So, my biggest issue with this is a more subtle one. I’m a big proponent of anthropological research on the impact of technology like Langdon Winner’s “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” Technologies like this are neither created in a vacuum, nor do they operate in a vacuum. They carry within them ideas and their acceptance…

“I don’t want control, but would rather let Intel to be able to censor everything regardless of context”

Sorry Luke, I don’t agree with you. Settings like this look ridiculous on the surface but make more sense if you look at it from a “not a straight white guy” perspective. Yes hate speech needs to be confronted at every turn, but some non-white people use the n-word in non-racist ways. Some fat people (myself included)…

I experienced this problem when I wanted to try and finish my save for Kingdom Hearts 1.5. I had about 10 hours put into the game on PS4 and I just figured I could download the game to my PS5 and it would find my save because I thought it was in the cloud. That was not the case. I had to dig through the PS4 settings,…

I mean... the expense is one reason: you could buy a Series X (assuming you could find one) and a fairly barebones PC for your day-to-day PC use and still not come close to the expense of buying (or building) a PC comparable to a Series X. Not to mention people (like me) who just don’t like PC gaming - I just don’t…

On one hand: Yeah. It seems like quite the Sisyphean task.

I just can’t get over the idea that the average streamer is expected to be on air for 8 hours a day. Not even old radio DJs or news show people ever did anything that long.

The catch is that these highlights aren’t available (officially through NBA Top Shot, at least) individually. You need to buy “packs” of them

It’s still ridiculous to me that they had to throw a public temper tantrum and cancel a game for Google to resolve the issue after a month of back-and-forths. Luckily for them they had something to leverage, but most people facing dumb issues with Google services won’t get covered by a Kotaku to force Google to get…

I’m not sure why Jack is bad casting though? Do you think that Jack can’t play a devastatingly sad and emotionally broken character who uses humor and false bravado as a shield?

On top of what you said, the game’s mechanics give a good pass off point, so each player gets around 20 minutes of play time before taking the backseat.

Honestly, for better or for worse, that gratuitousness is part of the tonal whiplash that’s the franchise’s signature.

“This is a deep, serious space opera where your complex, moral decisions shape the future of a galaxy.”

is entwined with

“dur hur hur. all the blue aliens are sexy gurls”

Mass Effect was never as smart…

I should note, by the way, that I’ve not got a thing against you Nathan- you normally come off as a guy with common sense and a slick sense of humour. However, your obsession with this dude’s wealth meaning he lacks the ability to empathise with people in a place he once was exudes... well, something other than what…

Man, I wish I was born having already created a really famous internet platform and married to a tremendously wealthy tennis player (things apparently some people can do prior to their own birth). Then I’d never have had to deal with being working class the lion’s share of my life. Unlike this lucky guy.

If twitch doesn’t catch them until they are 15 that’s on Twitch.

Wait, 90k isn’t already blown up? Seems like more than enough to be making a shitload of money, isn’t it?

Either way, Twitch’s own fault for not catching it two years ago. Pretty scummy to ban him now.

Wait so the game punishes you if you take a break from it? Good lord. 

Seems... fine? I think the issues that other communities are having are really valid, but this seems like a good first step to cut down on toxicity. I hope they continue. 

Yeah I dont think they are saying that at all.

Yah, whichever studio did this, they put some work into it.  This wasn’t done quickly, that’s for sure.