The article isn’t about Blizzard giving Bastion a dick. It is about rework of stats. It would be like a News Caster going Lebraon James is getting his name in the NBA hall of fame then 2 seconds later saying, his favorite sex position is Layup style. It has no relation to the primary topic and just cheapens the entire…

I did consider that and I believe that’s largely the intent. But I’m always more interested in what the game communicates than what the writers/designers intended.

[Yet more angry ravings to cover up strange feelings before running back to online forums to continue harassing other women in the games industry]

[Angry retort about SJWs/Safe Spaces to cover up crushed ego that is paper-thin due to living in 4Chan bubble]

[Generic comment telling writer to keep her politics out of gaming (as they make the commenter question their identity), unless they’re the politics of killing coloured foreigners with a big machinegun]

That trailer had me writhing on the floor in physical pain.

What do you mean team deathmatch you dirty killstealer?

I’d say those games are implicitly political, in that they model systems analogous to those that exist today. Farmville functions as a managed capitalist system, for instance, giving minimal rewards for time and more for money.

How can you create art or entertainment without putting a bit of yourself in it?

Haha, and people take quick play serious.

Nope. It’s a fan theory included in the book. Miyamoto himself contradicts the included timeline in his introduction to the book. Nintendo might have an official timeline somewhere, but if so they’ve never revealed it. Most likely, considering their policy of “mechanical design first, narrative second” the overall…

It’s 2017 and you still don’t know what Nintendo’s focus is on. You should be embarrassed.