When Kotaku asked about which features were broken as a result of poor scheduling, a developer replied: “Tongue in cheek: the whole game. In general, every major bug in 76 [that appeared at launch] was known by QA.”
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To echo Marblekid: great work on this. I come to Kotaku for the fun stuff, and I stay for the good stuff like this. Read more
Excellent article Sisi. I laughed back then about the sorry state 76 was in the internet fervor back in 2018. But QA horror stories are not anything to laugh at. I certainly do feel bad especially after reading because normal developers and workers basically got PTSD over a video game, especially through toxic things… Read more
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asking a member to act as his shipping partner so he could send physical copies of Abandoned to them because Sony apparently needs a storage facility for U.S. distribution. Read more
A “Blue Box Game Studios spokesperson” that is absolutely not Hasan with a mustache. Read more
lol it was morbing good time tho so Read more
Exceptional work. Thank you for telling this story, Sisi.
As much as we might want video games to be something separate from the events and struggles of the world, they are—like everything else—intimately connected to what’s happening all around us. Thank you again for making those tethers more visible in this piece. Read more
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There are more things companies can do to support the trans community here (working to hire more trans devs, and to make more inclusive hires all around, making sure the aren’t pay gaps, providing training and opportunities, providing inclusive game content, paying all of us more, providing good healthcare, providing… Read more
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Gender affirming healthcare doesn’t just include hrt and surgery. Puberty blockers only delay the onset of puberty changes, which can give teenagers the time to explore their identity without the onset of physical changes that cannot be reversed. Read more
This dude is absolutely taking advantage of children in front of god and the entire organization and honestly, I gotta respect that. I blame Cyllene for allowing this to continue next to her office, I KNOW she can hear his bullshit. Read more
After authoritarian governments, I always associate Beijing with duck! Anyway, as an Asian American (of Chinese descent), my relationship with Chinese opera is quite different and less fraught, so it’s very interesting to read of it here. I think at the very least it’s a way of seeing the relationship between… Read more
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I always planned to jump in when they introduced Dainsleif to play for the first time, liked his design, had other multiplayer/grindy games going on keeping me from beginning. Read more
I’m really happy you’re covering Genshin, Sisi! Love it, hate it, or have a complex relationship with it, it’s such a huge part of gaming right now, it felt weird how long it was largely absent here. Can’t wait to read more from you in 2022! Read more
Best shield in the game and now in real life. Read more
It’s always annoyed me when media has female animal characters appear more human but then have the male characters look more like animals. It’s not even just a Japanese thing, since Blacksad has the same problem. Read more
The more characters that are released, the better the artifact grind becomes. This is because of the unique stat requirements for each character. Kokomi is a great example. Until update 1.2 or 1.3, crit rate and damage was the only stats you wanted on just about any character aside from designated healers. As patches… Read more
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I’ve noticed that Mihoyo has gone all in with a ton of small details that don’t particularly seem important, but really give the game depth. The first time I noticed this was in a particular character’s idle animation. In the animation, a strong wind blows the character’s hair and clothing. That wind though? It… Read more