That’s a recipe for disaster. Seems like a lot of people like to think that if you brandish a gun at an aggressor or shoot them, they’re just gonna be like, “ah, shit, ya got me,” and either run away or fall over dead, respectively. Unless you also plan on relentlessly practicing your shooting skills and mastering the…

Can you explain the difference between being “terribly” abusive and just “regular” abusive and how being “terribly” abused makes you a victim while being “regular” abused makes you an idiot?

Not trying to be pedantic, but by definition, you need to be born or at least raised from a very young age in whichever country to possess native language skills. It’s possible to be extremely fluent or even near-native, but you don’t give editing jobs to near-native speakers. That’s a role that requires not just…

It’s a little off-putting but at least it shows how the product works. The print ad comes off as a lot more bizarre as a freeze-frame without the broader context. Seriously, though, I get severe hay fever from sugi trees in the spring and I’ll try just about anything to relieve symptoms. They could have showed a…

He’s almost certainly been living in Japan from a very young age, if not from birth. You don’t come to be the editor of a magazine without native language skills.

I’m in no way trying to troll here, but if you’re going to call out Conan, could we get a detailed breakdown of Kotaku’s own monetization systems and how they work? I’m saying this as a long-time and loyal reader.

I think it’s unfair to describe white privilege as “conditions that you can’t perceive or comprehend.” Most intelligent white men I know acknowledge that they are privileged by being both white and male. It’s not rocket science. The good ones attempt to extend that privilege to people of other races, genders and…

I made a new year’s resolution like 12 years ago to get in shape and I’ve been going to the gym six days a week ever since. It’s only hard for the first couple months. After that, it’s just another routine and you feel worse about NOT going.

As Conan himself has said numerous times, the humor comes from his being an idiot shtick. The Clueless Gamer thing is similar in that regard to his remotes - it’s the whole stupid fish out of water thing. I don’t think the Clueless Gamer series is mean-spirited at all and actually does legitimately point out flaws in…

Holy shit, 20 million dollars to be a cable news pundit? Maybe that’s why journalism died.

I’m not saying I like or respect either of these people, but what if Kanye is being emotionally abused? That would explain his obvious emotional turmoil and would frame Kardashian’s social media activity as a petty intimidation tactic.

I get paid just fine and I’m satisfied with my career. I knew going in that most people in creative industries do at least a little work for free before they’ve got enough credibility and experience.

Fair point

Was it a mistake? Seems it got her a paying job in the end. I’m not exactly sure what the point is you’re getting at here. Go try and work a creative job with no experience and tell me how many paying job offers you get. Then we can talk about the pros and cons of working pro bono in an industry that basically demands…

If an exploit is available to players, that’s on the developer, not the players. I think the most reasonable course would be to block Mei out for those who exploit this glitch. Using third party hacks is another thing, but I’d hate to see people getting banned from the game outright for something like this.

Mike, I love your stuff and I’m always excited to see new Kotaku posts from you, but would it kill you to proofread? I’m not sure what the process is here at Kotaku, but do you guys even have an editor? I understand that there’s a pretty quick turnaround on articles here, but we’re looking at, what, eight or nine…

Aw, dammit. I thought Vin Diesel was an okay dude.

Brings up an interesting question about when, where and how much to go with 直訳 or 意訳. Personally, I would have gone with something less direct that still fit the character, but Butz is hilarious, in my opinion. I also assume バッツ is some kind of play on words with バツ, but I’ve sadly yet to play FFV so I can’t say for…

Pretty much every “prankster” or “social experiment” video is fake. They have been since some YouTuber or another figured out you could get “actors” in on it for a couple of beers or whatever. The sad part is whenever they get outed, 90% of the time they apologize and go, “But THIS TIME, it’s REAL!” and then their…

Real talk: Free to play mobile games will be dead in the next few years. The FTP company I used to work at made multiple millions of dollars PER DAY and we also hired a washed up comedian for an absurd amount of money to do promotions for us while continuing to shit all over the people that played our game - and we…