Cecilia D'Anastasio's saved articles

I’d like to see more video game websites unionize and put resources (read: money) into news reporting. Sadly, what brings in the most money these days is guides, so that’s been the focus for most outlets. Read more

MY FRIENDS LAUGHED WHEN I USED HER! Read more

Peach has been a favorite of mine since Melee. Her ability to just pull out a golf club is one of my favorites. Plus you have the sacrificial Toads.  Read more

I’ve played more of Spirits Mode and World of Light than normal fights! Those two features are controversial, I know, but I really like seeing the creative ways in which NPCs are made by combining fighters, items, stages, and rules. Anyway, my office has a Smash club, so I’ll need to get back to honing my skills in… Read more

My one month later Smash experience: Play it nearly every day.
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Ive had Smash since Christmas and its literally been the only game Ive been playing.

Violet Evergarden made me cry the manliest man tears imaginable. I will never not recommend that show. Read more

I will stan for Yuru Camp forever.  Read more

Great list! I think what was interesting (and maybe this is every year but I’d have to go back and think about it) was how so many of the best shows really came out of nowhere for me. I almost didn’t watch A Place Farther Than the Universe and Asobi Asobase but in the end they were some of my favorites as well. Read more

For those who have not seen it, please watch Devilman Crybaby. The end is so aggressively insane that it cannot be overstated.  Read more

The best anime of 2018 was AICO Incarnation. It’s on Netflix, watch it already! Read more

How to tell your UI is garbage 101 Read more

Those menus are a Sakurai signature, going back at least as far as Kirby Air Ride. I’ll thank you not to besmirch such a beloved institution!
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I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure this out on launch day.  Read more

I love this. Read more

If I had all the characters right from the start I doubt I would have ever tried playing as half the roster, so I'm thankful it was in there. Every time I got a new character I would run through their classic mode Read more

For me and how I play Smash, I don’t mind the unlocks at all. I’m not a competitive player and probably won’t play the game online but I will enjoy it with family or a group of friends. So I like the aspect of being slowly introduced to fighters and I’m surprised when I try out someone new how much better I do than… Read more

I’m enjoying the grind of unlocking them. I do like that they hid a spot in the menu to re-challenge unlockables you lost to- so you don’t have to wait forever for them to come back up again. Its a nice balance of going in and playing and unlocking a few, then going back to the menu item and re-challenge those i lost… Read more

Gita: I have always played Smash as a party game. I bought this game as a party game. A lot of my friends who don’t play games want to come over to play Smash, as a party game. I just barely have enough skill to unlock players by myself, and frankly, I don’t want to spend hours doing that so my friends can play this… Read more

In October, Kotaku reported that Gamepedia may have been inflating Twitch views by embedding livestreams on their much-trafficked wiki pages. Read more