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Nathan Grayson
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Kotaku senior reporter. Beats: Twitch, streaming, PC gaming. Writing a book about streamers tentatively titled "STREAMERS" to be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in the future.

Friend, trash can be the most wonderful thing in the world when it comes to entertainment. Revel in the camp and cheese! Some of the best things ever are soaked in the stuff.  Read more

I know it sounds like excusing it but I love the jank in these games, as they remind me it’s a labour of love and not just yet another cleanly made but very generic game. That’s not to say there aren’t moments that it breaks the game but a reload usually fixed that. Read more

So, it took her eight months to get picked in competitive after her revamp to maker her more appealing FOR competitive. And she still did basically nothing and then lost. Read more

There’s an awful lot of goatse in here.
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They also added an undocumented “feature” that prevents users from sending identical messages in a 30 second time period. Read more

It’s speed of enemy fire (normal, slightly slower, moderately slower), rate of use of food/fuel (normal, slightly slower, moderately slower), and aim assist (none, slight, moderate) Read more

MAC address bans need to be a thing for people that are proven to be repeat offenders. If you’re gonna continue to be toxic then you can go buy  new device if you want to get back on the platform. Sooner or later they’ll learn or go broke. Read more

Even though Facebook is a sputtering toilet explosion in countless other ways, she wishes others would learn from its block system. “Banning needs to be more than ‘You just can’t talk in a channel,’ she said. “I wish it could be like Facebook, where if you block someone on Facebook, they don’t exist anymore. They

I recently heard Tanya on a podcast that had nothing to do directly with Twitch, and though she didn’t go into detail, it was so evident that some Twitch-related element of her life was really stressing her out, to the point of affecting her health. Now I know what it is. Read more

So are you saying we should not pursue Reaper now? Read more

im at the airport now reading this. watching someone cringe as they realize they wont make their connecting flight makes the article all the better :)  Read more

Sea of Thieves has been so good for em, and I’ve been watching his streams a lot more frequently now. Definitely his game, if any. Hopefully brings Sea of Thieves a lot more of a community as well. Read more

The lag sucks. There are bugs. There are exploits. But I can’t stop playing. Atlas is a really dense, grindy game that isn’t for everyone. There is a ton of content and the company system allows you to create your own fun, even if the game is fighting you all the way. It is a bit of a mess now, but it has the Read more

these mini-events are fine... I just wish we got more, or better, or new bigger events.  the holiday event this year was a letdown.  I wish we could get something new and cool at least every quarter.  but it feels more like we get something new every 6 months. Read more