I honestly never had much of an issue with the original Mako, but maybe that’s because I was playing with Keyboard+Mouse on PC. Not sure how it would handle with a controller - I guess I can find out next week!

This is why milk and eggs are also often located at the back of stores (aside from the fact that the refrigerated units can probably be installed easier deeper in the store)-so that people have to walk through the store to get to the staples.

I recently played through Hitman 1 and am about halfway through Hitman 2 now and really the big change for me is that the UX in Hitman 2 is a little better. I find it easier to switch between items in my inventory and I like the clearer cover indicator that the later game offers. But, as others have pointed out, you…

It’s even more win-win for the GOP. Arkansas legislature only needs a simple majority to override the veto, which they are likely going to do. But it means that Hutchinson gets to win all the accolades from articles like this which don’t completely think through the legislative process, while the bill is still going…

Good read.

One of the claimants for inventor of the hamburger, Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, CT, famously does not allow ketchup or other condiments in their restaurant.

I just know this will fuel the ongoing debate, but it’s always invert-Y on any game I’m playing with a controller.

I wonder what’s going to happen to the extra story moments that happen during the elevator rides in ME1. Often there were news stories playing and they relate to missions you just completed. Additionally there would be some banter between the squad mates you have accompanying you. If the load times are going to be so…

I played for ~20 hours the first weekend (PS4 edition on PS5). I enjoyed much of it, worst issue being several crashes to home screen, but I began to worry about what sort of things I was missing because of them glitching out and I wasn’t aware of them. I decided to set it aside until at least the February patch, and…

That would be fantastic!

Also Battlebots.

I’ve felt for years that the Wheel of Time would make a fantastic MMO. I still think so after a recent reread of the series. There are a lot of potential narrative options that can link around the timeline of the books or go off into the past or the future. Maybe the game can be the world following the final battle…

An augmented reality heads-up display while driving would fit perfectly well in the Cyberpunk world. We already have elements of that technology today in our cars and phones.

The floaty double jumps with the clouds of butterflies from Alice: Madness Returns made some of the most satisfying platforming I’ve done.

Polygon answered this question pretty convincingly: Kirby

When we went and saw Knives Out and got to the scene where Ransom stabs Marta, I remembered Harlan’s earlier line about being able to identify a prop knife and broke out laughing about 30 seconds before it was revealed. People must have thought I was insane for laughing like that right when the main character was…

I want to laugh at this, but the PS5 also did not launch with folders and the only way I can stand it right now is that I haven’t moved a lot of games over there yet.

Huh. I had a new controller that I lost to drift (on both sticks eventually). I didn’t think of making it into a Steam controller. I’ll have to try that. Thanks for the info!

I didn’t play the first Watch Dogs, but found WD2 to be really entertaining and fun. The main character, Marcus, was great as was the rest of the DedSec crew you were hanging with. Being set in San Francisco, it tapped into the whole Silicon Valley cultural zeitgeist with shades of the parody and humor you get from…

Now you’re making me want a game that really dives deep into the idea of developing and running a spy network.