I appreciate it. This is a pretty stupid game in a lot of ways, but if you meet things on their level you can find a lot of interesting stuff in the strangest places.
Kotaku has been crushing reviews lately. I tapped out of this series after Far Cry 4, didn’t play Primal or 5, and have no intention of playing this game. And yet I read this entire review. It pulled me in and made me think. I love the way it contextualized the series tropes through the game’s mechanics, story and…
The first time I played this game was in a Gamescom demo in 2014. At that point, the cloud-enabled destructibility was also planned for the single-player.
“This is odd, because if you recall Crackdown 3’s announcement and the first few waves of pre-release hype a few years back, you might remember that the whole thing was supposed to be built upon unprecedented environmental destruction enabled by Microsoft’s fancy cloud computing.”
These days, a game can do a lot worse than be uncomplicated. A straightforward arcade experience is a niche the triple-A industry doesn’t seem to recognize as existing. They want LIVE SERVICE games with limited time events and season rollovers and shit that consumes attention.
There are definitely moments here when it does, particularly near the end. Its shorthands can often be a bit too reductive, boiling down complex relationships into something more basic than necessary. Its tropes are often deployed without thinking through all of the implications as well.
I’m not suggesting that this is…
Dear Lifehacker,
Promoting the use of an emulator is far from promoting piracy. You can play your legally owned Wii U games on an emulator, through a copy of the disc that you yourself made, and it’ll be legal.
That’s cool, but the big question mark: what kind of hardware is expected for this level of performance?
Writing an emulator isn’t illegal, so you probably shouldn’t worry about it.
Except emulation isn’t illegal in America. And considering this emulator has been out for a while and running things at a higher resolution for a while too, this is not some grand revelation.
Hyperbole much?
“To deal with ICE on any level is like reliving the Gestapo in WWII Germany.”
There is very much an in-depth discussion long overdue for Black America about understanding the lives of Caribbean, European, and African Americans. Too much is lost in translation of how Blackness is defined,and often Black America is very dismissive and blind to its own xenophobia.
There is very much an in-depth discussion long overdue for Black America about understanding the lives of Caribbean, European, and African Americans. Too much is lost in translation of how Blackness is defined,and often Black America is very dismissive and blind to its own xenophobia.
Finally Listen to Your Gut
"Most private sellers keep copious records."
Yeah, that was an oddly hostile generalization; I edited it to be say something more reasonable.
Show up.