Ethan Gach's discussions

What do you think of Halo 2? I think the game’s aged better as the years have gone on and the things that are more widely prized in a story-based shooter campaign have changed. Read more

Death Stranding is great. Still impressed how that game came out given all the potential to disappoint. How many hours did you end up spending on it? (Sorry about the grass! Nothing relaxes more than a freshly mowed lawn). Read more

I saw the chatter about this on Twitter (follow a lot of people in the UK). That’s where I came across this heart breaking letter.

I’m in the ‘burbs right outside of Philly, so it’s both one of the higher concentrations of covid cases in the state but also full of right wingers who think the shutdown constitutes war crimes. Read more

Glad to hear you’re near family and were able to get a vegan bbq setup. Yea I’ve been mostly avoiding quarantine content as well, rewatching Star Trek: TNG (the show and movies) and diving back into Halt and Catch Fire (maybe not the most feel good but it certainly makes me FEEL).  Read more

Yea. I appreciate a good video game story but it’s hardly the thing I cling to at this point. The art direction and what it feels like to move around and live in a game’s world mean much more to me.  Read more

I have both too and use them for different things at this point. My Xbox One is basically a dedicated Game Pass device where I check out games I’ve missed, while I use PS4 mostly for Sony’s first-party exclusives (everything else I basically play on PC). Read more

You didn’t like Tim Sweeney’s Popeyes big gulp? Read more

I agree that’s likely the case. The competing PlayStation/Xbox hardware has been different but not overwhelmingly so for two generations now, and that seems unlikely to change in the near future. Instead, it feels like a safe bet that exclusive games will once again be deciding factor when it comes to what people… Read more

To be honest I’ll be disappointed if there aren’t more numbers-heavy wrinkles to it. Read more

Would love to see Square and Nintendo team back up for that based on Mario Rabbids.  Read more

I’ve also used “Nintendo Direct-style” to describe Inside Xbox, since both that and State of Play are still lesser known than Nintendo’s Directs at this point. Read more

A sphere would be fantastic Read more

Yes, the copying in this case is the formation of a marketing term called “PlayStation Studios” which is is more or less what Microsoft did back in early 2019. Read more

I’ll allow it Read more

Never had ramps—they look neat! Read more

It’s a huge question mark. I’d love to see Microsoft give 343 the support to go big on a cinematic, single-player campaign like Sony’s first-parties.

I’m more skeptical of it trying to chase the games as a service model of Sea of Thieves.  Read more

Based on Greenberg’s tweet it sounds like the even will be focused on third-parties, with Xbox Game Studio stuff to follow at a separate event timed closer to when E3 might have been. Read more

Don’t worry he’s just enjoying a three-day weekend.  Read more

I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the daily checkins! Riley does a great job with them and it’s always nice see what everyone else is up to. Read more