I’m positive it’s possible to do content with gear two difficulties behind. It’d be hard, certainly, but it’s still not even close to the gap the comic demonstrates with Destiny.

Yeah, not too many “xxcigaraficionadoxx”guys in turn. Although I guess I could at least appreciate the difficulty of smoking a cigar while playing in a high action game.

Oh, I’m sure, but you’re probably less likely to run into one playing a video game, whereas “I’m so high right now” guy is a pretty common trope...

They aren’t really the same thing. You don’t need the gear from the previous difficulty to do the higher difficulty, it only makes it easier. Whereas the cutoff in games like Destiny are so sharp that you end up like the comic, unable to contribute at all without that previous tier.

WoW doesn’t require running the same raid you need gear from in order to do that raid, which seems to be what he’s complaining about in Destiny.

I have no doubt Kojima could swing a successful Kickstarter campaign. I don’t know that he could make anything near what Metal Gear Solid games look like for five million though (which is still more than any video game Kickstarter has gotten yet.)

I’ve got a feeling no one felt the need to constantly talk about their tobacco smoking habit quite like they do with pot.

I get the impression some people find it acceptable because the DLC is attached to tchotchkes they were going to buy anyway. But I agree, if anyone else sold physical doodads that gated DLC, they’d be arguing against them.

Nah, plenty of reason to ban people botting parts of the game where they’re expected to interact with other people.

I think that’d just create more ways of being detected, honestly. Your mod would be one possible vector, but you’re still relying on a program to send automated input to the game as well.

They do bans in waves because it’s more effective that way. More users get caught for their bot usage, and bot makers are less likely to suspect their bot is detectable. To ban them as soon as they’re found would only encourage more focus on avoiding detection.

It’s actually incredibly difficult to build an AI or bot that reacts to complex visual stimuli. We have a hard time getting AI to identify what is or isn’t a cat, nevermind being able to generate reactive behavior from a visual image. It’s far easier to program rote patterns and responses to digital input directly…

If they’re using HonorBuddy, they’re botting to earn gear for their characters, not grind gold to sell. It stands to reason these aren’t throw away accounts, but ones people actually play on. They’re not just interchangeable. What’s more, a new account would mean another $20 for the starter kit plus $50 to upgrade to…

I’d be really surprised if Konami didn’t own everything currently produced. It’s not like they were producing a game they planned to sell to Konami, they were working for Konami at the time.

Somewhat. It’s important to recognize that a lot of these games are enabled by the directness of crowd funding; they would not be practical in the hands of a major publisher even if they were interested in funding them.

No, your point is you’re bothered someone was talking about Nintendo, and felt the need to try and shift the conversation to their competition. Nintendo is out of touch on a number of topics, and it’s ok to talk about them in a discussion explicitly about Nintendo. Not everything has to be some sort of counterpoint to…

Since it’s a Kickstarted project that’s usually the first place to go looking. Looks like they met a Wii U stretch goal but not any of the other platform goals.

They’ve been the slowest of the three console makers to adapt to the internet, and they’re still fairly clunky about how they go about it.

I love this implication that Nintendo can’t be wrong because you happen to like them. It’s OK if the game company you happen to like isn’t perfect.

Its steams fault for insincere game devs gaming the system?