Or, y’know, I played the game in 2013 when it came out, played all of Naughty Dog’s other work, and am replaying The Last of Us to follow the show. The gameplay is simply not good. Stealth segments are trial and error, and having Ellie constantly being ignored by enemies is so silly and undercuts the narrative…

See, for me stripping out the game parts actually allows The Last of Us to shine as the compelling narrative it always was. Yes, there are interactive bits here and there that you lose out on, but it’s a fair tradeoff to avoid Joel duck-walking half the time, and repeated game overs because you accidentally took the…

My job requires I get on planes. Not everyone has the luxury of sealing themselves off from the world.

The movie is like 15 years old at this point, but Reign Over Me did this really well. Adam Sandler’s character is a man grieving losing his family due to 9/11 and uses Shadow of the Colossus to work through his grief. It’s a fantastic movie, and the way it integrates Shadow into its plot was well ahead of its time.

I’ve had it flagged since yesterday. The moderation on this site is trash.

He knows what he did.

If I’m reading these complaints right, it seems like people are bummed that they don’t have to spend money on the game. After the first season I stopped paying for the battlepass as it didn’t feel like a good value to me. But I kept playing, and as a free player the experience has been fantastic. I miss out on lame…

You do realize I never advocated for a complete abolishment of police? Go ahead, read my previous comments and take down your strawman. I simply said that policing as it exists currently is broken. If any other profession (including more dangerous ones like construction) were to fail this spectacularly over and over…

Any calculation that factors in long-term lifetime costs needs to contend with the estimated lifetime attach rate of the Switch is around 7.5. Round that up and that’s 8 games. I guarantee you that purchasing those 8 games on Nintendo’s eshop versus Steam will not result in a delta of cost that justifies the price…

What on Earth specs are you referring to? The Steam Deck is miles away a more powerful device. Are you taking about the ability to dock, which practically no Steam Deck user utilizes? This is the most ticky tack discussion ever. But ok, checkmate I guess. Good job.

Yes, because comparing the cheapest Steam Deck to the more expensive Switch is apples to apples. Not like the Switch Lite exists.

It’s just a weird article to write, although its one that always seems to cycle through the discourse. Games writer gets a new $2000 PC. Wow, why would anyone want to play consoles after this! Games writer gets a launch PS5 from Sony. Wow, why would I ever play a game on PS4 again! It’s just not an interesting…

Switch Lite exists, but ok. And I never discussed lifetime costs, nor what games you can get on each platform. If the Steam Deck works for you that’s great! I’m just saying that these aren’t exactly comparable platforms.

New device that costs 2-3x the cost of old device is a better device, yawn.

Here’s a summary:

There are many models of community justice and defense that don’t include police, but go off I guess. Fundamentally, most crime as prosecuted today is essentially a poor and morality tax. Drug laws, anti-homeless measures, and theft all are caused by inequality, poverty, and a lack of a social safety net. Policing…

“All cops are bad” isn’t even a popular phrase in the US though. It’s never a popular phrase because it never directly affects those in power. Globally, policing is used to oppress the poorer and more marginalized people in society. That isn’t even corruption, it is what it is designed to do, namely maintain class and…

Weird, I’ve definitely had Thanos pop up a few times when a “add random card to your hand” effect pops. I guess he was previously a random card and not one you can add to your deck?

So one comment about me responding to a troll who brought up the ADL out of nowhere is me making “a lot” of comments about American politics? Ok then.

Minorities have been oppressed by British police for at least decades, including my father who repeatedly was stopped and frisked in the 70s for being a brown man in London. I think using American policing as a baseline is setting a seriously low bar. Cops need to be held to a much higher standard than “not murdering…