Because as a business, it’s basically a pawn shop fighting for survival in an increasingly digital world. Used games are what keep them alive. They make almost nothing on new games, console sales, etc. So, naturally, makes sense they would position everything around selling more of what the majority of their revenue…

I get your point but this is a terrible analogy. Microsoft is a software company. Just the 360 or just the Xbox One have evolved more in a single generation than Nintendo as a company has in 15-20 years. Polar opposite ideologies. Owning an Xbox, it’s a guarantee the service, dashboard experience, etc will be…

Stuff like this reinvigorates me to keep working on my project. Love the Minecraft community. Seeing people make so much cool stuff was the motivation to see how far I could push it.

I’d vote for someone who could be sort of the MTV Real World emotional center of the house or a reviled hated outcast. Maybe someone older. Jane Lynch, Tom Arnold, Steve Harvey, etc. All about balance. Totally out of left field, Ana Wintour would be fun.

If your just buying it for that game, don’t. Scalebound got canceled a few weeks ago.

If your just buying it for that game, don’t. Scalebound got canceled a few weeks ago.

I suspect that a lot of it has to do with him being corporate now. To your point, tasteless/cruel humor and assholery are far beyond normal on the Internet, especially for Youtubers. Because he has sponsorships and partnerships, and is making a lot of money, mobile apps and TV shows, etc now, his content is being more…

I use the Xbox One browser all the time to watch King of the Hill (not on Hulu/Netflix), Anime that lack English dubs on Hulu like One Piece, and more recently for movies (My Neighbor Tortoro, etc) and Atlanta (pulled from FX app about a month ago, now that the season is over). Also, I watch Gameface weekly gaming…

(*Hugs*) Both my parents aretextbook (my mom’s cellphone wallpaper and lockscreen as well as her PC wallpaper are pictures of herself. My dad, same. Except swap pictures of self with pictures of his car) narcissists (oldest sister too). You’re among friends. Also, echo the sentiment. The Trump thing has never been…

If my (primitive and amateurish) math is correct, they only made significant profit off the original Skate. Skate 2 and 3 were released too close together. As I understand it, Skate 2 barely broke even and they lost money on Skate 3 (At least in part why they scrapped the studio that makes Skate). In retrospect,…

Yep. It’s done. His contract expiring in 2015 was a part of the genesis behind what led to a completely half hearted and rushed THPS 5. Activision wanted to get a product out to bolster Q4 earnings, in part because they don’t release a lot of games, and because they knew they had no intention of renewing with Tony (as…

Last time they released numbers, over 10 million daily players I think, and they’re making almost a billion just from GTA Online. 70 million units sold and growing. Yes. A lot of people still play it.

Enjoy using the new update in Preview, but very sad about this. Used Snap Mode almost everyday (even as recently as the night before last, right before I downloaded the new update). The number one feature that sold me on the console (beyond friend/achievement/ecosystem connections of Xbox Live I already had, coming…

This is pretty awesome. Custom Game Browser is probably the best (and most landmark) single addition to multiplayer suite for Halo 5. I’ve played Call of Duty Black Ops and Modern Warfare 1 to 1 map recreations, great/fun mini games, etc. This is a genius way to spotlight the cool stuff people are making. Only gripe,…

Continue to expand my fandom of your work, Gita. More than anything, everything you contribute to Kotaku is the amalgamation of my dreams: In different ways, starting and curating my favorite thing, conversation (coupled with getting people to think, and challenging them). Still think daily about men’s fashion in…

(*Hugs*) Thank you for your service.

I’m at about 145 hours in The Witcher 3. Finished the main game (doing about 70% of the side quests) in about 65 hours or so. Took my time. Played sparingly over six months. Could’ve rushed through it, but I play a lot of other games, and the Witcher is dark and scary (and hard as shit) in certain sections. Same deal…

Your GTA V piece on how to make the game more immersive really changed my perspective on mini maps. That combined with Adam Sessler’s criticism of it and how it combined with “Byzantine roadway” like design making for cumbersome navigation in his Rev3 review. Really wish more open world games would find better…

(*Casually observes Sensual Seductions 2 from adjacent distance to television screen*) Now that’s a splatoon alright. ~ Worst guy ever

Yeah, I snagged a few of the tracks off it as well. Slopes of the Blessure in particular is my favorite.

Umm... no. I dismissed everything with the fact that half of what you cited has no merit, because these fan made games aren’t retail products competing on shelves for market share. The other half, subjective. But, my original points hold.