Friendly reminder that during the Hogwarts Legacy drama involving noted transphobe J.K. Rowling, Dunkey uploaded a video that could be best described as a lazy attempt at whataboutism. He stops playing Hogwarts Legacy and tries instead to play a video game that doesn’t have any controversy, only to spend the whole…

Dysmantle has been a lot of fun and is gentle on the battery. It’s an isometric exploration game with crafting, destructible things, and zombies.

Yeah I was kind of hoping it would be like Village. If you fully upgraded the weapon, you can spend Completion Points (or whatever they call it) to get infinite ammo for it.

In the states that do require it, companies either say you’ll earn between $1 and $1 million dollars for the role, or straight-up tell applicants from those states - in the ad - that they’re not eligible to apply.

Yeah, I just checked to make sure. On iOS at least, I started a new order, and under payment method, under the giant red caution symbol and red text that you need to reload your Dunkin card, there’s a minimized menu for “other payment methods”. From there I can use Apple pay, one of my saved cards, or I can add a new…

I’d love to buy a PSVR2 but I’m not rushing to pay as much or more than I did for my PS5, for a peripheral. Especially not for its library of 67 games, only a handful of which I’ve ever even heard of before.

They really go out of your way to make you think you do, but you don’t have to.

Third-party launchers are not made with the Steam deck, much less Linux, in mind. In recent memory the launchers added to the Bioshock titles, as well as EA’s new launcher, have broken games that otherwise worked perfectly fine on the Steam deck.

There’s also the fact that 3rd party launchers aren’t made to support the Steam deck, resulting in games that work fine (Bioshock, Mass Effect) now becoming broken until a bypass for the launcher is found.

Honestly I wish they did -less- with GameCenter. I’m not even sure why it’s implemented tbh, but the least they can do is respect that I’ve turned off all notifications for it and not show me “You’ve signed in with GameCenter!” every time I open a GameCenter-supported app.

Audio mixing on this one is painful. “Pop” sound effects are extremely loud and I’m struggling to hear Isaiah over the background music and other little noises thrown in.

You’re right! I don’t know how I missed that; thank you.

I’m surprised to see field of view not mentioned. Low FoV can cause motion sickness in players and many times it can be alleviated simply by allowing players to increase it. If you’re not familiar with the concept, imagine physically moving the in-game camera perspective back a few feet. Being able to see more of the…

They no longer offer the bagel sandwiches where I live, which is big BS. I loved the bacon one, but steak was good too.

Nothing you’ve said offsets the fact of the matter, which is these games are DESIGNED to not frontload you with their worst aspects. They very intentionally wait until you’re hooked, because then it will be much easier to exploit you for money. When are you more likely to spend $25 - in the five minutes after you…

I like reading Kotaku, in fact I read it daily, but this kind of crap really comes off as apologism for gaming industry exploitation. I think the fact that the “lootboxes are just fun surprises!” article is still up speaks quite a bit.

I’m super excited for the Dead Space remake! Both then and now, it just does things different than other horror games. A minimal UI, a focus on precision, and still being scary even when your character is armed.

My comment is not needlessly antagonistic. Kotaku’s writers are all too-willing to write entire articles defending industry practices (lootboxes are “surprise presents!”) or bad companies (DICE aren’t the bad guys, the scary threatening redditors are!) or making fun of Borderlands fans, for some reason (it’s a series…

I agree with you, the BF2042 articles are disgusting.

I watched this and I didn’t walk away with the same understanding you did. I see it as a hype reel with no real information at all. IMO it makes sense that a season pass video wouldn’t show you story information - you’re buying it months (even a year) upfront.