Holy fuck. Beautiful review, Kirk.

Wow that last phrase is the biggest non-GOP piece of bullshit I’ve heard in a while. In what other industry is it “vital” for fans to voice their displeasure, and thereby change the course of the development, of a product before it is ever released? Obviously the answer is no industry, because that is vital to…

Obviously games are made for consumers to play, but I don’t see why that should mean consumers get to make creative decisions for the developers. They can base their decision on whether or not to invest their large chunk of time into playing a game on their history with that developer and franchise, their taste in…

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation.  That seems absurd to me, to have a portable device dedicated to playing lossless audio, since I’m extremely skepitcal that anyone can hear the difference out and about in the world with background noise happening and such.  And because my teachers in audio engineering school were…

I have a problem with fans being angry at a developer for taking a franchise in an unexpected direction before ever playing it. Maybe you don’t, but I do.

Still don’t understand why gaming fans think they should be the ones to decide how a franchise does or doesn’t evolve. It’s like that awful editorial that was on Jezebel yesterday complaining how Obama shouldn’t lecture young people on indifference because the writer didn’t feel sufficiently inspired by Democratic…

I read the same thing and now my mouth tastes like vomit.

Didn’t realize this was paid DLC, though it makes sense.  Is it $15 for all three parts I assume?

I get what you’re going for with the Lindt-Reese’s-Mallo Cup comparison, and I don’t necessarily disagree, but there will always be a place in my palate for that Reese’s candied peanut butter. Even if I can acknowledge that the peanut butter truffle from Lindt is even more delicious than a peanut butter cup.

I get what you’re going for with the Lindt-Reese’s-Mallo Cup comparison, and I don’t necessarily disagree, but there…

Pumpkins do indeed suck.

Seriously. I’m pretty sure those were my favorite Happy Meal toys ever.  

Ok, I’ll bite.  What do people who buy these things use them for?

On an unrelated note, Transistor is coming to the Switch! I actually think that is Supergiant’s best game, and I’d definitely consider double dipping if it goes on sale.

I am looking forward to Red Dead Redemption 2.

I LOLd hard at the last line of Penny Arcade.  That is a great line.

Where are you in Okami? I took a break about two weeks ago and I’m not really fixin to go back any time soon. I am farther than I got when I played the game on PS2 12 or so years ago - I just got to Sei-an City - but I’m wondering if it’ll be compelling enough for me to play to the end.

I had that problem on Friday. I came soooo close to downloading Dark Souls on Switch, even though I just bought Undertale, and a handful of smaller indie games, in the last several weeks. I held off and went back to The Last of Us Remastered, which I had only played for a couple hours when I bought it several months…

TBF the three of those games that are currently available are all fantastic, so you won’t go wrong whatever you end up doing. And I bet RDR2 won’t be too shabby, either.

Seriously guy, buy your own curtains.

You twice referred to “mostly positive stories” that have come out since the social media ban was lifted. So where are the non-positive stories? I read the whole piece so I know people have approached you anonymously. If they contradicted the narrative created by all these positive stories, you’d share them, right…