The fact that this game is $20 is kinda criminal. It is a really good game.

The fact that BG3 is so well regarded is actually more reason for it to be a baseline.

Why settle for less from people that are paid more, when we can get something great from people that actually care about making a great game?

Thats fine, not every game is designed for every person that plays it to enjoy it. Its just not the kind of game for you.

Anyone that tells you to play it more is gaslighting due to Sunk Cost Fallacy. The experience late game is more or less the same as early game. The biggest difference being that you have stronger gear and can do more, just like any other game with progression. But the main gameplay and game loop remain the same, so if you aren’t enjoying that early on, you probably aren’t going to enjoy it later either.

No online interaction is going to be as harmful as a product exploding and taking out your eye. Except in the case of children and pedos, perhaps. But in that case, most responsibility (all, in my opinion) is on the parents to monitor their child’s online gaming. Additionally, a system that doesnt require PSN accounts that monitors in game chat for words and phrases that flags for human interception could easily be implemented. Something like that could be caught quickly and dealt with easily before actual damage occurs.

Physical console design? Atari 2600. The black slots and wood grain front with the sleek angular design is still peak console styling IMO.

User interface design? Xbox 360 Blades. Hands down. Easy to navigate, easy to understand, and good potential for minimal advertising abuse.

You mean Maple Story?

Horse Armor/Bethesda was not the solitary cause of what we have today, even if it was pretty ridiculous.

To be fair, Totoki has a bit of a point when it comes to safety concerns, as PlayStation will be required to oversee interactions between players in its multiplayer games, but that doesn’t really explain why single-player games force players to create PSN accounts.

What ever happened to “Online interactions are not rated by the ESRB” and “Online interactions may lead to a different or unintended experience” and other such concepts?

I mean, this is pretty rich coming from one of the most hackable companies in history. But still.

Yes, if you ignore the fact that Nintendo has very deep pockets and Japanese courts are very bribable.

Oni needs a comeback, but definitely not by modern Bungie.

The most disgusting part of this is that all of these patents were filed this year, meaning their only purpose is for giving Nintendo an avenue to sue Pocket Pair.

Money. Bribable law makes anything go faster.

Glad Kadokawa is planning to expand, but I wish they didn’t have such a massive controlling interest in the anime industry.

I’m pretty sure we can all guess which origin Netflix would pick.

Kotaku became a laughing stock like 10 years ago, so with most of the writers that seemed to have either been a part of the cause of that or ones that were stirring the pot now gone, maybe G/O can turn things around and Kotaku can go back to actually just reporting on video games again.

I won’t hold my breath, but that would certainly be a pleasant surprise.

I meant the other way around, my bad. The DMG style GameBoy carts could probably be played in the clone console this cart came with. From the appearance of another comment, it likely would have been a keyboard with cart slots big enough to accommodate genuine DMG style cartridges on it.

Cartridge for a Bootleg GameBoy. This particular game was also available for a Famiclone system. It probably can be played in a DMG GameBoy.

https://youtu.be/Ox1M5sdGE9s?si=Tm66i2K_4eN-xBLi

I mean, KSP2 was not very well received like the first one. So I can see why Take-Two might do this.

Why does Drag speak in the third person?

“Nostalgia Fuelled Cash Grab”

I hope they keep making GPUs. They were making really good progress and had pretty good performance per dollar lately.