Don’t think it’s particularly weird . Seemed like “tax on people who don’t understand probability” suggested that... people who play the lottery don’t understand probability. And the vast majority of people who play the lottery are poor. But I’ll take your word for it.

I can’t say I’ve ever used the main search bar, but yeah the one in the PS store seems fine

What makes it not a game?

Kind of disappointed there wasn't a Diablo comparison in here lol

I take issue whenever people say things like this, because it suggests that poor people—the overwhelming majority of lottery players—are stupid.

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