“This kind of things is largely why society is so politically polarized these days: because no one has to actually deal with the people they oppose and defend their beliefs.”

Replace the word ‘instance’ with ‘echo-chamber’ and you’ll see why this is only going to be more problematic in the long run. This is the same thing Facebook groups do and it’s proven to be a breeding ground for extremist ideologies. This kind of things is largely why society is so politically polarized these days:…

I get the spirit of this article, but the actual reality plays out different. Yes, there are a lot of people who use emulation to play games that will likely never be released again (such as a 16-bit sports game or a licensed title) or were only released in a different language. However, they are a relative minority.…

“I use the word ‘faggot’ to call people ‘retards,’”

Maybe Netflix will stop this once Kotaku and all other Kinja websites stop auto playing random video contents, such as Kotaku’s “Recent Video” segment, on the main website or embedded in the articles.

What a surreal and slightly idiotic set of circumstances. I can’t identify with any part of this article, not the streamers, his viewers, his living situation, his apparent lack of adult coping skills to engage in other more conventional social activities during his suspension. These articles about Twitch, the…

jesus christ the internet was a fucking mistake

A game about the wage gap is a great idea, with a lot of potential.

Is there an alternate path where they simply ask for a raise? That could lead to choices like: “Don’t go to jail” and “Find a job where you’re more appreciated.”

it would be super punk if the game made you start with a more intensive but lucrative college degree, work on average 5 hours more each week (unpaid), at a job that you were nine times more likely to die at, in possibly more physical and less appealing career (garbageperson! long haul trucker!), saw your family less…

I know these deaths get a lot of grief but I actually liked them. They made me AFRAID to die. Instead of ‘Oops, died, reload from quick save’ I was like ‘OH GOD I MUST NEVER TRIGGER THIS ANIMATION AGAIN. D:’ It made dying in game actually UNPLEASANT.

I’m curious, why do you think you have to look past it? I think if you can handle the literary complexity of Lovecraft you can also handle the relatively simple task of holding the thoughts “I love and am moved by Lovecraft’s creativity, writing and monsters. I hate the racism I see in his life, which sometimes bleeds…

I heard he also claimed he got a time of 5.48 on Dragster

The line for abuse is pretty clear and transcendent, but the cultural norms and attitudes attached to what is considered to be sexism or even more so, “inappropriate”, can vary widely over generations. As a country, we’re in a pretty judgmental place right now.

Recognizing somebody for their achievement is not an endorsement of their life choices, or validation for errors.

I agree that this isn’t the year, but we can’t whitewash him out of the history of video games. I know it’s hard to have nuanced discussions about these things, but we can’t really have a society where everyone is judged by the worst thing they have ever done. People are good and bad, people learn, people make…

Of course you’re right that video game publishers do some shady things, be it stuffing their games with microtransactions, showing off generous E3 demos when they know the game won’t look even close to as good, or — worst of all — exploiting labor practices to get unpaid overtime out of all of their workers.

Hello good sir, I present to you the next not so exciting video game coming soon. It has gameplay elements from all your favorite games but does not do any of it as well. The graphics would be considered subpar in 2015 and the animations jitter a bit. The story is 6 hours if you try find everything and the multiplayer…

They upload almost every GDC panel on Youtube, if you ever actually wanted to find it.

The thing about Arsenal is, they always try and walk it in!