Hey Riley, I’m slowly working through Shenmue, a game that I deeply love and that had a heavy influence on Yakuza’s design. I might stream that on our Twitch channel but I think I’ll probably sneak in a playthrough on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance—a game I literally wrote the book on.
But the real thing is that I’m… Read more
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Freaky Portal In The World’s Largest Game, Which Is Famous For Highly Elaborate ARG-Like Updates, Starts Shooting Lightning Randomly And Will Undoubtedly Lead To A Major New Development In The Meta-Story Of, Once Again We Stress, A Game More Popular Than Jesus Read more
My girlfriend plays it and I guess Moji’s nerfed now? Give me six months and I’ll get the details. Read more
I know. It’s pretty silly that we report heavily on this massive pop-cultural powerhouse with millions of players. Read more
A writer saw an interesting thing in a game and pitched a discussion piece about it. This is something that’s always been in the games; it’s acknowledged among fans (myself included) and worth writing about. Read more
All of us do “actual” journalism, thanks.
Cecilia just talked to dozens of people about sexism at Riot Games and hunted down a lost American Sailor Moon pilot.
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...I write this feature every week and I’m also not in in Germany? Read more
Why are you the most boring person on the internet? Read more
Look, if you want to say something in these comments all I ask is that you be respectful to one another. Disagree on whatever points you want but please treat each other decently. (Assholes and transphobes get banned.) Read more
Yeah, I’m not saying this is The Way To Do Things™ and anyone who’s read my coverage on DMCAs and emulation knows my stance on piracy and particularly ROMs. Read more
Yeah. I’m figuring out some of those little touches; often as I finally start to upgrade my skills. In this case, it also was because I didn’t really have great tools at the start to make presentable graves.
So they were like “Make this place look good” while I was like “Well, I can dig holes?” Read more
Yeah, and GTAV is A Bad Game™ . Read more
It think it’s dynamite. Real talk: there’s a lot of folks who say that Max Payne 3 was bad or somehow not a good Max Payne game and I just don’t get it. It’s Rockstar’s best game after Red Dead Redemption. Read more
Yeah, I don’t think style of fight should be too commonplace but I like that the game’s designers are experimenting and offering new experiences. Read more
Welcome to the dual blades club, Kirk. Read more
I really like Season Two personally. It’s more of a character piece than anything, and I liked that approach. Season Three has some good stuff but tries to do a bit too much. This first episode here seems a bit more grounded. A hub word, a tight cast of characters. I’m excited for more. Read more
Fornite, No Man’s Sky, Rainbow Six. Read more
Yeah, I’m definitely more interested in the Switch version. Finally gonna get some mileage out of those Joycon. Read more
Yeah. I definitely know what you mean but I also feel that if you’re stumbling on 20+ players on makeshift bleachers watching a one-time rocket launch, the situation speaks for itself. Read more