I gave up on this game because I suck at it (at least once I get to the third world) and wound up hating the act of playing it (because I suck, not because the game feels bad to play) but I wish I had read your first bullet earlier. Strongly advise people starting out who aren’t particularly skilled at these sorts of…

Yeah, I’m done. I feel like I gave it a solid shot, 22 runs, was following most of the advice here and in the comments already (as much as possible), but I think I just fundamentally don’t like this genre, at least the hack-and-slash variety of it (I loved Slay the Spire and liked Monster Train enough that I can’t…

Punishing the user more than the supplier has worked out swimmingly in the Drug War, so great idea! /s

Technically, downloading the free Epic launcher and adding free games to your library every week is the best deal in gaming, but console-wise your point stands. 

I just wanted to say that I liked your idea so much it inspired me to donate the cost of a game to the National Center for Transgender Equality, and I wasn’t planning on buying this regardless. Thank you!

Racism wouldn’t be at the forefront of people’s concerns if there weren’t so many shitty racists being racist in positions of power.

If you ever thought the Internet as a whole was “sublime” you weren’t really ever paying attention.

OK, but then you don’t get the dopamine hit from the sound effect when you hit a special. All the multipliers in the world can’t match that satisfaction...

Intellectually stunted aggro white supremacists and murder junkies in the US military?!?? Next you’ll be telling me cops are like that, too...

Wait, so in a case of domestic abuse, where a domestic partner says they were abused and threatened with a deadly weapon, you require “irrefutable evidence” beyond the testimony of the abused partner? What does “irrefutable evidence” in this case look like? Should the victim have been wearing a bodycam? Should they…

Uh oh, next step is Pearl Jam

Back in my day, a million points really MEANT SOMETHING. 

Thanks, Caroline, appreciate the thoughtful response!

If you’re a completionist, this game is for you. There are hundreds (700+ I think) of “challenges” that you can complete during/after doing the usual stages. Some of these challenges include grind and gap checklists, and there’s a trophy for hitting all the gaps that I’ve already given up on.

If anyone is interested, the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson just did an episode on The 400 Blows. And if you didn’t bother to Google it, they’ll even tell you why it’s called The 400 Blows. 

Ignorant American sports fan here with some questions: why is a 4-17 team in the playoffs to begin with? Does every team make the playoffs? If so, what’s the point of the regular season, competitively speaking? Just seeding? That seems like really low stakes.

Microsoft:

Ted Cruz is an evil genital worm but can we talk about how Rob Reiner would have been thought of as one of the great American directors of the late 20th century if he had stopped making movies in 1993? Just look at this filmography up to that point:

Xbox The Love Below is where it’s really it

I’m torn between the XBoxUUDD and the XBoxLRLR, I think the XBoxBABAstart is out of my price range.