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You really don’t need a super expensive PC to run VR, especially not for a Oc Quest 2. I was able to run this on a RTX 2060 which is even cheaper now than when I brought one. The only time it gets into expensive territory is if you go with high end VR stuff like Valves Index and start adding in bay stations etc. Read more

I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt the “New” series to be underwhelming. The levels were uninspired, the shake control on the Wii was beyond frustrating, the music was annoying and repetitive, and overall it just lacked the undefinable quality that made 2D Mario games what they were.
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I’ll never understand how anyone thinks SMW is the best Mario game ever. It’s good, but it’s nothing special. The art style is repeated over and over again in all the levels. It’s a basic Mario game but you can ride a dino. It’s overrated.

SMB3 is more colorful and has variety in the levels. It introduced the world map… Read more

Thanks very much! Ha yes, even internally of course there is disagreement about how exactly things should have shaken out but we all came to it from a place of love and appreciation for the series. Read more

It was tough--even the bad games are great! Read more

Holy shit, I can’t believe I’m seeing the Rule Against Perpetuities used in real life, and reported on in a Kotaku article no less! It was the bane of many a first-year property law student and has been abolished or replaced with something slightly less nonsensical in many jurisdictions. Nice to see it’s alive and… Read more

Every US state except Montana has at-will employment. Sometimes I read these comment sections and think, do people just not realize how few rights they have? Like 90% of people seem to think they have the right to only be fired for cause, they don’t have to worry about the terms of those liability waivers because “you… Read more

This is some big “Quiet breathes through her skin” energy. Read more

This is literally no different than stripping (except that you’re never in the same room) which is, of course, legal in the US. Or being a phone sex operator. Would they be denied a visa? Fuck our puritanical nonsense.  Read more

I always find it funny that a country where everyone can run around packing heat, they’re afraid of people packing virtual vaginas. Read more

I don’t have a PS5 yet, so I can’t speak from experience. But I am a little shocked that they didn’t learn from the embarrassing battery life of the PS4 controller.  My Xbox controllers easily get over 10 hours and my Nintendo pro controller is usually over 20.  But the PS4 is lucky to get 4 hours on a good day. Read more

Or different people on staff have different opinions and perspectives, maybe. Read more

I bought myself a Super Famicom for Christmas this year...

i have a lot of great memories along these lines... one that stands out for me was one spring near the end of middle school my mom mentioned she had found a gift that she had wrapped up for Christmas but misplaced. she handed me a little box in holiday paper and said i could unwrap it right then. it was the port of… Read more

Separate from the Winter Sale, Square Enix also has quite a few games on sale for the next week or so. FF7R, Triangle Strategy, Valkyrie Elysium, Diofield, Nier Replicant, etc are all at or near 50% off, and lots of their back catalog is deeply discounted too. Plenty of other places like Epic and Fanatical are having… Read more

I am in total agreement of this article. This mode is one of the best modes I can remember playing in a long time in a shooter. Every round is different and can end in heroic fashion or total sadness. I would like them to do 2 things to improve gameplay: Read more

something something venn diagrams Read more

I literally watch every new episode on Mondays. And rewatch the old episodes all the time. And yeah, I still greatly prefer (most of the time) stuff from season 2-8. Read more

Someone didnt change the clock on the server for the time change hahaha Read more

People are so weird.
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