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Ethan Gach
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Senior reporter at Kotaku. Have a gaming industry tip? You can reach me securely at ethangach@protonmail.com.

I definitely agree, and am curious to see how future patches/updates try to address that. For the very hardcore strategy/sim fan, I could see them seeing behind the curtain after a couple runs and it beginning to feel very robotic (somewhat like They Are Billions). Read more

The more time I spent with it, the more I realized it’s definitely a game that gets in its own way a lot. If Ubisoft was willing to tinker with it though, I think it could smooth over a lot of those missteps though, at least in terms of the gameplay. Read more

DJs, as far as I could tell, have remained intact. Read more

The statement is certainly vague on what specific actions, short of removing them entirely, it’s requiring Blizzard et al to take, though one thing that all of these companies could do is just allow people to buy cosmetics directly with money, rather than have to gamble for them. Read more

And the app doesn’t even work with other games. Read more

See, it makes the most sense of Nintendo for precisely that reason. Team up with a developer who can make a custom version of the app that offers some sort of compromise between Nintendo’s philosophy on online connection and something that actually works. Read more

From the press release announcing the delay:

“The new release timing gives the development team the time needed to make sure Nintendo Switch players can fully appreciate the true DARK SOULS experience anytime and anywhere”  Read more

I agree. I’m still very curious to see how the upcoming book wraps that chapter in the series up, and also would love to get a Mass Effect trilogy remaster—on Switch. Read more

It really needs some of that Destiny public event juice. Read more

They seem like a joke in the beginning but are actually incredibly helpful in those situations where the game nerfs you. Read more

I actually pulled the trigger on Mad Max on PC last month unfortunately. Was in a similar situation where I’ve always wanted to try it but had a plate full of other stuff. Going in without expectations and just trying to mess around in the open world helped me appreciate it a lot. Read more

PS4. Kirk and a few others are playing on PC and say it’s very well optimized. Read more

The confrontations with Joseph and his siblings play out differently from the other missions. They’re more linear and end in boss fights more or less. 90% of the game though is the free wheeling “play how you want” approach. Read more

Joseph Seed makes Trump feel like Mister Rogers by comparison. Read more

You can! There’s definitely nothing in this game that should prevent Far Cry fans from picking it up. The Far Cry “anecdote machine” is in full force. But the game does literally kidnap you at points to force you to listen to a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Read more

Proxi: Show us your mems...
Also Proxi: No, no not those mems!!! Read more

Yes, that’s always an option if you don’t mind waiting Read more