It’s a shame so much of the reception of this game and whether it’s “good” seems to be down to whether it takes a stance on US politics as though that’s a thing all games must do now.

Video games are good at transforming the moments of our lives, too. The now of games is relentlessly enticing, much better than the reality of sitting in front of your computer or your TV clicking some buttons. They can offer the same pull as a drink, the same one more, the same possibility for addiction if you want…

I find it pretty uplifiting that you believe society will survive that long. Keep that hope alive, man!

God the world is such a pile of garbage now.

Er, wow.

There’s a lot to unpack here, and while very few relationships fall apart without both sides failing in some way, I’m going to go ahead and lay the blame on Javier for this one—because trying to kill someone, even if they’re fucking around, is always the wrong fucking move.

I’ve been cheated on before.

I will…

“I’ve been preparing my whole life for something like this.”

And that’s a perfectly valid opinion that I can understand. I also have my own nitpicks with the movie, such as the fact that “Master Codebreaker” just sounded clunky and that they should have gone with Slicer, the canonical term for hackers in Star Wars. I mean it wouldn’t have made sense outright but the audience is…

Good article! I’ll admit I only clicked cuz of boobs, though.

Well as long as we’re talking about things we regret reading, I’ll go ahead and add your comment to the top of the list.

or the feathers in the very first Assassins Creed

(and is one of several reasons why micro-transactions and loot boxes have become so prevalent).

does this even qualify as a speedrun? Don’t get me wrong, the injection of code into old games is amazing, but you’re not really “beating the game”

I can’t help but feel sorry for these poor, majestic creatures we’re hunting. I’ve never felt bad at killing virtual creatures before but the fact that we just show up and kill these huge animals make me feel like an ass. Kill Kestodons? You mean that family just lounging on the beach?

Are you allowed to review the subject matter of your next book? I started BLOOD, SWEAT, AND PIXELS late last night, and couldn’t put it down until my sleepy eyelids told me too. The writing and interviews are all superb. Can’t wait to start the Diablo III chapter next?

Imitating an accent for the sake of treating another culture as a joke is probably racist. But apparently this meme keeps going with explicitly racist jokes. So.

Yes, I’m sure a YouTube video with an unrelated “angry feminist” meme in the thumbnail will have a very reasoned approach to racism.

But on the internet, which was a mistake