Thanks! The plastic is a slightly different texture and I think the buttons are a tiny bit clickier, but after a couple days I was already used to it. I think it took about six hours total, but mainly because I stripped a screw and had to deal with it. If everything goes smoothly, probably closer to three or four tops.

It’s very finicky in parts, especially because the Joy Cons have so much tech packed into their tiny cases, but overall not bad. There’s not really any specialized electronics work happening, just carefully unscrewing things, disconnecting ribbon cables with tweezers (tiny, but simple), and moving the Joy Con guts and…

I’d always been tempted by creating some magical cool pairing of Joy Con colors but also was put off by the insane price just for colors, until a couple of months ago I decided to instead pay like $30 for the parts to do a sleek white case mod with the SNES colored buttons (and dpad!). It’s sleek and sexy, and I…

That’s good to know. I played to the point where they let you into the open world right after the hot mess mindfuck of the long, boring hospital sequence and decided it wasn’t for me (that and the publicized unfinished ending...). Might be worth another shot, although unfortunately this isn’t on the PC Game Pass.

*click noise* goddammit.

I guess, but many of these same people probably also used the ability to call in other players for help with tough boss fights (a built-in way to ease difficulty spikes, and in some cases it’s possible to just let an experienced player do the work for you). It’s just gatekeeping with an additional lack of…

Well then why is there such an uproar about this mod’s existence, when it is entirely player driven in both creation and implementation? Shouldn’t this whole angry mob be relieved that such a win-win solution has been created by someone other than the developer?

Reading through these comments, I can’t believe people are still up in arms over this. How is this still an issue? Who cares how other people want to enjoy single player games?

I actually hope they start using Unreal 4 as their dedicated engine (like they are with FFVIIR), so they can stop rebuilding their pipeline every goddamn game.

That’s great to hear, I didn’t realize that was the case. I’ve also heard very positive things about the XIV expansions’ story, so it’d be amazing to have a high quality FF plot that isn’t hidden behind 100 hours of grinding and fetch quests.

Great read as always. I’d love to have XVI be an attempt at high concept medieval fantasy drama, as I think it would help them conceptually stretch their legs after a decade with XIII and XV in the same way that IX was a breath of fresh(-ish) air after VII and VIII. IX is one of the series’ storytelling highpoints in…

Every trailer I’ve seen made it seem like these dead-eyed animals would be infinitely more likable and expressive if you added googly eyes and big fake eyebrows.

So my big question once this, Mulan, and Little Mermaid pass by with their dump trucks of money is...what’s next? As others have pointed out, they’ve done basically all of the good golden age films (and a couple of mediocre ones) once they’re through with this batch. I guess then it’s back to sequels (Frozen 2) while…

Oh, I see - you just phrased it weird and added back in the group that wasn’t going to buy it anyway and is completely irrelevant to this debate (because not even the national dex would change them to a yes) just to beef up your numbers. And the group buying used doesn’t particularly matter in this debate either…

And I call you ignorant to math - as shown in the graph and as I stated, it’s 74% vs 12%, so 6:1 (and if you do remove those not buying anyway, the negatives only increase to 14% - nowhere near 30%). And this is only among gamers passionate enough to post to a dedicated gaming forum, so that proportion will skew much…

While this is cool, my first takeaway from this image...give us themes already! (And folders!!!)

As I’ve commented in other articles, not only do I empathize with the developers and absolutely trust their judgment on what was likely a very difficult decision (they have done well enough to keep this game series incredibly enjoyable for over two decades, so they’ve earned that trust), but I’m actually excited to…

I had a very similar experience with Gris earlier this year. It’s got some lovely and thoughtful parts, but the majority was a bland chore to play, and other games (Journey and Celeste, in particular) were much more successful in their execution of similar setpieces and themes. It almost would have worked better as a…

Similarly, I'd assume that only a handful of monsters have these special forms. Considering they keep showing Charizard with the champion guy, that means that it'll almost definitely have a new special form, which seems a little unfair.

While I hold a deep love for my Dreamcast, I’m ride or die for the Gamecube’s startup animation.