I can’t disagree harder with this. At the risk of making a straw-man argument, the complaint here is that the relationship is shallow, and you can’t get a happy ending, which is what you really want but...that is largely the point. This is a game world where the most in-depth relationship are the ones you form over a…

He’s streaming his reaction to war footage which in turn, he gets paid for.

That is a total mischaracterization of what she did.  She condemned killing of innocents by anyone.  How on earth is that a controversial take?

Um, anything less is clearly anti-semitism and Hadid is clearly a code name for Hitler.  I mean right?  That’s certainly what I hear and read whenever I say anything or see anything remotely negative towards Israel in any way.

Because they’re not artists. They’re tech dudes who think they can take something squishy and messy like art and recreate it with cold engineering. They don’t actually understand what art is, why people make it, or why people appreciate it.

I don’t know what game you played but you sure as hell aren’t describing Cyberpunk 2077. 

Why? They paid their money to play the game they can play it however they want. 

I agree that the vitriol is mostly unwarranted, but the state of the game is far from fine. They've been phoning it in for ages now. And PvP folks have been completely ignored for ages.

It is kinda shocking how little confidence Square Enix seems to have in Final Fantasy being its own thing.

JFC i’m so tired of people trying to convince me this is final fantasy 

On a full 3-man fireteam doing the ‘final’ mission, we kept wiping. It feels like there just wasn’t enough time to actually fight the boss. Just wave after wave after wave of enemies that wouldn’t stop spawning, and then the new bullet sponge enemy, the Tormentor who can kill your super dead-flat, just absolutely…

Clearly hardly anyone actually read this. Thoughtful analysis all around, which is especially important from someone who has a very personal stake in this issue.

“but I wish they would see the value of the games crit ecosystem as not so much an extension of their own PR efforts to be gamed for positive buzz, but as a place that lifts up the medium of games as a whole by taking them seriously.”

I was hoping that at least the Kotaku Commentariat down here would be on board with…

You THINK you care about trans rights but the first time that it causes the slightest discomfort for you you get huffy and petulant about it.

Your “allyship” is rooted in convenience and your self-image as a good person, but lacks any substance.

Oh she’s definitely a transphobe.

I think a voice actor trying to screw kids is justifiable outrage. I don’t know what a fujoshi is.

What is true: All of the screenshots of the chat logs. Yes, all of the cringy sex talk. Yes, I did threaten suicide if it got out.

Man, I Feel Like I Know This Woman

Coming back to this because it only just struck me he decided to keep his chat overlay on for his apology. Absolutely incredible.

The episode literally rebutted what you’re complaining about. Joel points out his fencing isn’t going to last without trading. Murray points out that they don’t just need to survive, they need to live, and that includes things like paint, strawberries, and contact with other people.