Ethan Gach's discussions

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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.

It’s on Steam and also the Microsoft Store where it’s free if you have Game Pass  Read more

Yea I’ll be interested to see how they handle the new power situation. I would assume it will void Artifact bonuses. But that also means people will be forced to chase pinnacle drops, which the game currently isn’t handling well.  Read more

Yes you can map with the Y and X buttons which make it a dream to play on the Pro and SNES variant controllers. My preferred scheme is:

Y: Buster
B: Jump
A: Dash
R: Melee Read more

Yes that’s the default smoothing mode but you can turn it off. 

Yes, ML1, 2, and Misadventures of Tron Bonne please.  Read more

I’ve always wanted the GBA version but it’s not cheap at this point, even used.  Read more

The first DLC expands the story and kind of completes the loop on what the game is all about. This one just builds out the first half of the game with an entire new path (no real new story beats). Read more

I definitely think an Explore mode will make it easier for players to figure the game out and then maybe go back to the Survival stuff once they’re better prepared.  Read more

I agree. It was a huge hurdle getting over the time sink of retracing your steps, especially early on.  Read more

It’s primarily aimed at gaming and gaming adjacent people I think, since if you don’t at least have some sense of the scene a lot of the jokes will fall flat. Read more

I agree but feel very uncool every time I say that  Read more

Thank you. It’s not often I have a good joke.  Read more

Well if you’re going to invest 100 hours, which I think is a highly suspect choice, at least this way you can get that 100% completion. Read more