Wow, Some Sword, Some Play is really good! The writing is concise and cute, the story is actually rather engaging, and the sex scenes were really well done—gave you a lot of agency while still making each encounter feel genuine. I hope they make a sequel!

I know this is par for the course for gacha RPGs, but there was just way too much inventory management for me to get into it. Styles, equipment, upgrading skills... There was just so much minutiae I had to keep track of before I got to the actual combat, and I totally bounced off. 🫤

It’s really weird that Kotaku transcribed it in all caps when it’s clearly just an all-caps font. The post on Twitter looks far less yell-y than the transcription lol

I think your comparison is poor in the general, but this is Overwatch’s minor league, which receives pitiful amounts of funding, so the comparison isn't very good specifically either. 🫤

It’s not so much quality for me as it is style. Even though the main differences are textures and the way some models are rounded, that’s enough to make the new courses feel a lot more sterile than the original bunch IMO.

Ugh, this makes it harder for me to enjoy Unite. It would be one thing if it was Tencent more broadly, but working at TiMi itself? Uggggggggggggggggh

It’s bizarre that both Sony and Nintendo think we want folders that live exclusively in our library, rather than folders on our actual home screens.

Yo editors, the link to the blog post is broken.

Nah, PS5 owners (and Xbox owners for that matter) are annoyed by it too. Last gen, storage space wasn't nearly as much of an issue, but games are SO much bigger now

Lol switch games don’t break the 200gb line. I can spend $40 on any 128gb card and have enough space for dozens of games, and I don’t even have to worry about drive thickness or heatsinks or anything like that

Yes. 100%.

I thought something similar, but then I think they just take their time on bigger games now. They did a review round up for Elden Ring and their review came out a week or two later IIRC.

It’s impossible for any site to cover every game that comes out, unless you're IGN or Gamespot. (And even they have blind spots.) It's even less possible for a single writer to know every release. 

Considering they're unionized and most of them are credited as staff writers, not that optimistic? 

Y’all are so pressed about “low effort," but I think it's hilarious that these were presented without comment

I imagine they’re mostly salaried lol

Eh, you could say the same thing about a physical Certificates of Authenticity, but people still place value on them. And yes, while it’s almost identical to a PDF, theoretically the nature of the Blockchain means it’s much harder to falsify than a random PDF.

I actually think this is much better than most implementations of NFTs. It can function as a digital certificate of authenticity, which is actually creating some sort of value rather than creating artificial scarcity.

God, it's so hard for me to resist when I see a multiplayer game has support characters. I might have to try this out lol

I feel like the people you’re talking about are the exception rather than the rule. Yes, some sanitation workers enjoy their work and are passionate about it, but most of them are there for a paycheck. Like most professions.