But like... the entire point is, if you already have a Netflix subscription (which many people do), you don’t have to buy them

There’s been an uptick in really shitty commenters on this website. Like, there used to be worthwhile conversation in the comments. Now most every article’s top post is some armchair-expert whining about something or other, most often about Kotaku itself, in true “gamer” fashion

I had no idea this even existed before yesterday, and I’m jonesed as I gave up on Into the Breach coming to iOs and ponied down on the Steam version.

I get being suspicious, but “game site explains how to access free games available on well-known service” doesn’t exactly seem like their taking a sledgehammer to (the sad shell that remains of) the wall between editorial and advertising.

Of course it is! I mean, how else are all those people who give Games Journalists shit for “not knowing how to play” going to to look up cheeses, strats, guides, help, item locations, quest points, and copy other people’s OP builds on Day 1 instead of figuring it out themselves?  ;)

Not great on PC. I played through the whole thing maybe a year and a half ago, and while it was perfectly playable, it was definitely shoddy feeling. Sorry I can’t remember specifics since it’s been too long. I do think I played with a few mods that improved things, so worth looking for those. I played the whole thing…

It was updated to the same version as the improved Windows Store version some months ago.

There have been a few games where my thinking was, “Man, this game is 100% free, I’ve had tons of hours of fun with it, let me throw $10 to the developers as a way of showing my appreciation, and also I get to look cooler.”

Comes down to the type of player. People generally have budgets for their hobbies. Let’s say your annual budget for gaming is $200. If you only play one game, really enjoy it and have no interest in playing anything else, you’d be willing to spend $200 on that one game each year. There are many players like this. Most…

I try not to be a jealous person but man... a 10th of what this person spent on a single free to play game would be life changing for me.

Zero dollars. That’s where I’m at these days. 

Think about what are considered good football movies, at least the ones that include meaningful game action - the editing has to be so rapid-fire to capture the five things happening at once that it’s hard to put yourself in the moment. Any Given Sunday will give you a seizure.

With baseball there’s also a lot of correlation with American mythology and history that will always resonate with audiences.  That might also be true for boxing.  Also, no helmets.

Its pretty cool that they got someone who looks just like tony hawk to jam with them.

An entire generation who have never heard of Dungeons and Dragons? In 2022? No.  I would greet them with the same disbelief I give the 40 year old Youtube reactors who claim they’ve never listened to Michael Jackson before.  Between Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, and Stranger Things, D&D has always been a part…

A) All I need is FFVI and Chrono Trigger in this art style and my life is complete
B) It might be best to just embed youtube rather than use an original player. It’s not a good player and it does *not* like mobile. 

Ok but give me a Chrono Trigger port on the Switch now.

“Someone posted social commentary on MY KOTAKU”

Reading the article, and reading some of the comments. I get the knee-jerk tendency to get upset because a reviewer is calling out a game. And also I do have to wonder if a game about cats really does need to deal with orientialism.

But I get it, and I think if this is something you care about, then it is going to be…

The only outrage I’m reading seems to be in the comments. Is it really so bad to think about how the games you play are made? And that some of the decisions made during the creation process might have unintended consequences and say something the creators didn’t mean to say?