John Walker's discussions

To be clear, I’m just sharing my opinion. One of the best things about Kotaku is that we’re a group of people who certainly don’t agree on all matters. Read more

“Zelda and Metroid are identical in what made them unique” is my new favourite sentence. Read more

I did this joke in the article!  Read more

If they did copy, then think it’s fine for Disney to have copied his art, yes. Read more

And my contention is that such responses are a sad result of a century of brainwashing by corporations. Read more

Firstly, literally dozens of such sites exist, lifting Kotaku’s content,so yes, technically you could. My favourites are ones like these: https://technoises.com/index.php/2022/05/18/the-zelda-inspired-indie-game-thats-causing-a-commotion/ Read more

Yeah, I’ve been playing with my son! It’s very funny. Read more

I agree so much. The last few days, by coincidence, I’ve been trying to find something new to play that’s like 2D Zelda, and really struggling. I tried Kamiko, but just can’t get into it. Read more

To which my genuine response is, “So?” Read more

Ah, you’re just an arsehole. Never mind, my mistake, apologies. Read more

I assume you already see the main flaw here, right? That one of the stances you outline is arguing for games to be *more* accessible, and the other, therefore, demanding games be less so. Read more

The report states they know this because Nvidia employees told them so. Read more

Read the article? Read more

There are three, actually! Read more

Don’t mind me, I’m just rolling around in all this sweet, sweet money I get for negging on NFTs, paid by... paid by... um... you know... the anti-NFT lobby! Read more

I think you might have slipped loose from time. Read more

I had it work with no problems today. Just so long as you don’t go as far as the first closing door, you’re good. Read more

It’s not been ignored! Read more

To clarify, for those who worry, I absolutely haven’t let him sit down and play through HFW. It’s in no way appropriate for him, and he’s a particularly fearful kid. Read more

Nope, it was there in the original copy. Read more