For the ULTIMATE example of affordances go play some Commodore 64 or Amiga games, before WASD and arrow keys plus space to jump, shift to run, etc. became standardized.
It wasn’t rare to see a game where the control scheme was ‘I’ for left, ‘P’ for right, and ‘J’ for jump, or ‘Y’ for down, ‘U’ for up, ‘I’ for left and… Read more
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Love your reply. Years ago I had knockdown argument with the lead designer on a GBA game who insisted on swapping the standard jump and attack button assignments (A for attack, B for jump) because in his mind, the action the player performed the most (in this case jump) should be on the primary button. Read more
Counterpoint, this level doesn’t suck, you suck. Read more
I mean, it’s not really supposed to be a tactical, dynamic fight, it’s supposed to be a mad scramble just to stay alive while you unload every single bullet and pipe bomb you have into the thing. The game stocks you up plenty beforehand and there’s ammo littered everywhere in the environment where the fight takes… Read more
You don’t need to replace your thermal paste, BUT you do need to open up your PS4 and clean it. You need to clean the fans, and the thermal chamber vents. I had the same issue with a very loud PS4, I opened it up clean out all the dust. That’s all I did. After that it was wisper quite again. The dirt and dust really… Read more
As a data scientist/statistician , I really don’t understand the hatred for Metacritic. Averages can be a good way to orient oneself when exploring data and trying to understand an underlying process. It’s only the first step but it’s still a useful metric. The problem occurs when people rely too much on one number… Read more
It is, essentially, just that, a stuck up corporate campus. It was developed by the Woodlands Development Company, a division of the Howard Hughes Corporation, and is stubbornly unincorporated (so not even a town).
Just commenting to find out where I sign up for the Satanic Socialist party.
who’d have thought a game with 100% deus vult aesthetic and 4% community moderation, on the PC, would attract this crowd.
I appreciate that, but please do know that none of this would be possible without all of my talented, hard-working colleagues here at Kotaku. We are a team in so many ways, and none of these stories are single-person efforts, ever.
A lot of the things you say are not true.
The GameCube, Wii and Wii U were all pretty different consoles, hardware wise. Don’t use those as examples. :) Read more
I can’t wait for Operation Metro 1944 24/7 servers!
Doot, doot deet doot!
I was told China would be paying the tariffs????? Read more
Do we know for a fact Omid’s male? I ask because I don’t recall in the article that Omid states any form of sexuality. Omid only says that he/she is a “victim” of porn. In fact, the article usually refers to Omid by using the name and refers to “he” as a generic form of identification in a stylistic sense when Omid is… Read more
“One of their biggest concerns is software sold in the company’s home market of Japan, which traditionally has had more tolerance for near-nudity and images of young women who might appear underage.” Read more
And also in context where it makes sense. Nude beach? Cool! Everyone there is a nudist and there's nothing wrong with the human form! Vaguely teenage French maid with a 2 inch waist and 20 pound tits who has a special move that essentially upskirts her? Nah, that's *totally* the same thing! (eyerollforever)
Also because #metoo is about actual women actually being actually sexually harassed and raped. Nobody has their face ripped off by an off-world mutant monster who then eats their brain. Read more
I always hate this topic because too many of the people I tend to side with on the subject are.... not great. Read more