Kirk Hamilton's discussions

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Kirk Hamilton
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Kotaku Editor-at-Large

Yeah, I definitely started having more fun on the map once I figured out the lanes and strategies. Read more

Agree, the bounties are great. It makes it much more fun to just casually play Trials, and means that my medium-level team is more likely to have a few good matches against other less amazing teams. Read more

We had a similar experience. Both groups I ran with hit a wall at five, because we were decent but not great. At 5 we’d start hitting those bananas teams who just steamroll you without even slowing down to reload. Seems like the matchmaking system is working as intended... Read more

Same as Jason - Beating VOG for the first time, getting to Lighthouse, and that first week after Taken King came out and there was so much cool new stuff to do and discover. I hope Destiny 2 makes the numerical side of things (and your inventory) less of a pain to deal with, without removing the ability to really Read more

Find something you can write about that not many people are writing about. Write about it well, and often. There are a billion critical essays about BioWare games. Write about something else. Read more

A week ago, I would’ve told you Titan, striker/hammer in crucible, defender in PVE. Now... I’m pretty damn into my Hunter. So, Hunter Nightstalker. PVP and PVE. Read more

I dunno about “changed the medium” but INSIDE sure knocked my socks off. Read more

I would just like to say that this technique might be the most spectacularly Destiny thing to ever happen. Read more

Update: Yessssssss

I of course don’t mean to suggest that a second playthrough should somehow replace the first playthrough, or that it’s better in that particular either/or way. That’s impossible, because the second time is defined by the fact that it comes after the first. They’re two sides of the same coin. Read more