I played it just after Blasphemous (which I highly recommend) and that might have been a mistake. Blas is VERY good about giving you rest points before bosses, and its “death punishment” is a pretty clever spin on the HK shade. It also is balls hard, and forces you to choose your actions and progression, but doesn’t…

Dammit, that’s an evenhanded and understanding way to think about it and I DON’T LIKE IT!

This is likely just me griping for no reason, but I don’t even need to heal in midair. It’d just be nice if I could hold down Focus so that I started Focusing the second I land. The way it is now, I have to wait until I’ve landed before I can hold the button down or nothing happens. It’s a microsecond delay, but in a…

First, thanks for responding. Second, I get that noise ALL THE TIME, particulary in the more forested sections, but it’s doubly frustrating in Deepnest because the enemies are down there are hard as SHIT.

I ask this in the truest, deepest, most sincere way possible: what is it about Hollow Knight that draws you in? One of my best friends has been singing its praises for YEARS, so I was excited to finally pull the trigger on it, but I’ve been hugely disappointed in it.

Polygon has taken on a few ex-Kotakuites: Owen, Patricia, I think one or two others

Oh, I don’t build, I just play stages. And one of the “secrets” of MM2 is that there are Nintendo-designed stages in the story section that are too out-there to be “true” Mario levels. But there are also some REALLY good creators out there who either make stages that feel Ninty-designed, or play with the mechanics in…

I’m JUST about to beat the Hollow Knight. After that, I might try to beat one or two of the other bosses, but that will absolutely be it. That game just requires so damn much that it’s hard to muster up the will to do so, when games like Doom 2016, Untitled Goose Game, and Breath of the Wild are still out there (at…

SAME. I can kiiiiiinda see Hollow Knight being relaxing if you’re just wandering around the stages looking for any hidden rooms you missed, but if you’re looking to make actual progress, that game is entirely too painstaking and quick to be classified as “comforting”

There’s a Penny Arcade for that

Yooooo, SAME. Not sure how my gf hasn’t dismembered me yet. I SUCK even in the best of days

I’ve been saying for YEARS now that I generally get more excited for veggie options because there’s so many more things you can (safely) do with veggies than meat (FTR, I still eat meat, though not nearly as much as the average American). With meat, you can generally pan-fry it after a marinade/brine and with a…

I was 8, so probably not

I’ve never understood why they don’t do a “flagship mashup” of Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey. Those are the first two flavors I ever had, and godDAMN they’re delicious together

Meanwhile, a lot of their menswear (Wallace and Barnes in particular) was extremely well made and looked good enough to be worn by yuppies looking to inch out of their biz casual trough (hey, like me!)

Chicago, here. Nothing but blustery days and biting winds for 5-6 months. I love it

No way, “cool windy days with lots of warm beverages/swaddling up and being refreshed every time you go outside” beats “humid rainy warm days/boiling hot oh-god-why” any day of the week IMHO

I’m probably more excited for this than I should be. I sank roughly 200 hours into the single player on Tiger 2005, then sank another 300 or so playing it as a drinking game with friends. What a classic

Speaking as a guy on the other side of the line: the only thing worse than working is not working. Hope it gets better, Joe