Who?

This was my thought. Why would we expect him to comment on the layoffs? He runs an award show that’s just the Trojan horse for publisher’s game trailers and announcements. He’s essentially doing freelance marketing. He’s not a journalist or industry activist.

Did it win that many? It reviewed and sold well, but it released mere days before Breath of the Wild, which I’m pretty sure won the lion’s share of GOTY awards that year. Horizon probably won GOTYs from PlayStation-centric publications/sites. 

What was it?

This is a cross post from AV Club. But your point still stands, as it’s an issue across the board. 

Yeah, that interviewer didn’t understand why it went viral. Her point about most things not making sense if taken out of context was completely on point. It went “viral” (I don’t even think that’s the right term for it, because apathy for this movie has been so high) because of the monotone line read, which…

I like 2/3rds of the trilogy. Rise of Skywalker is hot garbage. Maybe the worst Star Wars movie. It killed my enthusiasm for the subsequent tv shows too. 

Yeah, it’s not like this would be a unique to Avowed either. It’s considered by many to be a feature and not a bug for Baldur’s Gate 3, and there are plenty of missable quests in other popular RPGs like Elden Ring, Skyrim and Witcher 3.

Am I a weirdo for not doing the “claw” grip on DualShocks/Sense? The earlier line about where to rest the middle and ring fingers didn’t hit home for me until I got to “...it doesn’t feel comfortable to do PlayStation’s two-finger forked grip either.”

I would love for this to be good, but I’m not getting my hopes up. They’ve done the bare minimum with this franchise for awhile, and that Secret of Mana remake on PS4 was pretty disappointing from an art direction perspective. 

The only Bethesda games they’ve published on PlayStation were titles that were already in development (Doom Eternal for PS5), had a contractual obligation (Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop) or that have been out on Playstation for years and were simply getting upgraded (Elder Scrolls Online and updates to Skyrim).…

I don’t think it should come as a surprise that the Series S will end up a second class this gen. I’m sure GTAVI will run at 30fps with some major cut backs in fidelity beyond not hitting 4k relative to Series X and PS5. 

Unfortunately, Kotaku isn’t what it used to be.

Diablo. 

Cloud looks worse. The AI removed most traces of the anime stylization the game goes for in the character models.

Why are you regurgitating their corporate propaganda at us?

Mistake or not, the now iconic washed out look would have been a disaster on the original Game Boy and GBC. Those non-backlit screens would have made it impossible to see. 

Is copying the aesthetic and materials of the DeLorean innovative? 

I mean, they now own the IP rights to CoD, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Skylanders, THPS, Diablo, Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, and Candy Crush to name a few. 

You’re still paying for Sony’s subscription, so it’s not free.