It seems that there is now a rather large audience that enjoys talking *around* (not even *about*) video games. This audience is clearly the one being targeted more and more by games writers. The last great, truly fun-to-read/watch person Kotaku had on staff was Tim Rogers. Why? Because he actually had interesting, at…

Smart doorbells offer the most underwhelming, disappointing vision of the future. I could not have imagined a better punchline to the “we were supposed to have flying cars” joke if I tried.

Yeah, this isn’t really a McMansion. It’s just a large, expensive custom home designed in poor taste. I’m not even sure there’s a good way to update it that wouldn’t outstrip the cost of just tearing it down and starting new. Literally the only selling point is the people who owned it. Otherwise, it’s just a large,…

I’m sure it’s well-crafted, but my lord is that the epitome of fugly ‘80s faux-cabin housing.

Proving what, other than the fact that even billionaires can be really stupid with their money? She’s polling in absolute shit-tier territory, and has pulled entirely out of New Hampshire, because she knows that the only way her campaign lasts past Iowa is if she manages to somehow pull out a top-3 performance there.…

And even if we came up with crazy snow bikes that didn’t make you want to kill yourself (or actually result in you literally killing yourself) on the way to work everyday, there’s the fact that some of these places get like extremely cold weather, like -40F cold. I live like two miles from work. Not so bad on a bike,…

And if you don’t live in a city—or don’t want to—banning cars benefits you, too. Besides the obvious health benefits, more efficient transportation systems will make it easier to get where you need to go and reduce the overall costs of goods and services brought to your door. If you need a vehicle out where you live,…

The problem with pure EVs is going to be people who live in places with actual winter conditions. Who in the hell can afford to have their car’s battery life cut by something like 40% just because the temperature drops below zero? Even if I could afford a decent EV, I wouldn’t own one where I currently live.

There is nothing narcissistic to recognize their are moments in which we don’t have the bandwidth to safely carry other people’s.

Oh God, what a waste of talent. Let the guy make a real movie, not this paint-by-numbers big-budget shit. Sorry, but this feels like Fincher making Benjamin Button. These people only get to make so many things. Let them make good, memorable ones.

So, I live in northern MN. Even if I wanted an EV like this, I can’t have the thing losing literally 40% of its charge during the winter. Does anybody know if there are efforts underway to combat this, because it’s basically an instant dealbreaker for anyone who lives in a place that gets below-zero temperatures.

The Dems are cycling frontrunners right now. All Buttigieg’s surge proves is that the support for Biden and Warren is a lot flimsier than previously believed. Moderate types are just dipping their toes in a new pool.

I will vote for him if it’s between him and Trump...

So the argument, then, is not that cancel culture doesn’t exist, just that it is rarely successful at its goal of canceling people. Excellent self-own there.

Who in the hell wants to have to flip their phone open to check basic shit that updates to the lock screen?

Hilarious watching Jezebel centrists act like a Kshama victory is one in their column. You wanted the other guy, whether you know it / find it fashionable to admit, or not.

Right, but we’re getting to the point where we’re going to have a streaming service for each individual “channel.”

Oh no, what will the Bernie diehards slander Warren for now!

Warren promises there would be “not one penny in middle-class tax increases.”

Interesting. Why did Sanders get applause from the audience, then? They must have been hearing something you didn’t.