Jason Schreier's discussions

Yeah I think this is a 24-hour thing, like many of Bethesda’s announcements (including Fallout 4) have been. Read more

My opinion on this has actually evolved quite a bit over time, and I’ve discussed it a few times recently on Kotaku Splitscreen and in the comments of various posts. Short version: I think there will always be cases where there’s value in us breaking news about unannounced games, but in this particular situation,… Read more

I don’t want to just spoil the announcement for the sake of spoiling the announcement, but I’ve heard from a few people familiar with this project what it is, and I’ll say that it’s something new and something different. We’ll see very soon! Read more

Nope, that’s something else. Read more

I hope you dig it! Read more

...Thank you. Read more

Wouldn’t you rather just be able to buy what you want? I think cosmetic MTX in $60 games are never going away, but they feel far less predatory when you can just go to a shop and pick whatever skins or hats you want rather than rolling the dice in hopes you’ll get that rare Junkrat outfit you’ve been craving. Read more

I appreciate your cynicism, but there is a 0% chance that will happen. Read more

I think I read Gardens of the Moon forever ago and finished it despite finding it rather impenetrable. I don’t remember anything about it, though. Worth revisiting? Read more

I’ve read some Joe Abercrombie and just bounced off it. Name of the Wind was OK, but my goodness, the second book was so atrocious that during some of the middle parts I was just skipping whole pages. Read more

Yup, fixed that, thanks. Read more

Let’s see... for starters: Blossom Tales, Celeste, Stardew Valley, and Shovel Knight are all just top-notch games. I also really enjoyed SteamWorld Dig 2 and, while it’s not an indie, Dragon Quest Builders has become one of my favorites. Read more

I loved my Vita for a very long time. Now I have a Switch. I can’t imagine a better successor TBH. When it inevitably gets Phoenix Wright and new visual novels and every indie game in the world, all will be good. Read more

It’s tricky and amorphous, but that’s one of the rubrics we use when trying to decide when and how to report on something. Does this thing have “news value”? Is it really going to serve people to know this in advance? There’s never an easy answer — it’s a spectrum — but something like “the next project from storied… Read more

Oh, the difference is that this one popped up everywhere on the internet this morning. At a certain point if a lot of people are talking about a rumor, and we’ve also heard that it’s true, we do feel obligated to share it with our own readers. Read more

Scratch that - the fine print of the trailer reveals that Avalanche Studios, the developer of Mad Max, is making this one. Read more

I don’t think id is making this one, but Bethesda hasn’t announced the developer yet. Read more

Nahhhh, sorry. I get the excitement over E3 surprises, I really do, but we wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we didn’t report the news. Read more

I can say that 1) I’m trying to do something different than the first book - it’ll still be full of original reporting and hopefully interesting stories/anecdotes, but it’s not just going to be an anthology of standalone stories. And 2) I’ll be sending out updates on this mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/jasonschre… Read more

Late next year would be a good guess. I’ll be putting out updates here: https://tinyletter.com/jasonschreier Read more