I was a very frequent commenter there back in 2014-2015 and the way I see it there’s a fairly straight line of radicalization that went through a certain console brand’s fan base to Gamergate to Pepe to MAGA white nationalism in the years since. The same strain of fanboy malevolence pervades in on the politics sites I…

Well I had been pleasantly surprised to see that tweet last night, but now I’m unpleasantly fucking pissed at this chickenshit move by IGN.

So what do they play now? Is there like a Parler or Gab for this situation, like some shooter game where their “right to free expression” is allowed?

I had chicken and veggie tempura at the last Japanese restaurant I ate at, which was in Manila in 2018. I puked for two days. Going to be a while before I can physically and psychologically stomach it again.

What is it about Japan-produced game franchises that aren’t Nintendo being so damn dense and idiosyncratic? Seriously, I can’t be the only one who loved Western zombie action games like The Last of Us and State of Decay 2 who reads this review and says “Nah that sounds too fucking weird, I’ll pass”. 

My son’s almost 18 months and I can’t stop buying goddamned Hot Wheels cars “for him”. Yes, he does love them and plays with them constantly, but the reality is that I’m buying them for myself to live vicariously through him.

I have to get back into it and wrap up the story. I figure I was about 75% of the way through before I got sucked into Destiny 2.

Same. I’m mostly happy with the way my guy looks, but there’s this one legacy helmet I want to apply as an ornament.

Sort of expected that “no exotics” since current universal ornaments can’t be applied to them - and after The Division 2 did it that way. So it’s similar in that respect.

Took them long enough. Jeez.

Not really sure what’s so fantastical about this considering it could be made within Super Mario Maker 2 - minus the exact textures for OG SMB2 and plus the need to add a lot of the SMB2 mushroom powerups.

Probably a good heuristic here is how far removed an item is from the original value proposition of the subscription and the expectations of the subscriber. WandaVision is pretty central to Disney+, so no it’s not “free”.

The arcade Pac-Man Battle Royale is a fucking blast, so I do believe I shall be checking this new one out on the Switch.

Yes.

Well I can’t speak for after the first moments of the game, because I think the game is still instaling now, but yeah I thought the characters lamenting the circumstances of how they left Earth and what they hoped to accomplish going forward sticks out for me where other elements didn’t. Maybe that’ll be the high…

Wondering if this is worth the investment (of time, not money since I’m already on Game Pass). Made it to the settlement in the demo but got sidetracked into Destiny 2 again. The combat felt like a really janky last-gen Mass Effect mashed with The Division. Wasn’t really doing it for me.

I know, right?

My bad. I was under the impression there was some sort of exclusivity deal since 2K and EA haven’t made an MLB game in years.

Good. I stand corrected there.

Nah. I don’t really buy that. Sony bought up exclusivity for Street Fighter V and Final Fantasy 7 remake and whatever else I’m forgetting here. They hogged Spider-man like Microsoft is about to hog Elder Scrolls.