Oh yes, let’s be clear: All multi-billion-dollar corporations are equally disgusting. Read more
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TWO years for the stuff that was in The Taken King. Read more
No idea! But I’m reviewing it for Kotaku and I loved the first so I’ll be able to give you a better answer closer to then. Read more
PS4 Pro! Read more
From what I’ve heard, these exclusivity deals typically mandate that you not say anything about releasing on other consoles. That’s why the devs of Battlegrounds have stayed so quiet about a PS4 release, even though it’s obviously coming. Read more
That was always going to happen. The question is whether people will actually need to buy from scalpers, and right now the answer appears to be no. Read more
It’s convenient, cheap, and authentic. Those are the biggest selling points. I’ve played many of these games on emulators over the years, but there’s something nice about having them all on a little box that uses proper SNES controllers. This makes it way easier to play, say, Super Mario World with friends or my… Read more
The top five could really go in any order. They’re all masterpieces that everyone should play before dying. Read more
This is a fair point, and maybe the bottom 16 would be ranked a bit differently if I had played different games growing up, but the top 5 are masterpieces no matter when you play them. Read more
Game I wish was most on here: Illusion of Gaia. Read more
I talk about this a lot in my book (sorry for the plug!) but as Tom points out, everyone knew it would be short-term hell in exchange for long-term benefits. With everyone under EA using the same engine, they can share technology and have a unified support system that gives them a lot of benefits. It was just hellish… Read more
I’ve started transcribing chunks of Splitscreen and will hopefully continue to do so because I know you guys appreciate that, but transcribing an entire hour-long podcast every week is just not practical! Read more
No clue, just found it on my desk. Read more
I’ll be ranking all the games either later today or tomorrow, but IMO Super Mario RPG is excellent but not quite “all-time masterpiece” status like the other five. It’s in the second tier along with Donkey Kong Country and Mega Man X. Read more
The system will suspend your state every time you hit the reset button, so if you want to rewind, you can just hit reset, save your current state, and rewind from there. Read more
I think he does, too, and recommend this article I wrote a few years ago! https://kotaku.com/the-man-who-promised-too-much-1537352493 Read more
Of course you’re right that video game publishers do some shady things, be it stuffing their games with microtransactions, showing off generous E3 demos when they know the game won’t look even close to as good, or — worst of all — exploiting labor practices to get unpaid overtime out of all of their workers. Read more
That’s the thing. You’re talking about marketing people. For every Peter Molyneux making ambitious promises to the press, there are 100 developers under him who not only have to deal with cleaning up the mess but also have to watch posters on Reddit and NeoGAF call them all liars. Read more
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