I wish there was a dedicated part of the company that continued the life sim / slice of life games like Hey You Pikachu and Pokemon Channel. Just having different experiences for people that exist in the world beyond trainers is nice. Could make the easiest Animal Crossing vibe game from the Pokemon IP.

I would play…

Pretty much any of the ultra hard games. I’m in my 40's, so I grew up with a lot of NES and SNES games that were hard in comparison to modern counterparts, so it’s not that I can’t get through difficult games. The bigger issue for me is that at this point in my life I just don’t have the time to repeat the same boss…

Kotaku equating AI to NFTs might be the dumbest thing I’ve read in a while. AI has legitimate uses across multiple industries and is inevitably going to be a part of most future development pipelines. It’s not some cash grab fad that’s going to quickly fade away like NFTs.

I mean, we all did that with Rhodey, didn’t we? Worked like a charm. 

Now suddenly everyone’s like “Oh boy, now they can bring in Dr. Doom to replace him for the rest of the multiverse saga!”

That’s plenty of time to generate more barren planets for players to walk around in and go “You know, I could be playing Baldur’s Gate 3 RIGHT NOW”

Except that I doubt the typical Incel has the income needed to buy one.

I can promise you that, if they’d advertised the twist, there’d be a ton of people complaining that “Boy, I wish THAT hadn’t been spoiled in the trailer!”

I always thought when the TV exec suggests that the characters on Itchy & Scratchy should be asking, “Where’s Poochie?” whenever he isn’t on screen was just a funny bit of absurdity. But I’m realizing that this was actually meant to placate an audience that genuinely wanted to know where Poochie went.

I couldn't get into Futurama because John Futurama never showed up *once*.

It actually says “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” on the package.

People incapable of character growth hate character growth. 

I can’t quite describe it, but there’s something that’s just so enthralling about SLF. I can’t remember the last time I had such a blast watching a shonen like this. Maybe it’s the mix of fun characters and weighty combat, with a plot that’s both interesting, yet not overly serious, and isn’t weighed down by life and…

I might quibble a little over the order (and deal with the assumptions that currently airing shows will neither rise nor fall in quality), but this is a pretty solid list. Though I am really enjoying Faraway Paladin.

There is a very simple answer to this actually, Hamas are terrorists since their mission was not just to massacre women children and babies, violently rape them so hard that bones were broken, humiliate them, mutilate their bodies, and of course film the atrocities of that day. The IDF bombs Gaza targeting Hamas, while…

Imagine if after 9/11 people started gofundme’s for Al Qaeda, ridiculous.

“Hamas, an Islamic political and military organization governing the Gaza strip”

I have to concur - call a spade a fucking spade, Kotaku. I’m all here for supporting just causes to alleviate Palestinian civilians’ horrible situation - but never, ever qualify those who committed a callous massacre and publicized their own atrocities for major shock and horror value as a simple “political and…

Just a couple things- “Hamas, an Islamic political and military organization governing the Gaza strip”- this whole thing should be replaced with terrorist organization. In this sentence- “..attacked Israel on October 7, killing nearly 1,500 people” I’d expand and write “..attacked Israel on October 7, decapitating,…