Valve has a different idea of what endgame is for CS. Their decisions are meant to promote a sustainable competitive economy, and a 6th player feeding more information into the game does not help. I can imagine four reasons why Valve decided to enforce their original vision of a sustainable competetive scene by…

Overcoming and accepting loss is NOT narrative growth? Ash has been progressing further and further on the big stage and that is more important than simply winning for the sake of winning. When push comes to shove, Ash pulls out the big boys when he needs to but I’m glad that hes more concerned with the range of his…

I appreciate your article about this growing trend in online gaming and the new kind of problems that have been created because of it. Over the years, more and more companies are employing a “shadow pool” for undesirable players and while it is a good idea, it has certainly been going through some growing pains.

I was only able to understand the faintest gist of your comment but I enjoyed it as immensely as the article by Maddie. As a huge fan of Sci-fi but hopelessly ignorant of actual Scientific knowhow, I’m pretty sure this weekend will be spent on wikipedia, binge-learning, in order to fully digest and understand this…

Great idea, but would have been better if it guided your fingers to do curve balls instead.

I’m sorry that happened. That incident with the runner and PokemonGo probably ruined your entire day and really, I’m sorry it happened. Take a deep breath and look at all the angles. The guy did apologize, which a lot of people honestly don’t do enough, and probably spent the whole day beating himself over it. Believe…

Its gets a quick panel in the comics that’s easily passed. The black hole/worm hole that the Hulk went through to land on the planet actually de-powered the Hulk to ‘first incarnation’ of Superman power levels. Thats why he starts off as a slave and not as strong as he was back on Earth. The kicker is that the…

You’re right, and another thing, screw those people outside our homes judging us as we play video games on our keyboards and controllers instead of actually going outside and swinging our bodies around. Who cares if they think our custom PCs or TV stand full of game consoles are obnoxious or immature. I play Madden…

What? Comics have NEVER been as popular as other mediums. No matter what decade, comics have always been counter culture. Marvel and DC have courted bankruptcy so many times that its unbelievable that they still exist. Did you know that without Star Wars, Marvel would have been bankrupt? They had to beg to do a comic…

Not since ‘2010', its been like this since forever and honestly isn’t even limited to Comics. Popular characters in comics, well literature in general, are repurposed and reimagined to reflect the culture/trends of whatever culture/period/medium they appear in and the more popular a character is the more reiterations…

I think a lot of people need some perspective on the cost of how much hardware actually costs and what they do. I agree with Oculus that $600 is REALLY cheap for a VR platform when you compare it to another emergent technology that had a similar price point but with significantly less tech. The first iPhones were $600…

I’m genuinely confused by people claiming that MLG is the “face of E-sports”. The results of MLG tournaments for games outside of its “main draws” are often ranked lower than other Professional/Premium circuits and events. MLG is a pit stop onto more important E-sports circuits. It is in my opinion is that MLG, in…

Sorry, replied wrong. Comment in the discussion.

Well, I guess the jokes on you because the film, 12 Monkeys is essentially a fleshed out remake of La jetée, a film from 1962. Good ideas are always repurposed because they are GOOD IDEAS. Say all you want about the direction a studio/artist takes an old idea to, but don’t go believing that the act of…

I’ve lived in Tokyo for 5 years traveling out to offices and family in Sendai, Nagano and Hiroshima on the Shinkansen. I’ve never encountered the kind of experience you’ve had but friends and family tell me that it does happen. I’m surprised they didn’t open up more seats in the reserved carriage because I heard they…

I have the option of skipping your articles about League because even though LoL isn’t to my taste I can respect the fact that it’s enjoyed by a lot of people who prefer a different kind of DotA clone. I know that you flood Kotaku with LoL posts because you really really enjoy the game. Its fine to be passionate about…