Were you not just arguing for the importance of context, and now you’re arguing against it?

Who cares about what is and isn’t comparable? Not that you’re replying to the actual comment above so much as the straw man you’ve built. The fact is that yes, he used a slur. No, that’s never a good look. This isn’t one of those instances where a social deconstruction is at all warranted.

Despite the enthusiasm and clear love for the source material from both cast and crew, the adaptation fundamentally failed to understand what makes anime—and Cowboy Bebop in particular—so special in its original format...

I was never a Destiny fanatic, but I did play the shit out of it like few games in my adult life. It played well, and while I never really got to explore its depth on account of not having enough friends who played it consistently, I enjoyed it to the tune of hundreds of hours, mostly in the first game.

I expected it to be the game they said it would be. The procedural generation was much more ambitious in the pitch than it ended up being in the game, if we’re talking about that aspect alone. In a more general sense, the game it is now is the product of them asking the community what the hell they wanted from the…

You know, I like this kind of overambitious disaster-in-waiting over yet more tried and true cardboard experiences. Is it fair for the people who ponied up the cash? Of course it isn’t. But right now, I like when anyone pushes the envelope even when it crashes and burns.

I appreciate the dedication to emulation, but have no worries, Phil. I will continue to illegally emulate all the games that cannot be legally emulated due to licensing and other constraints. 

Yeah, there’s no way around the fact that this collection was just meant as a cynical cash-grab to fill some space during the series’ nearly decade-long drought. These are some of the most culturally important games of the modern age, for fuck’s sake. At least show them a little respect.

Okay, now show me 13 games to try if I like Destiny 2 according to Reddit. It works so well for Slidehacker.

The game looks so much better than it did last time. It just also seems like it’s fallen headlong into sci-fi serial tropes where the need for escalation sucks the tension out of the experience. That grappling hook kills me.

I’ll be completely honest, I don’t particularly like the Sony blockbuster games. I’m just not super into third-person action games, regardless of how well they play or how acclaimed they are, and that seems to be Sony’s forte at the moment. In fact, I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever been a fan of Sony’s first-party…

Oh, thank god. I was worried there wasn’t going to be a Ghost Recon battle royale game.

A slideshow of things you found on Reddit has to be the most awful use of the format since new management started forcing them on these sites. Venture capital ruins everything.

“I used to be a space explorer like you, then I took a plasma beam to the knee. My whole life seemed to fall apart from there. Space exploration had always been a dream of mine, and with the support of my loved ones, I was able to live my dreams. It was the happiest time of my life.

“My injury ended up requiring…

It’s almost like that’s the point, and has been every single time Twitch has implemented features meant to boost options for supporting your favorite streamer. You’re supporting Twitch, first and foremost.

Of course it’s exploitative. Twitch is an exploitative website, irrespective of the popularity of any one streamer compared to another. Twitch is for younger people what QVC is for old women, and is in some ways more exploitative than the shop-from-home juggernaut.

Release all three games on vinyl and let me play them on my Victrola, you lazy bastards.

Influencer culture is a giant boon to marketing efforts. Sex sells, or that is to say the implication of sex sells. Pretty girls have been used to sell products forever. 

I’d say the odds are slim. Publishers allowed for game streaming to become the juggernaut it has become because they see the value in it. Allowing for games to be streamed on a literal porn site, though? Where’s the value in that as far as marketing is concerned?