Cecilia D'Anastasio's saved articles

I would have preferred just a straight-up Event Mode without all the sticker nonsense, but this seems ok. Read more

This seems like a mildly interesting idea, but given that it replaces trophies it’s kind of lame. “Why have a bunch of intricate 3D Models of characters when you can have a bunch of existing artwork we had lying around!”  Otherwise it’s basically the event mode from previous games which is nice but I don’t care much… Read more

Bad. Bad, nauseating and unnecessary. Read more

Mei and Zarya? Sure, I can ship that. Read more

So much love went into this game. So proud of you, Sal & KJ! This game had me smiling ear to ear the entire way through and I immediately wanted to play it again for those juicy alternate plotlines! Gorgeous game, hilarious writing, artwork is top notch. Read more

This menu nonsense is why my sibling and I never bothered completing the demo on PS3, and why I was hoping against all reasonable odds that the game would somehow get a Wii U port—imagine futzing around in menus on the GamePad while everyone else actually plays the game! Read more

When my brother and I played this on PS3 in couch co-op we just agreed to automatically scrap anything that was below a certain loot color, and to only dive into the menu every 30 minutes. It created a nice rhythm that really forced us to use the new items and skills we’d picked. Staring at someone else’s menu screen… Read more

This story was originally featured in a Podcast called The Nod. Read more

Never occurred to me to tip Kotaku about this. I just found the shit EXTREMELY fucking annoying when just trying to look up some quest information. No, I don’t give a fuck about this dude’s random stream. Leave me alone, Twitch.
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I don’t think problems like these will ever be solved, and if advertisers are smart enough they knew it from start. More likely, they have no choice but to accept the situation if they want to advertise in most Internet based platforms easily.
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“I wouldn’t compare it to viewbotting. There technically is someone watching the stream.” Read more

I think its a bit overreaching to say “Digital marketing is a shady business.” Read more

They’re probably hoping people go digital instead of waiting for physical copies, that way they can milk every margin dollar they can out of sales. Why take a cut to have someone else sell our game when we can do it ourselves at full ticket price? Read more

THIS is what made you care?  Geez... Read more

This is some f’ed up crap. This is how we allow corporations control everything. I used to not care, but this is getting out of control. Read more

Id like to thank the foot steps in BO4...cause for the life of me, I cannot tell when someone is behind me unless I am already dead.  Read more

I like to thank the pilots on Firing Range for making me look up at the start of every match and getting me killed half the time. Read more

Oh hell yes! I’m running low on new Pokemon to catch though still need one more damn friend for that Celebi mission... Read more

They’re already spawning right now (well, in the UK at least)...
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It’s like that one friend or relative that’s just a bit older than everyone else, and they’re trying SO HARD to fit in with everyone else... Read more