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Cecilia D'Anastasio
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Senior reporter at Kotaku.

How much could the Gygax estate possibly own, beside stories about Gygax himself? Wizards of the Coast almost certainly own virtually everything related to Dungeons and Dragons after their purchase of TSR.
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This was so shitty, I had to download at a speed of 4.98MBps through battle net at 120gb that took more than 12 hours because it never went beyond that, and then the driver updates, the constant crashing that asked me every time I launched to put it in safe mode because it crashed last time, also, still mind you, it Read more

I have 6mbs internet, it took me 4 1/2 days straight to download it for Xbox one. Read more

On PS4, it was even worse. First the install, which was about 40minutes. Then, a day one 60Gb update, which meant I could not play on Friday and had to download overnight to play on Saturday. Then, when I finally played some camping and multi-player, I decided to try Spec Ops. Surprise! Spec Ops is not part of the Read more

Gotta love when downloading and patching the game takes up all the time you had to actually play the game. Read more

Do I love PC games? Yes. Do I play most of my games on my PS4 instead? Totally. This is one of several reasons. Read more

Lord that’s a winning move. I usually don’t show favoritism as I play all of the consoles, and am really a die-hard PS4/PC Gamer; however, this is a winning move on Microsoft’s part. Although the only weird thing is, it’s making console gaming a cell phone plan with upgrades and such. Read more

This just made me realize just how SOON it’s coming out. Holy hell... the biggest mystery is about to be revealed. Will it be great, or will it be an absolute flop? I’m so intrigued. Read more

While I do have a PS4 Pro, I do most of my gaming on my PC, so that makes me really happy.
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It sucks that we have to wait almost a year but hey, good on Kojima bringing it to PC. Its going to be an absolutely beautiful game. Read more

Exactly what I first thought of

This was a big reason I quit playing WoW after 3 months back in the day and went back to City of Heroes. CoH’s sidekick system meant that I’d always be able to play with my friends on any character, regardless of level, and be able to contribute to the missions we were running. Read more

I’m glad they’re going after them. With every update, it feels there is some sort of issue that ruins the game, and typically it is a new exploit that everyone decides to abuse. But the cheating is rampant and aggravating. I’d just like to play a fair game without being killed as soon as I spawn by a character Read more

As a life-long gamer nearing 40, I have absolutely no idea why there’s any value in this to people.. I never have understood it, even when I was a kid. Read more

I’ve always had respect for Wizards of the Coast, it’s nice they’re actually respecting the freedom of speech of their players as well. Read more

What a little weakling. Makes a big production of interacting with one woman on Twitch and leaves the one who criticized him out to soak up the slime that his fan base excretes. Read more

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The lesson here is that the song was right and we’ve all chosen the wrong careers.

FFXIV raid leader here. Read more