“In the mathematically insignificant chance that I may be rich some day, I oppose rich people having to pay one cent for poorer people.”

Sorry, but I have to disagree on this. I mean, just in terms of the handheld design itself, the PSP was better than the Vita. The touchpad on the back was only used for niche things, and at best was a piss-poor L2/R2 substitute. The buttons are super tiny and just didn’t feel right (PSP buttons were a perfect size),…

My two cents:

So, just to be clear - it’s irrational to fear firearms if you’re arguing for gun control, but it’s perfectly rational to fear firearms if your goal is to carry one for self-defense?

I heard that microwave ovens already do that when you’re not looking.

It’s a fickle thing, but makes all the difference - this guy’s smile is trying to be more menacing and evil. There’s no humor in it at all, and misses the point of Pennywise - malevolent humor. It’s like the difference between John Wayne Gacy and the Joker - one is a monster in a clown suit, the other is a monster…

Was that Church from RvB?

They got rid of the 3D but kept the stupid nub? Boo.

You’re GD right. I definitely feel sympathy for people who get headaches from 3D, but since I don’t, I’ve never been resistant to using it. For me, the slider is usually up. Fight the good fight in the Kotaku office.

Agreed. I played the hell out of my PSP back in the day, but the Vita just never felt comfortable to me. Buttons are too small, the touchpad on the back is just a distraction that you have to keep your fingers away from (at least in enough games to make it fell like a necessity in the rest), and the d-pad simply…

Yeah, I’d also add that advertisers weren’t totally aware of what, exactly, they were promoting. Disney probably thought PewDiePie was creating content that more or less fell within their “corporate moral boundaries” (if such a phrase can really be said to exist). If anything, these YouTubers can only cry at WSJ for…

How many of these are specific case-by-case issues covered by warranty, and how many are just general design issues like the joycon strap thing? I read somewhere that Nintendo was being iffy (or downright dismissive) of dead pixels, and that sucks if true.

Not to mention that if self-driving cars become a reality, a lot of people will get (or rent) them for themselves and not need any sort of service, taxi cab or ride-sharing. If I can drive to a bar, get hammered, and have the car itself drive me home, then I’d never call a cab in my home city again (never used…

So I just recently got into Parks & Rec, turns out to be a funny show. But, more and more, Trump’s statements on the podium remind me of the douchebag councilman Jamm. Specifically, how Jamm would say things like “let the record show I was given a standing ovation” when clearly no such thing happened. Obviously…

I don’t wanna nit-pick (which automatically means that’s exactly what I’m gonna do), but can we settle on a better way of saying that the inventory management or meta-game is similar to another game instead of saying the game is like the other? For instance, Nioh is really not very much like Diablo, except in the…

Well, that answers that, but I have a further question about glass, but not quite about the frit (as far as I know). I have a Mini Countryman, about 2 years old, and the rear-facing window has this sort of grid of squares (maybe an inch to an inch and a half wide/tall each) that you can see when light shines on the…

Nomenclature (I love using that word). I think some people distinguish using the terms “handheld” (a portable device) and “console” (a stationary device), even though handhelds can be considered consoles, and the Switch intentionally bridges the gap. I think he was just pointing out that bridge.

Tell me about it, I can’t remember ever making it past the bike-thing level without abusing save states in an emulator.

Does the NES version of Pac-Man break? I know the arcade version does (thanks to Ready Player One), but I genuinely have no idea about the NES port.

I think he’s actually a Battletoads speedrunner. If I recall correctly he did 2-player run during a recent GDQ with another runner. Worth looking up, it was a good run.