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Jason Schreier
jschreier
News editor. Author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels.

I can’t wait until I break the news that someone has died... Read more

Remember what happened with Destiny 1? How they released it too early, talked it up with lofty, vague explanations, and wound up showing/promising all sorts of stuff that didn’t actually make it into the final game? I think they want to avoid that this time around, which is why they’re being so quiet until closer to Read more

I promise you that it’s so insignificant and meaningless, it’s not a spoiler at all. Read more

Retailers get very mad when publishers charge less for digital versions of games. That’s why you never see discounts on digital stores unless they’re also in retail. Read more

Key phrase: “willing to put the time in.” Eaglesx01 asked about dedication! Read more

Based on some of the achievements they talked about on the stream today, which include getting to the lighthouse in Trials and hitting rank 25 in every faction, this is NOT for casual players. Read more

Nah, we haven’t really covered it, although I remember hearing somewhere that it got delayed... Read more

It’s an indie, kinda flew under the radar last year. Not surprised you haven’t heard of it. Read more

I dunno, I just didn’t enjoy the controls. Shovel Knight and (especially) Specter Knight just feel more snappy and satisfying to me. Plague Knight kinda felt like a chore to play, because it felt like you had to put so much work into basic jumping/attacking. Read more

I actually played the whole game with the left JoyCon’s thumbstick and found it quite pleasant. Read more

Well anyone who actually reads the post can see that Fujibayashi is saying they experimented with the hookshot as a RUNE and then cut it. Nowhere in this post does it say that there are no hookshots in the game. In fact, I couldn’t even answer that question, because even after 70+ hours I still haven’t explored Read more

Were you hoping for an in-game revelation that the hookshot was cut? Have you been anticipating the moment, 100 hours into Breath of the Wild, where Ganon looks at Link with a sinister smile and says, “There’s no hookshot!” Were you hoping to spend 400 hours uncovering every inch of Breath of the Wild’s massive world Read more

One of the things that makes Breath of the Wild so great is that there are no oversights. They gave you all of these tools. They WANT you to use them in any way you can imagine. Read more

The video game industry is healthier with more competitors, not fewer. Unless everyone just converges to PC, we’re all better off with Nintendo making hardware. Read more