I’m interested to see this video. I’d like to know the scenario that involved someone setting up a video camera in the ‘80s to capture your first two hours with Super Mario Bros only to record you beating it.

Even with a guide book, you’d still need the dexterity and it’s just not possible at that age. My nephew is 6 and he’s a smart kid, and he’s only just getting used to using a controller. Beating Bowser in 1-4 would be a good achievement for him, never mind beating 8-4 within two hours of playing it for the first time.…

Probably because it’s absolute bullshit. That’s probably the main reason.

Slow comments day?

There is not one chance in HELL that you beat Super Mario Bros within two hours after playing it for the first time at the age of six. Absolute nonsense.

I can usually just about manage spiders in games but the big ones in Resident Evil games are the exception. The worst example was actually in the recent Resi 3 remake, which added a completely new section with those horrible massive bug things that weren’t spiders but may as well have been.

Some of those ARE new games.

Slayaway Camp is actually a pretty entertaining little puzzler with lots of funny references to slasher movies.

Minecraft was already on Sony systems when Microsoft acquired Mojang. This is a different situation.

Jesus Christ, how did this end up as a big outrage over absolutely nothing?

Yes, frankly. Everyone knows the Xbox Series S and X prices, and there’s nothing stopping the retailers saying “fuck it” and listing pre-orders for them right now. Except that Microsoft clearly specified a pre-order date so that everyone knew what the plan was. Sony was so vague it turned into the fucking wild west.

But the point is the action still isn’t compromised because the production crew and commentators have control over them.

The difference is that during a sports game the team providing the content (i.e. the sports broadcast) gets to decide when to run the ads, meaning they can do it during quiet moments (time outs, batter changes etc).

It’s almost as if a human being doesn’t have enough hours in the day to play every fucking game ever made, you complete hole.

Oh, fuck off Geoff Keighley. The guy’s slapped his Summer Games Fesr hashtag on every completely random event and game announcement for the past four months to try and somehow associate himself with everything in gaming, so God forbid anyone else should try and tease something. The guy's ego is ridiculous.

I’m sure the kids that Special Effect work with really care about where the money came from.

This shit’s only going to get worse next generation as assets get larger, especially if each console is only going to launch with 1TB storage.

I mean, plumber tits aside, this has to be a teaser for the Sunshine remaster, right?

I counted 27 ads in this article on mobile. I know there’s a need to make money but Jesus Christ, guys. It's the reading equivalent of playing Fall Guys, what with all the fucking and weaving and tripping over ads.

Where did I say anything about sympathy? I didn’t bring emotion into this: the fact of the matter is that this leaked content was acquired illegally, and while learning of the information isn’t necessarily illegal, it could be argued – and whether it would be successful isn’t clear – that reporting on it and gaining…