I noticed absolutely all those examples have fuck all to do with Jungle Cruise.

Seconded. Side note: anyone got another pop culture-y site I can follow for decent news without BS articles like this? I miss the old days of io9 and gizmodo, seems like the whole site is swirling the drain at this point.

I agree, this article was quite unnecessary.

Here’s a more concise summary of the above story:

Situational awareness...the tag line of companies like Aftershokz. They don’t advertise Bose/Sony/Sendheiser levels of fidelity, but they absolutely allow people to hear their surroundings while enjoying activities outdoors [not mowing the lawn, even with the earplugs you can drowned out the music].

Hard agree, except of course for games where their difficulty of their gameplay is the spiel and lowering it makes the experience dull or fall apart.

That’s one of the things I love about the Bloodborne community. Even if someone does throw out a git gud, it’s the most polite git gud you’ll ever see. They’ll be like “it seems like you’re doing everything right, I feel you, most players struggled on this boss. Unfortunately this is just one of those ‘git gud’…

I didn’t conflate the points, the author did by juxtaposing them against one another as if the latter was a response to the former. That’s why I used the word “implication” in my ‘spittle-laced invective’. Because that’s what the author did - implied the relationship.

Exactly. At a certain point, you can set up the gameplay to make beating (or completing. Or finishing. Or whatever term the author finds socially acceptable) a game the equivalent of watching someone else play it on youtube. I see a great example of how difficulty impacts gameplay and the overall experience when I…

[...]I published an article on jaunty Kotaku tribute site Rock Paper Shotgun. Calling for a button that allowed players to skip boss fights[...]

Honestly, I love going to the movies. The popcorn, snacks, the whole event. You’re also forced to focus on the movie and automatically eliminate any distractions (phone).

First movie I’ve seen since Sonic the Hedgehog before the pandemic hit. As much as I like being able to watch these big releases at home nothing beats seeing these marvel movies on the Big screen with Dolby atmos. The fight scenes were brutal and flashy and I loved every second. Great humor in the movie too. Also we…

I watched it in theaters Friday night, and it was my first film in a theater (not counting drive-ins) since 1917 and Birds of Prey in January 2020. So it was great to be back in the cinema, and the movie itself was excellent (a wonderful combination of Marvel and Jason Bourne) so I'm happy for its success.

Thor 2 exists. Ant-Man exists. Incredible Hulk exists. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 exists.

The Black Out happens in 2022, they already made a short about it when 2049 came out. I guess they could recon it though. 

“The story’s premise centers around Joel, who is hired to escort Bella...”

I’m already crying, knowing which scene they are filming here 

are we already shitting on something? surely this io9, the bastion of nerd critique.

Breaking my “don’t post just to correct” rule: