everyone can afford to run out and spend $299 on a new Switch, but with an entry price of $149 (regularly on sale for $129) the 2ds XL makes sense for a broader base of customers. Also lastly...maybe they just…