So is Kotaku going to acknowledge their role in this, and shift their editorial stance regarding running stories about emulation, in particular emulating pirated games? I recall ‘Tears of the Kingdom runs great on Yuzu even before it’s been released on Switch’ being front page news here.

It’s obviously Genovia.

If you’re going to be annoyingly obstinate, why are you stopping at videogames? Animal Farm shares a ton of things with COD. The anti-COD is quite clearly a 2 day old waffle.

This whole deal, is, by far, the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever seen in my 34 years of existence. What in the actual fuck is this, and what kind of absolute fucking imbecile would pay for any of this? What is this for? What is the purpose? What are you even “playing”?

Its the MMO thing all over again. Everyone was trying to get inon that sub money WoW had - and no one could really do it. Everyone one of them spent a ton of money and fizzled. It took how many years and a massive reboot before FFXIV came along?? That is a lot of studio time and money dumped in the trash heap.

We’ve reached a point in the games industry where trends are moving faster than development cycles, and the results are calamitous.

I would like to see a return to compelling narrative first person games.  Miss me some ol’ Half-Life and Deus Ex.

How interesting. They laid off 800 people last March so they could restructure and focus on the right projects https://kotaku.com/ea-layoffs-jobs-andrew-wilson-profits-electronic-arts-1850281078. I’m sure this time the restructuring will work and that it has nothing to do with giving more money to execs or stock…

Just a quick burst of Vlad the Impaler by Kasabian is a quick fix.

Have you not seen Mighty Boosh?

Honestly, the best thing about Helldivers is that within like 2 weeks of release we’re getting stories that read like things that came out of Eve Online without having to play Eve lol.

And if she wants us to guess, she’ll do exactly what she did. Go polish your halo somewhere else.

Gyllenhaal seems a way more likely candidate than Johnson. Especially in a movie like Life, with a for-hire studio director like Daniel Espinoza who wouldn’t be looking out for anything except the final product. Johnson, Fassbender, McGregor and Hemsworth all have pretty solid reputations as costars. Gyllenhaal’s…

Social media truly was a mistake

I just don't think the juice is worth the squeeze overall. 

Japanese devs in general understood the idea of ignoring social media. Switch off YT comments like they do in Japan too. I don’t know why western devs like talking so much online. Gamers are parasites, invite them in and they’ll ruin you.

It has nothing to do with cultural phenomenon. This toxicity has been increasing for years. See: God Of War release announcement, Palworld, Insomniac, Naughty Dog.

This is where I’ve been at this entire fucking time. I would actively discourage anybody working on anything to interact with any community at this point and go back to letting PR handle it. It is a liability and a safety hazard at this point.

I honestly can’t think of anything that has been made better by having…

That was your first mistake, gamers are never happy.