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Downloaded Netflix viewing is very nearly the only thing I use my iPad for. If I could do that on Switch instead that’s one less thing to have with me. Read more

I think it’s a new animation for his forward smash. I believe they’re trying to make his animations look more like the source material across the board, which is good in general but bad in this specific instance. I’m glad they’re removing the racist imagery. Read more

I know people in this comments section are going to lean hard into “but free speech!” and standard refutations of corporate speech and consequences aside, depictions of Native people like this made me shitty to Native kids when I was a kid. Like, I legit thought going “How” and miming feathers was not just acceptable… Read more

inb4 Gamergaters start complaining about SJWs ruining their games Read more

A brand new “leak”—one that’s completely unverified and in fact likely to be fake—is polarizing the Smash community and has led to non-stop drama over the past week. Read more

Oh my God, who gives this much of a shit? What is in the game is in the game, regardless of whether the leak is true or not. Knowing beforehand doesn’t afford any advantage. Not knowing beforehand doesn’t afford any advantage either. This whole debate is a pointless debate that won’t even matter either tomorrow after… Read more

> such that if someone had faked the leak, they would have had to have created a unique piece of Grinch art in the process. Read more

This may sound horrible, but, I thought this weekend that those 90 employees who got laid off last November actually have it better than those who didn’t lose their jobs until last week. Full disclosure, I have friends who worked at Telltale, they were laid off  last November, and others were laid off on Friday. Read more

This isn’t even a HotTake, Hawley is a liquidator.  Read more

While none of those laid off are being given severance, contract workers who weren’t full time won’t even be able to collect unemployment. Read more

Many thanks for the head’s up. Just went in and backed up my saves for Octopath, Zelda, Mario, and I Am Setsuna.  Read more

Well.... Those game will have to be played at home, on the TV.  Its not as if the switch couldnt be played as a regular console too. Read more

All of this is prob a technical test for Ubisoft’s next-gen plans. They’ve already admitted this is a viable game delivery service in the future. American internet infrastructure is awful with towns getting next to nothing for triple digits a month, while Japanese gamers get 2 gig speeds for like $50, so no surprise… Read more

nintendos tryna eat microsofts lunch  Read more

I’m happier that they tried. This is something you see in some modern Batman stories and that at least fuels more of the critique around James Bond these days, as people look at the questionable elitist fantasies inherent in these characters. Read more

Yeah, sounds like they should have held back on the moral quandaries when the subject in question is basically a central gameplay mechanic. Read more

I designed & modeled the ship for Prime but in no way am I a final word on this subject. When building it I called her the “Thrush Eterna”. Most just called it the Gun Ship because the levitation pads were misinterpreted as guns. My 2¢ Read more

Marvel themselves only turned Mary Jane into Lois Lane in the “Ultimate Spider-Man” cartoon. She’s still herself in the main continuity, plus her super-powered version in “Renew Your Vows”. As to why they’ve done it in this game, because that was the best way the could come up with for keeping her close to the action.
 
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Ethan, ten minutes from now:

Cool post Ethan. Like the idea of revisiting a game like this. I just played it again myself but didnt enjoy it nearly as much as you. Read more