I mean, if you’re Nintendo, would you rather cut off one of your bestselling games of all time at the knees by even considering announcing a sequel is in the works? MK8D is basically effortless money at this point and likely for the rest of the Switch’s lifespan. Plus, the game’s so damn good and has so much content…

Through pure coincidence, when I started the video the song on my focus playlist changed to Cruel Angel’s Thesis, which felt incredibly appropriate for an eerily empty Japanese train station with the summer sound of cicadas in the background.

I actually bought a GB Micro for the first time a few months ago, and I found it really underwhelming for the most part. As an adult with average hands, it’s just too small to be comfortable, especially the screen - anything with even a moderate amount of text to read was a hassle, I spent the whole time squinting at…

I mean, as someone way outside of the FPS scene, it mostly seems like their competition in the space has never been more intense. The original Modern Warfare and the few games that followed from my memory had very little competition on console besides Halo, GoW, and maybe a few others here and there. But since then,…

As someone who knows exactly nothing about Vanguard and hasn’t played CoD since like the first Black Ops...I’m sorry, what’s in the game???

I usually think of FFX as one of the most FF of the FF series, as it really exemplifies the strengths as well as a few of the weaknesses. So by saying it gets a little bonkers near the end, but it doesn’t really overstay its welcome, it fits right in with IV, V, VIII, IX, XII, XIII...they love a bonkers third act…

Normal Barrett? All business, all about that dying planet. Amano Barrett? This guy fucks. He’s got a regular stage show at Honeybee Inn, works out at the nearby gym, and disappears the first night the party reaches a new town, only to have some wild stories the next morning at brunch. “...guys, I have no idea where I…

Yeah, but could you fight against the dread pirate xx_dickbuttz mcflufferson_420_69_lolz_xx in AC4??? In his full weed-themed regalia and ship that he paid extra for, along with experience boosters and equipment that makes it a completely one-sided fight? Now that’s the classic Ubisoft innovation at work.

As someone who only recently discovered Ridge Racer recently through podcasts and Digital Foundry’s excellent retro video, I’m loving R4 (those menus!) and 7, and this makes me more intrigued by PS+. Hope they keep adding games like this to the list!

I haven’t downloaded a trial of a AAA Playstation game since maybe the PS3, but with the way game file sizes are out of control, I’d imagine most demos would also be incredibly large for a two hour time limit? If CoD Vanguard is 75gb and has very few modes and options (if any) that could be cut out for a demo, I’m not…

I’d hope that the developer of one of the longest-running, most popular, and most profitable game series ever created pays well and has good benefits as a baseline (sounds like they offer some other great initiatives from the article). And I know as a parent of an infant that option is valuable even with the pay cut -…

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It was cool when Dissidia used Amano's designs for some of the cast and brought those illustrations to life. And Nomura's early stuff for 7 & 8 is timeless because it's so clean and utilitarian, but maybe that was back when he had a boss or editor to reign him in.

Miyamoto, through gritted teeth, contractually forced to acknowledge Mario movie exists and will likely make his greatest character speak in full sentences, because every day we stray further from the light.

Those old Sonic games are great and all, but give me a new platformer in that lovely hand-drawn anime style. I’d also love to play a version of these 2d games where I feel as nimble and acrobatic as Sonic does in those animated sequences, rather than the heavy momentum of a pinball with legs. Sonic may have the higher…

Besides the NFT and live service nonsense, I think the weirdest part of this announcement was the idea of Crazy Taxi and JSR needing big AAA budgets and timelines. It sounds like the new Crazy Taxi is going to have a 3-4 year development cycle, which seems long for an arcade game that presumably already has its core…

The monkey paw strikes again...

Considering how many of the major western game developers have poured fortunes into their offices to create the techbro artifice of success and innovation, I don’t mind the utilitarian building design. (that’s also backfired on some large devs lately, as they’re paying exorbinant rents while remote working has become…

Holy shit. There have been like a half dozen of these games desperately trying to convince us that Master Chief is King of All Badasses using the absolute least interesting and immersive viewpoint, floaty bog standard FPS. This fan mod succeeds for me at least because you finally see him move like a super soldier, a…

I appreciate your optimism, but my guess for this car is that the design aesthetic was conceived long before any functional benefits. This thing is 100% form over function.