I have really zero interest on Warhammer, but it is fascinating to see someone who loves and respects the IP get involved in such a project. Are they going to give him control? And if they do, is the source material good enough for a series? And they do and it is, is it going to be good? I may not watch it, but I hope…

Jesus christ, this is the easiest thing in the world to not fuck up and it feels like every company is hell-bent on making the worst possible decisions in any given moment.

In-depth analysis of Pokemon battling is not Kotaku’s strong point. Same site that called Water/Flying one of the weakest type combinations in the game. To that point, Maushold hasn’t exactly “shaken up” competitive Pokemon, seeing 9.67% usage on Gen 9 OU teams on Showdown in November, 20th highest on the list out of…

He must have fucked with rich people’s money. It’s one thing to fleece the poors, but once you steal from the investor class, the US will get you. 

It’s awful

As a NFS fan (although I didn’t like the recent Ghost Games entries), I enjoy the different takes in the series. It’s one of those things that keeps the brand fresh for me over time because it’s not just “same game, new maps”, it makes it feel like a new experience. Not that they all work — I haven’t like a NFS since…

Because Taylor-Joy and Day aren’t doing voices. That’s just them. So Peach is coming across as kids-movie-generic-female-badass voice #3 and Day just sounds like he’s making his own voice slightly higher pitched.

I wouldn’t say “misplaced”. He just has never done anything better than Andy in Parks & Rec, and that character was as obnoxious as he was cute. He keeps getting cast as a leading man when no one in his audience asked him to lead anything. He is just shoved down your throat.

I mean, Martinet is a professional voice actor. He’s shown he has more range than the full-bore Mario voices. Just listen to him give a panel or something. His regular speaking voice sounds more “Mario” to me than whatever Pratt is doing. I would have loved to see him do something since he clearly loves and respects…

Charles Martinet has done lots of other voice roles and has quite a bit of range; the idea that he’d use his exact vocal performance from the games when the movie calls for something else is absurd. There’s little reason to believe a guy with that much talent couldn’t find a happy middle ground between “Mario voice…

The thing about Charles Martinet is I don’t think his usual performance is something I’d want to sit through for 80 minutes.

Most of all, Princess Peach throwing away the trope of being a damsel in distress for being the Mushroom Kingdom’s fearless leader wielding a freaking halberd matches the fierceness Anya-Taylor Joy brings to her roles, particularly in The Northman.

Poor, naive Mr. Roberts... Cancel the Kickstarter? Non, non cher monsieur. You complete the kickstarter, then move the pledge system to a private platform. Make roadmaps which show playable monster parts and expanded in-gut universes, “procedurally generated, yet hand-crafted”. Sell Meat Armors and Skinwagons (that…

While the hardware is tricky, these issues aren’t due to hardware limitations. They’re due to The Pokemon Company prioritizing the release date over the game’s well-being.

eh, I wouldn’t say this is entirely the hardware’s fault. They got Nier running decently on it, and Game Freak already has plenty of practice on the Switch (it’s the second generation that has debuted on this console!).

Almost all of the Transformers have been explicitly gendered. Arcee has always been a she, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime have always been he’s, Wheelie is maybe a he, who even knows, but I spent a lot of time as a kid trying to figure it out because of their voice.

“genders in the biological sense”

It’s good to see. It seems like they’re tapping into a lot of the 2005 IDW series by tackling concepts like gender. It’s also nice to see post-war stuff and attempts at Megatron’s redemption. I also really liked when the youngest called out the dad for simplifying the “evil decepticons.”

As long as it doesn't turn into an "I identify as a helicopter" joke.

Everyone knows cars are boys and unicorns are girls.