John Walker's discussions

It’s interesting how people see 25 years as too short! I assume it’s a result of comparing it to the absolutely monstrous and repulsive 70+ we’ve all grown used to. But you know, it just strikes me that if you keep getting paid for the the piece of work you finished doing over 20 years ago, you’re in one hell of a… Read more

No, just one, but then nor should anyone playing need to. Read more

I'm level 40 and have badged coming out of my ears. Sadly this didn't help.  Read more

“For some reason, then-EIC Stephen Totilo decided to take a chance on me” Read more

Did you all come from the same place, with the same weird, fatuous demand? No, I was disappointed by this event because it’s a game I enjoy playing with my son, and on this occasion it was disappointing and anticlimactic. If I didn’t care to play it, I wouldn’t be disappointed! Read more

No, my being disappointed by this event does not give me cause to entirely abandon a game I mostly enjoy playing with my son on a regular basis. Because I am not a binary light switch incapable of the concept of nuance. Read more

Yes, but I'm clearly joking because he's my son and I love him more than life itself.  Read more

He’s seen them all now I think. But then also he’s six, and therefore an idiot. Read more

I had the same experience. I’m always wary of letting myself imagine such patterns, but it really did feel like it was eating up Pokeballs. Read more

Well, it isn’t. He had the fortune of going to a friend’s place to play. But when I told him about how it ended, he was pretty gutted. He had been excited to see Hoopa in his collection. Read more

It wasn’t even a fun present! Read more

Sony created the vast majority of them, after Microsoft mostly abandoned the project. Read more

“Restaurants have come a long way since Ug picked that berry.” Read more

For the avoidance of doubt, when daddy’s at work and the boy is home, his climbing all over me is my being extremely lovely and letting him goof around even though I’ve got work to do. When I’m not working, we have many a splendid gaming time together, most recently our obsession with Minecraft Dungeons. Read more

I wonder what it says about you that this is how your interpret the celebration of options that allow greater accessibility. Read more

You clearly have a very interesting perspective. Could you elaborate on how my ego issues are manifest in this article, to the degree that they are the only reason this article exists?  Read more

OMG yes. But also a toggle for "There's a 6yo literally climbing on me while I'm playing." Read more

Haha. I've never even seen the word depilated before. I have no idea how I even typed it!  Read more

Thank you! Read more

Of all the things to be angry about! Tell me about the last day Kotaku posted about nothing other than indie games that have received little to no other coverage. Read more