The game was developed in a particular context (when there were a lot of interest in the surveillance state in the UK) and, as with all the other WatchDogs games, it extrapolated a caricature of reality out in to the future. It’s not hard to place intrusive surveillance on the same continuum as police violence (as…

Carion looks pretty awesome. Something different. If it’s not on Game Pass I will buy it when it gets to $10ish.

Fall Guys, looks like it has a lot of potential for fun. I wonder how much fun, but I’m keen to give it a bash.

Shadow Warrior 3, something about these games never quite clicks for me. But I keep believing…

I work on a free-to-play game and I might be able to offer an explanation : The actual percentage of people spending money on free games is very, very low but once someone DOES buy, the amount of money they spend can be impressive. It’s easier to sell something expensive to someone who already bought into your game…

I think where you are missing an important factor is the “value” of rarity. People pay more for things when they know they will be a short list of people of who have it. But yes, I’ve wanted to see someone do a consumer test ever since selling skins at $15-$20 instead of $5 became the norm.

I’m pretty partial to the Thins.

THIS so much. Literally games are making record profits every year. This fantasy triple A $60 dollar game that is made at a loss literally doesn’t exist, it was just made up the scenario to make their empty point.

This will be difficult to understand without having tried VR and your knowledge of motion controls coming from using the Wii, but VR doesn’t use motion controls in the same way that it did.

In Iron Man VR, you DO press a button (actually the triggers) to fly. Aiming your palms is just for choosing a direction of flight. Aim your palms downward and you’re going to fly upward. Aim your palms to the rear, and you’ll fly forward. You’re basically just aiming rocket thrusters to vector yourself in the correct…

I can see how this can be struggle. As gay and trans characters are already rare in games, it can be hard to pass up the opportunity to try to have a greater message in there as a opposed to you know, having them just be. Also at the same time, for me that means that just like everyone else, I am sure gay and trans…

It’s more complex than that though. The NES and all the cartridge based systems had substantial per unit hardware costs because storage was very expensive. Since then games moved to cheaper disc based storage and then to today where most games are delivered digitally. Extras like game manuals and maps/posters,…

If you are suggesting Clerks but with this new frame, I’m In! That sounds rad. 

Same!! I struggle with this desire because I worry it veers too close to me wanting someone’s gender or sexuality to “not matter,” which I don’t think I want. Like, I am trans all the time, and that affects my experience--a short film about me going to the grocery store would be a film about a trans person going to…

Not that I was planning on buying NBA 2k21 or most sports games, as I enjoy playing them in passing but not enough to own, if true, this is even more reason why I’ll completely forego buying anything on release. I’ve found much happier experiences playing games after the fact at a bit of a price drop. Waiting doesn’t…

Try the Oculus Quest for 10 minutes and all your questions will be answered. The immersion of both seeing and using your hands in VR cannot be fully conveyed in words. Once you have full head tracking and 1:1 movement in roomscale experiences, it would be a HUGE detriment to be unable to directly interact with the…

I bought a PSVR in 2017,

Thank you omg. I've spent the last week and a half being baffled that people are upset the apocalyptic zombie sequel wasn't written and directed by a Lisa Frank pencil case.

Exactly. And that’s what bothers me. Not everything has to fun or uplifting.

That is the thing; I sort of understand that for some people, the theme is too simple and obvious, whether you think the theme is “violence/revenge is bad,” or “Empathy is good.”

The thing you are missing is Valorant was released by Riot...who are behind one of the (still!) most popular/played competitive online game in the world (League of Legends). A game that has been around for a decade and been extremely popular almost its entire run. A game with a huge e-sports scene.

Be pedantic! Ari consistently makes tons of mistakes in his articles.