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I'll bite the bullet on one of The Things. I've started the personal project of writing a fan novelization of Skies of Arcadia!
If you read it, I hope you will like it and perhaps even comment if you do.
AO3:
FF:
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Thinking about that time Halo 2 multiplayer was shut down and 14 players kept a match alive for a month after the deadline.
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"A good man who serves a great evil is not without sin. He must recognize and accept his complicity."
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Not only is this ethically dubious but there's no practical reason to implement NFTs into your game. Certainly not for buying/trading "unique" loot.
It's a scam. The more people in our industry who are willing to say so publicly, consequences be damned, the better.
NFTs are coming to Ubisoft games, starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint
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"We will keep playing until we are all forcibly removed."
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@discord
If I don't have an option to toss this bot in the heap and keep it outta my community, I'm gonna throw all of your servers into the fucking sun.
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I really don't know how folks can see someone fighting for them like this and decide "no, actually, I want the person who will do nothing for me."
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I cannot stress how deeply liberal calls for decorum are something that fascists explicitly count on in order to propagate their hate.
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Let's be serious: itch is not some depraved place or whatever the lawyers in this case wants to imply.
The games found there do tremendous work in furthering the medium and 95% of the reason it's even being targeted is because it is a sex-positive, LGBTQIA friendly storefront.
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*record scratch* "Yeah, that's me. You'reprobablywondering how I got into this situation..."
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Damn, remember waking up this morning? That was six years ago.
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This is gross and I'm sick of seeing this shit. People did vote; she had more popular votes than our current President.
Maybe we could consider untangling our web of arcane and rigged voting rules instead of this stupid ass blame game.
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My meanest (though I think mostly true) take is that Persona games are conservative games were youthful rebellion never really lasts and folks get sucked up into the status quo. And this is seen as a good thing.
Chie Satonaka trains to become a cop!
Why are people insistent on "Persona but with adults" instead of admitting they aged out of the series
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Bezos is a fucking snake.
Amazon's hourly workers lose monthly bonuses and stock awards as minimum wage increases
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Dear nerds: it's okay for art to be ambiguous.
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The anti-localization stuff that pops up whenever a new RPG drops always seems, to me, both anti-intellectual and anti-worker when you hone in on it.
The drive for literal translation mostly highlights something we've all known: the audience is mid and also bad at reading.
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I respect every hard working person who turns games into Things That Work. Lighting, animation, programming, producers, designers, QA. all of it
But if our path going forward is constantly iterating fidelity on the same stories over & over, the medium's gonna freeze cold fast
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For a bonus, this is what Yoko Taro would like devs to stop doing and players to stop doing. Please be nice to your moms.
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if they made club management into a mobile game, I would never get off at the right subway stop ever again
RGG Studio once considered turning Yakuza 0's Hostess Club Minigame into a standalone game
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i really didn't expect this to gain so much traction. did you know that there is no minimum size for a workplace union?
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No video game series has delivered more completely on the promise of its main title that "Monster Hunter."
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With Replicant released, I keep thinking back to the time
@yokotaro
completely deleted me from the internet on a softball question.
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Oh hey. Today is my first day at the new job. I'm the new content/community manager
@DoubleFine
!
I'll be supporting a great team, working with some fabulous video producers and chilling/engaging with very cool players. 20th anniversary! Psychonauts 2!! Gosh!
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So far, Breath of the Wild's most immediately felt contribution to open-world design hasn't been the leisurely narrative approach where you determine the urgency of your main quest but....
.... the widespread inclusion of hang gliders.
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In retrospect, it's frankly embarrassing for all of us that Yakuza: Like A Dragon didn't win literally every award ever last year.
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The Economy Is Looking Grim Fandango As Stocks Titan Fall Thanks To Covid-19. Here's How It Can Red Dead Rebound.
We Leroy Jenkins-ed the reopening of our country. Except that this reopening is all too real. | Analysis by
@CillizzaCNN
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Me: "Well, I don't think it's quite so simple as..."
Lawyer: "If I'm playing Ocarina of Time, I'm *playing the role* of Zelda right?"
Me: "Link."
Lawyer: "What?"
Me: "His name is Link. Zelda is the princess."
Lawyer: "Permission to treat the witness as hostile, Your Honor."
Apple lawyer: “There’s a game category called RPG, which stands for role-playing games. And those are games like Oregon Trail, are the same, and they are not competitive.” What.
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Let's make it clear that this is happening because protesters are occupying a space outside of city hall and demanding this.
Breaking > Mayor De Blasio confirms he'll cut $1B from NYPD budget
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On September 20th, my name was legally changed to Harper Jay MacIntyre. (I have no issue sharing that last name; I've done so professionally.)
Heather was a spur of the moment choice as a writer. This? Is me. A deliberate choice to become who I am.
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@watsonameliaEN
I'm not saying I can make this happen but I can make this happen if you DM me.
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"Criticism is an act of empathy and kindness. It is a rejection of fanaticism."
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Taking time this evening to write about Dragon's Dogma 2. It's a miracle this game exists. An astounding work!
But I think 2024 is a ~terrible~ year for such a friction heavy game to reach a mass audience.
my rambles on cohost:
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Lotta trolls are acting like Kotaku's gone but we're not. As we fight for our comrades and see what the future holds, we're still gonna do our best to provide the coverage readers expect.
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Still one of my favorite dialogue responses in a game.
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I imagine some folks will be like "this is inconsiderate!" and a) remember what folks are protesting and b) understand that part of keeping momentum is making sure this is *felt*
Oh my God protesters in Atlanta have COMPLETELY shut down I-75 right now in response to the murder of
#RayshardBrooks
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These aren't the Feds, for a reminder. This is city police. It's not just some Trump jackboot tactic; this is what law enforcement in this country *is*.
This video from near Madison Square Park confirms the rumors that NYPD used an unmarked van to make an arrest today.
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You can't fix this with deescalation training or anything else. Abolition is the only course.
Brooklyn center police are flying a blue line flag outside the station right now
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I feel like we need to appreciate there's a whole generation of assholes who are gonna play FF7 and be like "teh fuck, why am I some eco-cuck SJW?"
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Literally *yesterday* Seattle's mayor and police chief said they would ban the use of tear gas for 30 days. See how good their word is?
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"So, Dave, your games treat women like crap. You sure about this domestic abuse stuff?"
"WLD OYU ASK THIS TO THE FILMMAN OR BOOKSTER?"
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The horrid state of games media and the continue axing of quality writers should frankly concern everyone in the games space. Dev side and beyond.
Without clear-headed and good faith reporting and criticism, the audience for games will continue to froth in to something sour.
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"Then he became a dad..." is the story of the last decade of games and associated media writing honestly.
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Gonna take a shot in the dark and guess it's because he played Joel in the game and knows Neil Druckmann.
Troy Baker, the original actor for Joel, shares how he got involved with the Last of Us HBO series:
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The problem with lootboxes isn't that they might affect gameplay. The problem is that they're designed to create and exploit addicts.
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The fact that fans demand, before even playing the game, that whatever thing they decided to play next needs to be a 9 or 10 is so amazingly silly.
My favorite game of the last three years (Harvestella) was a 7 outta 10 kinda of game and that shit ripped!
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"How would developer unionization effect the games and the gamers though?"
Ignoring the fact that all of that is secondary to ethical work practices...I'd imagine that protected workers assured a healthy lifestyle would produce *exceptional* games.
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This is why we can't slow down RN. The cops are getting exhausted, local communities are rallying, and each day we push is a day where these liberal clowns can't ignore or dismiss our demands.
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oh no not being able to do certain things publicly because you’re afraid, what is that like
Fifty-two percent of Americans are against the country becoming more politically correct and are upset that there are too many things people can't say anymore, a new poll finds.
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"But is it good, Heather? Yes, friends. I love it."
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Lots of "we don't care about his sexuality" garbage on our Sonic Fox coverage so I'll just say here that he seems to care and a lot of underrepresented fans seem to care so ya'll need to grow up and deal.
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Chuck Wendig still unironically has a "no, I'm not trying to destroy the Internet Archive UWU" pinned post but this lawsuit would and irrevocably damage libraries and other organizations for no other reason other than greed.
Corporations can't be trusted with preservation.
In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book.
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"lol, we left nukes around for shits and gigs emergent play" is definitely the perfect summation of Fallout's changing tone and priorities over the years.
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There's some amazing people in here. Suzi and Woolie are particularly awesome as hell!
But the elephant in the room can't be ignored and it's a bummer to me that sours what should be a very cool moment for these creators.
Introducing the second round of
#DragonsDogma2
Official Pawns! Now joining the fray...
@TheSphereHunter
@Asmongold
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👉
#DD2
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Every day, I think about how I was made a better *person* because of a video game that folks can't easily play without emulation now, and on some particular days I get to enjoy watching companies say:
"We don't care. We're throwing more stuff in the bin."
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If you're not familiar with union busting tactics, you should know this is one part of what that looks like.
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WOW WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
An NFT of a drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been withdrawn from sale after the late artist’s estate confirmed the seller does not own the licence or rights to the work
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Whatever desire I had for CP 2077, especially as a deep fan of The Witcher 3, evaporated not only under the report of deep crunch but the ways in which a studio... which for me now means "peers" within the industry... have broadly and repeatedly insulted my very identity.
Great article by Polygon.
Here a few particularly good excerpts but you should definitely give the whole thing a read.
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*looks at the real world* your move INSURANCE COMPANIES
World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands is removing the cost of gender transition -
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Last thing for the morning: games have more in common with theater performances than movies, and way more to learn from that compared to the aesthetic death drive that is being "more cinematic."
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Persona often is like "Oh damn, look at what all these people with power/authority have done! This is messed up!
Then you beat those bad actors up but the systems that created these menaces are never addressed.
& without change there always gonna be another Kamoshida, y'know?
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At its core, Dark Souls is a series about putting dudes in rooms.
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To leave no ambiguity: influencers are not reporters and they are not subject to the same ethical standards. They are enthusiasts and can't be relied upon to pick up the slack of professionals.
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The more this spreads, the more modern gaming will be Blatantly Unethical.
Ubisoft has announced plans to create play-to-earn, NFTs, and blockchain games, stating they "want to be one of the key players there":
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If you’re streaming Psychonauts 2 tonight and “DoubleFine” says hi in your chat: yes, it is actually us.
We love youuuu alll!
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The implication here remains that games only really "get started" when they're not games.
The biggest movie of 2023 so far?
Based on a video game.
The biggest series of 2023 so far?
Based on a video game.
Video games 🎮 are just getting started.
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@headfallsoff
He's mostly thinking of very well known things for most of it. I'm watching this going "well, shit I knew that."
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I know folks like to think I worked at a devil website for Satan but I also dove weekly into itch to feature games I found there, y'know?
They were invariably more unique, visually compelling, mechanically clever, risk-taking, and enriching to play than a great deal of AAA work.
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Everything in Dark Souls 2 that makes it great and thematically raw and The Most Interesting One... is condensed to this single moment:
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I dunno. I'm just completely disgusted by the ways in with major publishing companies have convinced gamers that buying products is the only way to show class solidarity with game makers.
But what do I know? Not like I was a union rep or work in the games industry now.
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Controversial but I wouldn’t remake the most famous modern game of current times when you are about to let Suikoden II and other shit get much harder to legally purchase.
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Okay, for clarification on my part this newsroom is absolutely not unionized is it? There's like... no way in hell.
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There's no debate to be had. The only reasonable position is abolition. The police cannot be allowed to exist.
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As someone who uses a MEE6 bot as an aid in Double Fine's official Discord, I've immediately started working with my mod team to find a replacement tool with the announcement that they're fucking with NFTs.
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Respectfully to my peers, I'd suggest the better option is to argue for the removal of these systems rather than simply find the level of predation that gamers might be comfortable with.
Destiny 2 has a terrible loot box system, while Overwatch has mastered it. Time to steal from the best!
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Not to malign anyone's hard work but I actually feel weird about this.
If a game is made to look like a prestige show and the prestige show based off the game 1:1 copies *that* it feels like the swap to a new medium is a bit wasted.
ICYMI: Last week's
#TheLastOfUs
episode ending lined up so perfectly with the game that watching them as one scene is practically seamless 🥺
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Kojima's never gonna leave the Criterion closet. He lives there now. If you wanna get a DVD, you'll need to best Disc Burnman before a climactic battle with Beta Maxman.
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There's no easy words for any of this. Workers in this industry are suffering from poor managerial choices and the voracious need for unrealistic hyper-profit.
The rich are a blight. CEOs should fall on their swords.
Minutes ago, we shared an important update with Rioters about the future of Riot Games. Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward:
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Giant Bomb means a lot to me. Both because it was where, with Austin's and Alex's help, I was first able to write work that ~really~ mattered to me.
But also b/c it always has great people doing exciting & funny things. Good luck to Vinny, Alex, and Brad on whatever's next!
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I'm mad too.
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ppssstt.... Internet Archive is also a repository for countless games, especially small home-made games and Flash work, the collection and preservation of which is essential to providing context to our medium.
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New year's brings changes, and I'm happy to say that I've received a promotion to Senior Writer at Kotaku.
The aim is to grant time to work on more comprehensive reviews, critical projects, and possibly even creative writing.
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Calling Night in the Woods "Trumpian" requires a reading so cynical, so deeply built on bad faith, that I feel intellectually assaulted for having read everything leading to that thesis.
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*Nolan North rushes to the stage. The floor falls apart.*
NOLAN: "Oh crap! Nonononono!"
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As someone writing an ongoing retrospective of Metal Gear, I enjoy Kojima's works.
But sometimes he's like "In my masterpiece narrative, Samuel Bridges will attempt to.... bridge societies divides" and I'm like mother fucker.
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A literal expression of the ravages of economic racism.
Capitalist states, by design, funnel essential resources (money, housing, food) away from minorities in a sustained campaign of violence. It is an explicit feature of the system.
All water bottles have been stabbed with knives and poured out. There is now a large plastic mess on the sidewalk in front of Farm Burger.
#avlnews
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Been working on this for a day or two. Companies are not your friends; vampires will never stop sucking blood.
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The Unified Right: we've made it basically legal for the president to order the national guard to kill you
Democrats: we're not gonna do anything but can you give us $200 dollars
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Oh no.
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Alternately: don't.
If you’re into video game development, consider applying to Tesla. We want to make super fun games that integrate the center touch screen, phone & car irl.
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Convinced that 90% of YouTubers haven't even read an article by a games journalist.
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Unambiguously good. Doubly so since membership extends to contractors.
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