It’s not about being an “edgelord”. Arguing that something is great because a majority like it is nothing but a logical fallacy known as an appeal to popularity - stating that something is true because the majority believe it’s true.

Final Fantasy XII, XIII and its sequels, and XV were all terrible, IMO. As was Kingdom Hearts III.

I actually think a slower pace may be good at getting people like myself, who used to play the series but haven’t for years, back into it.

when a change fails to make a difference they just move to the next restriction

I’m about halfway through the game, and for a while it was tolerable (but only because I modded in the orchestral versions). But man, it is just inexplicable (and more accurately, lazy) for every town to have the same music, for every boss to use the same dumb song, and to have almost every dungeon have the same song…

Kotaku Game Diaries have been a thing for a thing for a while now—a staffer has posted personal diary thoughts every day at noon since around 2016 at least. At this point, I should hope folks understand that these are personal reflections on games we are currently playing. And I have, once again, been trying to play Dr…

I’m SO HAPPY it isn’t just me.

I have to agree. The orchestral version is less viscerally irritating than the midi version but it's still extremely bombastic in the worst possible way and is almost physically tiring to deal with. Yet no music seems weird. I wonder if I could mod in an entire different soundtrack. 

Friends, I have heard the orchestral music and still hate it. (I mention how much I hate Sugiyama’s compositions in this very piece.) Modding it in or nabbing the definitive edition prooobably ain’t gonna cut it.

HARD SAME

Going to have to go with the one, the only — SXX Tricky.

It’s the same as last week, when VAR disallowed a gorgeous Man City goal because it decided that Raheem Sterling’s shoulder was offside by a couple centimeters.

I don’t like KD, but come the fuck on. He’s in one of the most high stakes situations in his profession, coming off an injury, playing at a high level, and then feels something give in that same leg. I think he can be forgiven for not having a perfect reaction to it. 

Wow what a horrendous take. 

He would “stop playing” too if you felt like someone shot you in leg, FFS!!!!

Sucks when it happens to a team like the Bruins.

No Kwahi, no Parker that game. 

Burneko’s point is that sloppy writing and rushed storytelling have ruined our ability to judge the characters.

Young people disincentivize themselves, using convenient excuses like this. Want to be heard? Vote.

Will never forget the day this happened!