Is “being aware” of eSports all that significant? I mean, I’ve watched all the road to EVO events for years, but I have no interest whatsoever in watching a MOBA or a shooter.

I mean, the last time Vegas was overrun by Raiders it was pretty great, so let’s do it.

What I’m saying, however, is that there is no such thing as a *true* opinion of a game, any more than there is a *true* opinion of a book, movie, album, pizza, or sandwich. People are just going to like what they like and the purpose of a review is for the reviewer to explain what a reviewer liked or didn’t like about…

What’s more likely? Someone says “I don’t like that game” because they don’t like the game, or someone says “I don’t like that game” because they’re being unprofessional?

Gamergate’s many, many, many (ad nauseum) sins aside, it’s continually baffling to me how many fans of videogames struggle with the notion that when someone tells you that they dislike (or like) a game, they’re likely telling the truth even if you have (or expect to have, since these review controversies regularly…

I’m not really a germophobe, but if I’m walking through a Best Buy and there’s an “Oculus Rift” demo station, there’s no way I’m putting it on my head unless there’s someone wiping it down with antibacterial wipes after everybody uses it. Since, you don’t know what you’re going to catch from whoever used it before you…

I’m surprised by the curious omission of Captain Crunch and all the other cereals that taste like it (Quisp, King Vitaman, Mr. T Cereal, etc.) as those are a cut above everything else.

I am deeply skeptical of any claims that they won’t “split the market” and that “all games will be playable on both models”. Invariably you’re going to end up with a situation like Hyrule Warriors on the n3DS/3DS where the game is technically playable on the inferior hardware (i.e. the software executes) but the frame…

I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate the idea of “Hero from one culture moves on to murder the gods of a different culture”. Even though it will probably avoid excessive scrutiny because the Greek and Nordic people are in some sense white, it’s just a bad idea for a game.

It’s really illuminating seeing how many responses are “but she defended child pornography” or similar such lines, as though these lies are not debunked IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE.

This story is not new. Reactionary hate mobs in games have attacked outspoken women for years now. The shameful and disgusting aspect of this story is that never before has a company failed one of its employees that was the target of a harassment mob to this degree. Ubisoft didn’t fire Jade Raymond when she came under…

I think a lot of folks said their goodbyes to the Escapist when they threw their lot behind a certain reactionary mob in this hobby. Still, I remember a time when they were great but I don’t know if their state today is any more lamentable than their state last week.

Two things:

There’s a time and a place for everything, and an industry networking event is probably not an appropriate place for sexy dancers (regardless of gender) no matter how “chill” the industry is. If nothing else, but because “people on tables gyrating” doesn’t really contribute towards networking in any shape, way, or…

I would be really concerned about trying on a VR headset display unit when I don’t know who has had that in close proximity to their face before I did. I guess Target and Wal-Mart sell antibacterial wipes so they could just have a box of those near the display unit.

It really seems that by now the playbook for this should be perfectly clear.

I have a clear notion of a circumstance that caused me to actively dislike FPS games.

This is why I’ve always felt that railing against microtransactions in $60 games is missing the point. The thing about options is that they’re optional, so offering it for the people who want it is entirely reasonable business practice.

It really seems that if people really want the pure unadulterated Japanese version... they should learn Japanese.

I really wish they could separate out “combat is super lethal and enemies have tons of HP” from “you have to eat/drink/sleep” and “the compass doesn’t automatically tell you where everything is” etc.