Yeah, Kotick is trash but it sure looks like the trash was already piling up before he plopped in.

What I don’t buy about this argument is that there are already convenience features. Unless you play the game without ever resting, the campfires pointing out your intended path are a non-optional element that actively takes away from your ability to truly explore and stumble upon main story events. And there are…

Not enough people have the stance of “There’s nothing wrong with having the option, but there’s also nothing wrong with artists enforcing their vision.”

From Chicago to New Dehli, so I’ll probably beat the first fight.

I’m enjoying the hell out of this game as a newcomer to the series, and play with as few HUD features as possible in any game, but I just don’t buy the argument that the option for more details shouldn’t exist for folks who want em. I fully get the authorial intent, but the reality of the situation is that if folks…

Got a very long flight at the end of the month and I’m saving this game til then thanks to Elden Ring and Horizon and Cyberpunk sating me till then. Can’t wait!

Regularly played Overwatch until the Hong Kong fiasco, and the decision to quit aged like a fine wine.

Wow, I guess even a company like Blizzard can do something wrong every now and then. Nobody’s perfect, huh?

Heroes is pretty fun as a free time waster. Played it for a good few weeks without spending a dime and had fun, once the gacha elements kicked in I fell off but it’s worth doing if there’s a gap in your commute or break gaming that you want filled.

The dude writes the way Miles Teller looks, but yeah me too.

A pause screen can be separate from the menu screen. By all means, if the game doesn’t want you swapping items and menuing in general in the middle of combat, make that constantly in real time. All you need is a button that freezes the game and doesn’t allow you to do anything else, a literal pause rather than a pause…

It’s still fully focused on being a relationship sim over a tactical RPG, just with a broader swathe of relationships.

I mean honestly congrats if that’s your thing because if so, you really hit the jackpot.

the Fire Emblem games have only gotten better in the time since

Pretty easy to do when you aren’t selling PS5s to anybody.

Talking publicly is one thing, talking on the company’s own platform is another. It really shouldn’t be understated how impressive this is.

It’s incredible how easy it is to google “can you play Elden Ring offline?” before throwing a temper tantrum.

Trust me, I’ve been a union worker for most of my adult life, I’m all for em. I’m just surprised that part of the contract negotiations from a company as shitty as this one didn’t include a clause about not writing about it here. From a distance, that seems like a pretty easy issue for the union to cede in exchange…

This is actually the result of a phone call, he bowled right through the game.

I can’t wait to see how far down it goes.