Beautifully put. Mafia III is one of my favorite surprises this generation, and makes me hopeful for the future of the medium at it’s most saturated level (“AAA” games).

To quote Larry David: “would you like to check my penis?”

I did a media blackout after the initial reveal and was very happy with what I got - top ten of 2016 handily.

Scams? It was a mismanagement of expectations on both ends - hardly a scam. Believe it or not, some people actually really enjoyed it!

The horse is dead, enough already. Oy vey!

This reminds me of that woman complaining about the new Conan board game - you’re talking about a decades old institution. Princess Peach bakes cakes and gets kidnapped. Sometimes she plays tennis and kicks ass in Smash. She does not bear the burden of role model to today’s youth.

Haven’t played it but I heard they added a free exploration mode. Not sure the incentive to go back after the story is over but it’s something.

Great list! I’m so happy when someone is willing to go to bat for a title in a GOTY discussion that is not part of the hype cycle.

This.

umm... EVO 2016 top 8 on ESPN2?

wat? I’m thrilled! If they’re on par with Laura, Necalli, F.A.N.G. etc., bring it on! People who are “waiting for their main” can wait - they’re not World Warriors!

It’s such a shame. I’m old enough remember SFII cabinets with ashtrays - and this is the best iteration of Street Fighter yet. They got the core right and flibbed everything else that can be fixed, slow as it has been going. The public perception ruined the game - surely a multi-million seller would have been…

“If anyone can do it it’s Climax Studios who gave us Sudeki...”

I get New Day and really dig Xavier Woods after seeing him on Cross Counter TV, but the MMA stuff is really gross and has should be in Deadspin. I get the Ronda Rousey articles with her cosplay and gaming interests, but MMA kind of makes me nauseous and often there are really bloody pictures on the front feed. …

They couldn’t find a blonde actrescc? That’s just lazy.

I know it’s prerty common for PC developers to be so active among the player base, but for console title, short of putting out fires, this is really refreshing.

I thought Stardew Valley was only coming to xbox1 for the time being. Sick.

I’m surprised a Japanese developer didn’t have success trying to codify this genre too. Artdink’s Tail Of The Sun for PS1 was really a proto-crafting/survival that somehow isn’t owed a debt because it went by largely unnoticed. Unfortunately it’s camera makes it virtually unplayable, and so much of that early 3D…

I hate to take a hardline but you couldn’t be more wrong - moreover to compare to the Wii Remote dismissively shows how narrow your thinking of gaming and tech is: for you and you alone. The Wii remote’s impact and influence is still reverberating a decade later with progeny like Move and Oculus Touch showing the…

I changed the VO to German. Problem solved.