Sorry but you and I part ways as it pertains to Witcher 3. That’s probably the best game of all time, as I see it.

That would be an industry first, wouldn’t it? Controllers seem like a high-margin item that Sony won’t want to marginalize, given how expensive consoles are and how little profit they’re able to eek out from them. Plus hopefully they’re getting rid of the touch bar that no games make use of. 

I love Bayonetta (both of them) but am one of the very few who can’t stand Nier: Automata. The story was really cool, the genre shifts are innovative, but most of what you spend time doing (combat and exploration) is dull and repetitive. I found the game so frustratingly dull and obtuse that I had to trade it just to…

Considering how poorly development on Dead Island 2 has gone to date, I’m not sure how you can have any confidence that it will have a better outcome. So far it’s been textbook troubled development.

Seems like Twitch would benefit from linking quality streams, the other stuff kids are into these days, on Ninja’s old page rather than algorithm hits. Not one of the channels linked in that screenshot are of any enduring quality, most seem to be in Russian. I know this is harder than it sounds to pull off but either…

I still have some faith that Fallout 76 is going to be a solid experience at some point, but this game is doomed to be a cautionary tale. The Atari ET of 2019. Bioware jumped the shark with this one. 

So what’s the deal, people put those up their butts? Do they have any for beginners? Those seem a little heroic. 

You’re giving way too much conspiracy credit to people who are too busy making money to worry about that nonsense. 

You probably should look at why something trivial like this affected you personally and emotionally. That’s not a great sign. The post, which I read in full, had a playful and casual tone, attempting to accurately convey the total bullshit that this controversy is. If you personally felt talked down to that was your…

Those people don’t have any sense. You can be an academic and still be foolish. 

Nah, no one with any sense actually believes this anymore. By engaging the argument you give it merit. If ol’ Donnie didn’t get any ink talking about violent video games, his puppet masters would tell him not to bother with that dead horse. 

All strong points. The “violent video games” talking point is tailor-made for keeping stupid people complacent, pacifying them and keeping them from asking the real and difficult questions. And it works every time. Don’t even waste an errant thought on this nonsense, it’s pointless blustering and even those who shout…

Chinese gamers: Start with Communism, then if there’s time go back to protesting IP theft.

I just got through playing Deadly Premonition Director’s Cut. There’s a lot to like but holy shit that game is the poster child for not respecting a player’s time. So much is clearly just tacked on to pad out an already long campaign. That combined with the jank is a LOT to put up with. 

Rocket League seems to get by okay. 

Can’t see them doing a vehicle amiibo but I’d be up for Geth Prime or Grunt amiibo. Grunt would maybe need to be oversized. 

Seems like an unlikely stretch for Konami at this point when they’re sitting on internationally viable IPs like Metal Gear, Castlevania, Silent Hill, etc. Those games would all sell a shit ton more copies than Suikoden but even they seem to sit dormant. 

It’d be nice if we could be more like Europe and not freak out over boobs. I mean freak out in a negative way, we can still freak out in a good way. The whole stigma thing about sex is very unevolved we need to all get over our manufactured outrage. 

Fuck those guys they deserve it. 

I agree with you it’s largely deliberate but that’s OK, it shouldn’t be a reason to shame someone and the only dudes that would object to this sort of thing are angry incels that should go back to 4chan.