The main point of this story shouldn’t be that he got the gem, but that he immediately destroyed it, said “fuck you Blizzard” and uninstalled the game. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-diablo-immortal-player-spent-15000-getting-a-rare-gem-then-destroyed-it-in-protest/

For the love of God, no more slideshows. We get why you’re doing them but come on.

So you’ve decided the game will be scored 85% because of one small element? Oh, the internet.

Yup. They’re saying you’re gatekeeping for deciding that Dark Souls is worthy of the book but Fortnite isn’t. And they’re right

Actually can’t believe this article. The guy carved out a comfortable life himself entirely through illegal acts, as is made clear in the first quote, but this is quickly forgotten in favour of a sob story about how this poor guy suffered bad prison conditions, along with a fairly underhanded attempt to connect that…

So bored of this site putting a negative spin on things all the time. A mini console is nothing like a Steam Deck or an Analogue Pocket. Some people will be happy with this news, just let them be instead of shitting on it.

It isn’t an overreaction to this piece in particular, it’s just the latest in what I consider death by 1000 cuts. Regardless of how strong or ‘mild’ it is, it’s still a hit piece: one designed to stoke negativity with very little in the way of concrete research to back it up, deciding that a handful of tweets is…

You know, I’m getting really bored of this now. I’ve been reading Kotaku daily for about 15 years because it was written with a real enthusiasm for gaming and it felt fun to read as a result. There were silly in-jokes, Photoshop contests, etc.

No, Sony hasn’t “unveiled” a “Game Pass competitor” like the headline claims. That was always PlayStation Now, they just didn’t put enough effort into making it good value for money. This is a rebranding exercise, not a new thing.

They look close enough to me. The Mega Drive ones are accurate when you consider that they're presumably based in Brazil, and that's how the boxes looked there.

The civilized nations you mention, however (of which I live in one) don’t have more guns than people like the US does. The reason having unarmed police works in so many other countries is because, by and large, they have unarmed citizens. I also completely throw out your claim that disarming police would result in…

I don't disagree with your overall point, but "I've got all the answers to your hypotheticals" is an extremely narrow-minded way of essentially putting your fingers in your ears and going "la la la". Going down the "I'm right, you're wrong and there's no room for nuance" route is never really going to change anyone's…

Hey.

If the wind’s so strong in that header GIF that the trees are bending over like that, surely her hair should be practically horizontal instead of gently wafting? Indeed, shouldn’t she be struggling to even stand if the wind’s that bad?

And it always makes me laugh when people put words in my mouth. Nobody has ever said that every single pirated game means a lost sale. You can’t just make shit up like that to make your argument stronger.

What’s “illusory” about video game piracy? This very website wrote an article about how people were playing pirate copies of Metroid Dread on an emulator the same week it was released.

I think your grammar teacher would be more concerned about the rogue comma you threw in there after ‘explode’ for no apparent reason.

There’s also this Choose Your Own Adventure version:

Firstly, a similar plot point in just two different shows doesn’t make it “Hollywood’s new favourite plot point”, it makes it a coincidence.

Well now he knows. And knowing is half the battle.