Patricia Hernandez's discussions

The game experience itself is terrible. But since a lot of Pokemon Go lives outside of the actual app itself (the people you meet, the places you go), the experience itself can still be enjoyable. Obviously there are REASONS why the launch has happened the way it has, but if I am going to be honest in my reporting… Read more

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Yeah, I’ve had it flash green for me in multiple directions before. Hard to say. Read more

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I don’t want them to tell me exactly where it is, but the tracking exploration mechanic still needs some work. Plenty of games have found great ways of making finding something fun. It’s probably a larger logistical problem here when the entire world is literally your playground, but at the very least, an explanation… Read more

Neither works for me but anecdotally I have heard that Google accounts work with less frequency, yeah. Read more

Wish I could tell you. We reached out and they basically told us stay tuned!! Read more

BECAUSE I ALREADY FEEL BAD ABOUT THE PUN HEADLINE besides, I know commenters would go there anyway :P Read more

It has horror elements but I’d call it a thriller, really. Read more

I almost put in a line there about how people were probably racing to show examples of our supposed clickbaiting, but why steal the fun from you guys lol? Ultimately, print/web media’s reliance on clickbait is no mystery (though like I said, it has gotten better). YouTube’s on the other hand, is hardly ever commented… Read more

It is definitely still around, just not as big as it used to be. Read more

You know, I heard about this...do you have specific examples of mod creators doing this, or somehow boobie trapping their mods? Send me an email if so: patricia@kotaku.com Read more

Wow, personal experience? Read more

FWIW, a lot of it was happening on locked Twitter accounts. But over the last year, as the Nintendo hacking scene started booming, I started following the exploits of some of these folks, just to see what they were up to. It’s how, for example, I found out that hackers made the Smash Bros final fantasy stage playable… Read more

Well, that’s the thing right - would it have even be playable? How much was in there? Who knows! Read more

There is some anger (?) in there but I think it stems from the idea that the neighbor was upset because he thought the loud sounds were gay sex, which is believable both because he went in there w/ homophobic slurs, and also because Pewdiepie is known to yell shit like “FUCK ME DADDY” during videos or whatever. Read more

MEI IS THE BEST, congrats on getting banned from kotaku Read more

I mean, he was joking. The tone is v light. Read more

Well, there is this big callback. Read more

Basically! Read more