The BioShock Infinite trailer of stuff that wasn’t real and demo at E3 was what finally got me to stop paying attention to prerelease trailers and demos. Almost none of that stuff made the final game.

Wait, you talk about Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts like it’s a bad game when it’s one of the best things Microsoft has ever published.

This is like hearing someone figured out how to make Crystal Pepsi again. Why?

I mean most of that old stuff goes on sale for a few bucks digitally pretty regularly. Sometimes I even just buy downloads of games I already own on disc for $5 or $10 just so I don’t have to go looking for them.

Eke. The word you are looking for is "eke out a victory." I don't normally mention this stuff, but it's your lead sentence.

Damn they’ve finally released a game that looks as good as the concept art for Need for Speed on the Xbox 360.

The only one I ever tried to play was the one where the main character’s name was Edge Maverick and I only lasted about a half-hour. And I normally love JRPGs.

Tharja from Fire Emblem: Awakening is A tier, at worst.

Just like how everyone still calls him Jumpman instead of Mario.

Yeah, idk, Polygon has a piece up about why this isn’t really the big deal Zack is making it out to be. (Unlocks are disabled, but cards in this mode are, by default, all unlocked.) ... I don’t think people should be able to grind out unlockables they can use in multiplayer via bot matches, either. Achievements,…

Same, most of the stuff I want to play there is single-player and I never really mind waiting.

I'm old enough to remember similar complaints about Dead Rising's single save slot. The game is designed to be played a certain way! (Side question for the save and quit crowd: Can't you just suspend and resume?)

Several of these people work in the US Senate.

The headline made it pretty darn obvious this was going to contain spoilers.

I had to do a factory reset on my Series X recently for an unrelated issue and it was pretty painless. You can opt to keep all your installed games and apps. The only inconveniences were having to reinstall my profile, tweak my controller options and sign in to streaming services again.

WOW I GUESS YOU WIN BECAUSE YOU’RE THE MOST HARDCORE GAMER ON KOTAKU

So, you'd rather they push the entire game back by 3 months rather than just one mode? I don't get it. If the rest is done, why not release it?

No, the levels are always free to everyone so they don't split the player base. You only pay for the characters.

Oh, and how could I forget Guitar Hero/Rock Band (take your pick).

I dunno, off the top of my head, I’d put Portal, Left 4 Dead, Dota, Burnout Paradise, Minecraft, World of Warcraft, Wii Sports, PUBG/Fortnite, your favorite Soulsborne game and maybe Assassin’s Creed II, Gears of War and LittleBigPlanet alongside all that stuff. And I don’t even like most of this stuff all that much.