Sadly it’s appropriate for Kotaku to cover this as twitch is a platform tied to gaming culture and many people like to use it and these asshats behaviour impacts the ecosystem. That said, it’s exactly why I’ll NEVER use twitch other than to watch friends.

Middle school shit except they have huge audiences and way too much money so it devolves into potential legal battles.

I’m sorry that you have to write about this middle school shit.

Kentucky Route Zero is one of the best gaming experiences I’ve had in my entire life. It is not for everyone—and anyone put off by narrative-focused games will bounce hard off KRZ—but if you’re drawn in by the idea of magic realist Middle America presented with elements of stagecraft, you’re in for a treat.

Like, I just don’t understand how people can think Discord is a replacement for an entirely different medium.

I could ask you all to write your comments on a postcard and send them to my house and it would work better than kinja, but 🤷‍♂️

My gob Discord is terrible for almost everything except to use while actively playing a game with other people.

YES.

Just gonna leave this here...

Western governments and their media always need a bad guy.

iTs oNly pROpAgaNda wHen nOn-WeSterNers dO iT

I’m actually really glad that we got a non-american view of the situation.

Wish we would ban video games here actually. Good for China. Someone needs to have a generation that is capable of functioning in society and doesn’t resort to hiding in video games for their entire lives. 

Thank you for this.

I knew a lot of Chinese games were free to play but didn’t know much about their presence in that market. Informative article!

Casinos, porn, cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, etc. The list goes on and on.

What I might suggest you do is reflect on why when you hear of somewhere else doing this, you view it as bad, but you implicitly accept it as ‘freedom’ on your own terms. Othering is an extremely powerful tool; right now, it’s extremely…

Maybe we should ask why gaming addiction is such a huge problem in China? I’m guessing the prevalence of gatcha games, the console ban (which clearly drew gamers to mobile), and the overall culture of pushing your kids to study non-stop so the little free time they have is spent sucked into a phone. This honestly…

You forgot the super fun “hallucination” sequences they love putting in there. Shangi-La in 4 and that drug chick’s bullshit in 5.

If Just Cause took itself seriously and had boring mechanics it’d be a Far Cry game.

I’m weirdly glad Kotaku wasn’t looped into the preview to allow an article like this to exist (without holding back as much).