He’s said some pretty gross stuff recently even apart from the so-called “act” - I think the dude’s an edgelord ass who just knows when to tone it down to give himself cover

It’s ok to have standards for children’s entertainment. Kids like all kinds of garbage, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to criticize it.

Gee, thanks, Mike, for treating us not as fellow human beings but as “issues of the day” that you need to “escape” from.

“We know from his apology that his faith teaches against homosexual relationships. That doesn’t make him a Nazi.”

“People are allowed to have opinions.”

I don’t know that the gaming industry needs more pro-America propaganda.

“I’m more offended being lumped in with racists just because I’m also white.”

The social commentary in Cyberpunk is often pretty awful.

See, 2 is the only one I really liked because the characters were so much more likable and interesting than “edgy white guy in a coat.”

If only Atlus wasn’t constantly awful with their homophobia and transphobia, these might be enjoyable games.

“The issue with your 2nd paragraph is games like dark souls can’t be experienced with a no death button anymore than I can experience black widow by sitting in the cinema blindfolded with noise cancelling headphones on.”

“It’s no wonder today that many gamers still chase the high or pride of completing a difficult task”

“ Some casual gamers on kotaku are engaging in the same gatekeeping that they are accusing the hardcore gamers of doing”

“It’s not fun for you. Believe it or not, some people actually enjoy difficulty. People have fun in different ways.”

“I’m going to try to make my point as clear as possible here: If the artist doesn’t want to change their art, then that should be respected.”

“but there is a strong since of accomplishment from the difficulty tbh if you had a easy option most would simply do it and it wouldn’t be half as memorable and cheapen the experience”

“Its still a pretty good game.”

“Bioware used to be a great gaming company, now it isn’t”

I don’t get this because it felt like 99% of what the game offers is “climb another hill/tree/whatever to find another unremarkable chest or collection of identical enemies”

The best option is always the girl because at least it’s different from the Gaming Norm