All of this is crazy. The people giving her a hard time are crazy, and the defense of her not wearing make up that was along the lines of “Well she can’t be hot all the time” was insane too. There is absolutely nothing wrong with how any of these people look, and there is nothing that needs to be fixed. The only…

The fact that Rockstar’s solution was to provide a curated collection of people who could credibly tow the party line, all under the supervision of the head of PR says quite a bit. They’ll let you talk to a bunch of people provided they can choose the people and supervise everyone while the discussion happens. That’s…

I’m kind of surprised there isn’t a way for them to package this as a mod for the steam release and avoid the legal conflict.
Edit: Apparently it was?

I don’t disagree, but I’ve also read Thucydides, who documented the exact event this game is centered around, and the way he tells it people are pretty well spoken.

I get your sarcasm, mate, but I’ll still bet you the game will fall short of 1/10th of the wit and linguistic mastery and insight of the very texts they espoused the virtues of, and it won’t be because they were gunning for a higher level of historical accuracy than Thucydides himself.

Fair enough, although I still think gaming culture has gotten more whiny and more needlessly hostile in the last decade or so.  I don’t know if we have any hard data to go off of though...

“That’s more due to disproportionate reporting.” so I kind of agree with you and kind of don’t. This sentiment reminds me of when Riot said that only 5% of LoL players were toxic, which makes it sound like a small number, but then when you the math and realize that there are 10 people in every match, it actually means…

Why not just continue this project and create a starship inspired by “classic 90s science fiction”? I’m pretty sure CBS doesn’t have a copyright on the beige hallway design.

Yes I know those events still go on, I feel like we haven’t seen quite the same push as there was 5+ years ago.

And as to your point: “Out of the billions around the world that consume games, these very loud and crude assholes are a tiny, insignificant number.” No, they aren’t. You are 100% wrong, and this attitude is…

Remember when Gamers were doing stuff like starting charities like Extra Life and GDQ and Child’s Play?  What the hell happened?

Well... I hate it.

Developer during an interview: “We did a lot of research into Oedipus Rex, the Odyssey, crazy stuff like Lysistrata – all of these amazing Greek texts.” 

Actual game dialogue: “Hey, shit-face”.

I recently replayed FF8 and had my mind blown when I had an epiphany: the real love story is about the relationship between Laguna and Ellone. Squall and Rinoa have the stereotypical adolescent romance, but it really isn’t anything all that special. But Laguna... that guy gives up everything and deflects the…

Jason, this shouldn’t be a reply to a comment, this should be a full article. People don’t necessarily know that gaming journalism isn’t plan B for everyone.

Nice.

It’s almost like modern JRPGs still don’t understand what made classic JRPGs great.  They are copying the pixel art and the game mechanics and ignoring the story, characters and themes.

He just lot about 20-25% of his subscribers, and each subscriber is worth about $3. So Ninja just lost at least $120,000 for taking the equivalent of a weekend, and he was still extremely active online in that time. It’s a good problem to have, in a way, but that’s still insane.

I’ll believe they are serious about violence being meant to be repulsive when they finally make a game where violence is something horrible that happens to the player character rather than a tool the player must use to overcome the obstacles. The enemies in this game are ultra violent, but Ellie is even more violent,…

I will bet you $5 that when they booked the slot for their E3 presentation they were like “And then we’ll finish it with a big presentation on the FF7 remake which will definitely be starting to take shape by then!” and then in the months in between they have made zero progress, either because they are dumping all of…

You missed a great chance to have the article titled “Everything Square Enix Showed at E3 2018" have a blank image. Honestly, having nothing in the article also would have conveyed the point as well.