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Luke Plunkett is a Senior Editor based in Canberra, Australia. He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs cosplay.kotaku.com.

right, but they’re only enamoured because it’s an opportunity to make money Read more

The answer is money (at all costs) because thats all the answer ever is Read more

No, I’m not. I’m not expecting anything different from Coke either, or Adidas, or any other World Cup sponsor. Read more

This had bugged me for YEARS so im jut going to vent here, but it drives me insane how esports authorities keep using terms like “indefinitely disqualified”. Read more

One thing that’s fascinating about this is how it makes every other YT series about this--some with MILLIONS of views--look so incredibly sloppy by comparison.  Read more

I can kinda see this point, but also, I’ve put more hours into HoIIV than any other Paradox game, so I don’t know if this holds up. For me the issue here isn’t the micromanagement, it’s the representation of your decisions and achievements, admittedly a VERY difficult thing to do since this game is focused on abstract Read more

It’s funny, but I’m also pretty sure they mean they agree with her stuff about “please buy the game anyway” and “don’t harass people online” in particular  Read more

calling it “improper conduct” and an “outburst” in their PUBLIC MESSAGE suggests that internal communications about it are...using stronger language Read more

you play normal games, you just build your team by buying packs of random cards then opening them (or spending a LOT and buying the best ones directly). so basically the more $$ you spend, the better your team. its bleak! Read more

I’ve played 2K basketball every year, but haven’t bought it in a long time. I’d rent or wait until it was available on something like Game Pass. Play it for a weekend, and forget about it.” Read more

Yeah, like I said, in THIS INSTANCE, with no context or explainer, it sucks. But imagine if that diner robbery had commentary instead, and someone explaining what all the variables and code flashing by on the screen meant, it would be amazing. Read more

they’d already fucked a lot of the numbering up with 0 though, making 7 actually the 8th game, etc. god, what a mess haha.  Read more

The original was later ported to phones, so I’m not sure if the fancier animation on display here is from that version, or if its new to this one Read more

i am deeply upset by this

I hope I got the point across that this is essentially the exact same game as the others, and still has some very cool stuff (the background illustrations are BEAUTIFUL), I just hate the license so much haha. Read more