It’s greedy as all hell. And the outside observer might look at this and think, “Well, don’t pay the extra fees then.” But in an abstract sense, you’ll be fleeced even worse. You’ll be spending most of your day waiting in stand-by lines—which are now even longer, because the Lightning Lane riders are all cutting in…

I totally agree. Disney is a corporation run by a board, and their job is to make money for the stockholders. That’s it. It isn’t to make people HAPPY at the park, unless that increases their bottom line, and people being unhappy isn’t having any real impact now. (Will it down the line? That’s debatable. Personally I…

The only way to not be ripped off is to simply not go.

I’ll never enjoy Disneyland like a kid, or understand the adults that do. Honestly I thought current Disney a lot more tolerable than 5 years ago when it felt like standing room only. I can at least be talked into going now, but I’ve ALWAYS viewed Disneyland as a dumpster to burn money in. For the past 15 years I’ve…

As a silly aside, it’s such a shame that, of all the launches to attach the name of one of the coolest people in history to, it had to be the most disastrous one in recent history.

The hacking is tempting, it’s just so useful and flexible. Blowing up peoples grenades while still on them, forcing suicides, giving people low-level cyber-psychosis, it’s pretty damn fun.

Time for a little “hard truth” or, I am sure, a very unpopular opinion: 

Some writers just jump off the page. Some because of the beauty of their prose, some for the amazing thought that went into crafting a world for the reader, but they all make you FEEL something.

I’m on Kotaku all the time. It’s a great way to procrastinate at work. I can catch up on all the gaming news, get some hot takes, learn about what it does/doesn’t take to make the games that form the hobby we’re all here for.
Sometimes G/O has had a bad run of it and people leave because of management, circumstances…

Wow, this was a really sweet post. As a long time Kotaku reader, this was really touching to see all the past personalities I’ve read so much come back and all say something about him. I’ve missed seeing a lot of these names all in one place. What a heartwarming tribute. Rest in Peace Mike.

I don’t cry when celebrities die. I don’t even really cry when friends and family die. This was a fucking tough read. RIP, buddy.

They are stuck halfway between two models - they still sell at full price as an annualized title, but then are also live service games. They really need to just switch to more of a Destiny-like model where each new actual football season is itself a new season to purchase, getting you new rosters and new cards for…

I don’t like Bastion because when I was in university during a talent show some young guy took it onto himself to do a reading of the narration from the game (which no one there, particularly the professors, had played or was aware of) in abad southern drawl while his friend did interpretive dance and music played…

I think many (most?) people don’t actually know the premise of the game. The protagonist does not belong to the game’s fantasy world. She belongs to the real-world (or the videogame equivalent). She gets teleported to the game’s fantasy world at the start of the game. That’s why she’s not acting like a traditional…

Same. I watched it, the whole thing was a little over-the-top, but.... :eh: I was expecting something that would require a PR team to apologize, “this isn’t what we intended”, etc. etc. etc. But this is...well, I’ve seen much worse, ya know?

To me, the tone is just very off/odd. It sounds sort of like a kid’s show or something. Very quippy, cheesy, etc. It feels very cliché, kinda “wacky”.

Same. The trailer was no more cheesy/silly/bad/whatever than your average game trailer (not that I oppose having a little fun with it!).

Yea I’m not seeing what exactly about the trailer is triggering people to mock....is the protagonist thinking over her situation too meta or something?

Game looks fun and I thought the trailer was fine in that it got me interested in the game. *shrugs*