Sorry, got my thoughts mixed up. “Flawed masterpiece” is an example of a phrase I looked up that I found in a lot of articles that all seemed paraphrased from one another. I’m not saying that itself is an example of plagiarism, as vile as I find that particular cliche. It is extremely lazy to see it used in so many…

The taxis in Japan were ridiculously nice. Every one I took was immaculate on its exterior (shiny as pictured above) and interior, had nice seat covers, and was driven by a courteous gentleman in a full suit with white gloves. The ride even felt safe, as if the driver were focusing on our comfort and pleasure instead…

I’m kind of surprised that this is such a huge deal when the type of plagiarism found here happens all the time in internet news and reviews. I can’t count how many times I’ve googled a particular phrase from an article (usually just out of curiosity about the wording) only to find that at least several websites used…

Came here to say the same thing about the chosen clip. That’s always what immediately comes to mind when I think of the Clerks animated series.

I didn’t see any AFK players, but it does seem improbable that nobody would be guarding the goal at kickoff. It’s unranked, though, so nobody’s really trying.

If you buy a Wustof, you pretty much have to also buy a sharpener. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

If you buy a Wustof, you pretty much have to also buy a sharpener. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Melee is still a fantastic game.

It has nothing to do with sales. The main reason is because Pokemon has a lot of variety when it comes to its characters. It just makes sense to have 9 when Pokemon span a huge gamut of biological differences, elemental affinities, and move sets. A bunch of dudes with swords is just unimaginative. 

As someone who’s a huge fan of the Metroid series, I’d say Samus and Ridley are the only two Smash-worthy characters. I wouldn’t mind some costume variations on Samus, though, to represent some of the different games.

It’s also missing another point: how important each game is in each series. There may be >100 “Mario” games, but there are really only like 10 best-sellers. And just because there are like 50 platformers where you play as Mario doesn’t mean there should be more Mario characters in Smash Bros.

How on earth can Nintendo justify having so many Fire Emblem characters and not Dillon, their western game protagonist? Wasn’t Nintendo just complaining that people are overlooking the Dillon games? There are a bunch of Nintendo games and games that are on Nintendo that aren’t featured in Smash Bros. It’s stupid.

Even though they say it’s not a port of the Wii U version, I don’t really see enough of a difference to get this one. A 73-character roster is great if you have 72 friends with unique preferences, but for most people, including me, 40-something is probably just fine.

Sorry to be blunt, but you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Yawn.

If FPS drops compromised the whole playing experience, Breath of the Wild would’ve been universally reviled. FPS drops have been happening at least since NES (that’s the earliest I can think of an example), and have happened in great games in every generation. This is not a new phenomenon—getting outraged as though…

This game looks pretty awesome—not sure how it evaded my radar despite being my favorite genre. It’s a shame that this came out at the same time as Chasm, which I’ve been following for years; otherwise, I’d probably jump right in.

Procedural stitching together a map is not mutually exclusive with level design. The rooms themselves can have great, intentional, thoughtful design, while how they’re stitched together on your map doesn’t really matter too much, which is why a game like Chasm can leave that up to randomness and it still feels exactly…

That’s not how I thought the article was going to play out based on the headline, but it seems like my kind of game. I’ll have to check it out.

I’m confused about how there are sentinels on every goddamn planet, even though there are trillions of planets. Am I carrying them on my ship or something? It’s silly.

I think what they’re trying to say is that it’s completely disconnected and that it doesn’t matter. I approve.