Nintendo did already say that Smash is no longer to be patched, so it seems a lot less likely than it would have.

I just don't see how they can keep him in when you must have a referee hovering over the match to see if Steve deploys his Forbidden Technique.  That's a lot of additional effort, plus for remote tournaments it means every Steve match is not final until judges give it the nod after a few minutes' review - not a great…

Awesome.  I don’t like Steve anyway, the platform shenanigans are not fun to watch or interact with.  Him getting banned due to some random other broken tech is a great end for him.  It’s what he deserves.  Glad Onin finally got his wish.

I mean, if the bridge is safe enough without the lights, why are we wasting energy on lights?  Nighttime’s bright enough as it is and light pollution is a real thing.

Kelly Clarkson has a talk show?

And I skipped a forced Friends spin-off joke. I think we worked equally hard here.

...Rachel & Clank...

It’s all backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash at this point; all noise no signal.

Fear of a real or imagined reactionary backlash is never a good reason to not push for good things, but man does it feel like a lot of the awfulness spawning out of this game is self-perpetuatingly cyclical. It’s all backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash at this point; all noise no signal.

But, if she retired because of the Hogwarts Legacy controversy, trans people and trans allies ARE the problem here. It’s a video game. Yes if people buy it it makes JK Rowling richer and she’s a horrible person. But, she’s already got more money than she will ever need. Harry Potter is important to many people and for…

My only Pops are Mandalorians or droids, so no faces.  I still think the dead-eyed stares of most Pops are creepy.

The most accessible Soulslike to date is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order that had an actual difficulty setting. It’s the only reason I beat it and enjoyed it as much as I did. I’ve tried many Souls games and just can’t seem to git gud enough to get past the first boss in any of them. 

Sometimes even the absolute best of a particular genre is sometimes godawful for me. I hated Skyrim from the moment I started it since I found the setting and characters repulsive. The best JRPG of all time, whatever one thinks it is, will turn me off the same way. Shadow of the Colossus was another one I absolutely…

This is coming from someone who loved the Adventure style and generally prefers it to the Boost style (and would personally rank SA1 and SA2 over any boost game), but this is an unfair characterization of Unleashed, Colors, and Generations, all of which did have a sizable amount of platforming in them. If you just held…

Yeah, I agree with this so much. As someone who dislikes open world games, rogue-likes, Souls-likes, and any type of shooters, I have bounced hard off of a lot of games that most people call some of the greatest of all time, and I have tried most of these genres (technically not rogue-likes and souls-likes, but I hate…

It is though, no question

How did far cry 4 make the list over, say, link to the past? as the list says, “any game where you can hang-glide over a waterfall is fine by me”. and you know what? they’re right! that ruled! and if that makes it one of their favourite games of all time, then it deserves a spot on their list.

It is honestly comical how you are now completely unable to get through a video game review or article without making some sort of political statement on gender identity, race, sexuality, politics, etc. Why, and I truly am curious, are you unable to just review games? Is there a mandate at Kotaku saying you have to…

paywalled

My “best of all time” list would contain shit like Dynamite Headdy and Space Station Silicon Valley while also containing very few of the last decade’s “Game of the Year” candidates.