Ugh, what a supremely smug comment. Make no mistake, Marhulets is using the Epic exclusivity controversy to drum up press for his game. I’ve never heard of him, his studio, or his games. And yet here’s a story about it on Kotaku. He’s very deliberately reaching out to the whiny babies that hate the Epic Store. He…

Then there’s this thing called radio that’s been around for over a century, too...

This Microsoft/Nintendo partnership had better result in the Switch getting that Rare collection.

Well, Popeyes chicken is better than Chick-Fil-A chicken, so why wouldn’t their chicken sandwich be better, too?

So in this scenario, the Hong Kong protesters calling for the boycott are Westerners? Or did you miss the part where that was what the article was about so you could leave a smug comment?

Her statement was vociferously pro-police brutality and even had a taunt expecting the backlash. She could have said she supported China, or she could have released a statement like Jackie Chan, which was essentially “I hope we can return to peace soon.”

There’s more money in being pro-China than specifically pro-police brutality, though. You’re willfully misinterpreting what Eric said.

Jackie Chan’s comments were WAY more neutral, though. I understand why protesters were upset by what he said, but the gist was “can’t we all be friends?” instead of “I support the violent crackdowns by the police.”

Her comment definitely did not seem like she felt any pressure at all to say it, whatsoever. It seems…

Oh man, me too, for sure. All of these EPIC, MASSIVE single player games that tout how they have hundreds of hours of gameplay just wear me out because I know I’ll never be able to fully enjoy them. I think that’s why I was slowly transitioning to handheld gaming for a long time, because those games tend to be…

I think the biggest issue with Brutal Legend was less the game itself and more that DoubleFine marketed it as an action game when it was more of a strategy game. But the game itself is a lot of fun.

Oh, for sure. I absolutely adore both Costume Quest games. When you boil them down to their base elements, they’re super basic and can get very repetitive, but they’re so damn charming! I just can’t get enough of it.

A) This is an excellent article, and really cool to see how gaming interacts with larger social issues.
B) The way the protestors have disrupted the Dota 2 tournament is really fucking awesome and I hope it continues.

I’m wondering if we’ll see a major exodus of people from the studio. That always seems to happen whenever a great mid-sized developer gets bought up by a major publisher.

Okay, let’s be real here. I love Double Fine, but I’m starting to realize it’s more because of their style and atmosphere and whimsy than the actual, you know, gameplay. I have yet to play a DoubleFine game that I didn’t feel had some major flaw in it. Which isn’t to say I haven’t absolutely loved a lot of their…

You start off your comment accurately saying a lot of people value animal lives MORE than human lives, but then you end your comment by literally excusing animal abuse, saying “it’s just a dog.”

Not great.

Why does this van look like it was designed by Akira Toriyama?

Can I just say that this is my absolute favorite regular feature you guys do? I love just looking at cool artwork from awesome people every day. It’s a nice respite from the, uh... dying world we’re living in.

Poor Bobby busts his ass every episode and barely even gets to hang out with the subject or be on camera!

Honestly, I don’t care where someone streams from because all that changes on my end is what website I’m going to to watch it. It’s like when a TV show switches from NBC to ABC: I’m just putting the TV on a different channel.

It’s good to see some competition, though, for the streamers themselves. I don’t watch…

Okay, yeah, the lack of seasoning is a problem for sure, haha. Seasoning is a great way to make cheap food taste great, especially. But you can blame, like, all of bland European cuisine for that.