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IRL: Just open your front door and shout into the sky about Super Metroid or Dwarf Fortress, and I will hear it.
Alright this game is confirmed insane. v2.0 of my ground+air dropship attack drone works so much better, watch the ground drone infiltrate inside the camp and both machines work together, what the hell?! 🤯
Since the launch of next-gen I’ve done a complete 180 and at this point I wouldn’t really recommend a PS5 to people. Not until it has more games.
Get an Xbox Series X and sign up for Game Pass.
Xbox just put on one of the stronger E3 conferences in recent memory and there was so much they HELD BACK on.
No Fable, no Gears, no Perfect Dark, no Elder Scrolls, no Minecraft, no Tango Gameworks, no Ninja Theory.
And that show STILL ruled.
Beat Cyberpunk 2077 last night and I haven't been this affected by a game - specifically its story arc and characters - in a VERY long time.
Game has its problems/compromises but it's an absolute masterclass in dialogue, characterization, mood, immersiveness, character growth.
Why do fans of FromSoftware games (Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne) get so mad and defensive when people have negative takes about them?
Why do so many people find "this game is too easy for me" more acceptable and valid than "this game is too hard for me?"
Obsessed with Cyberpunk 2077 again. Incredible world building and perhaps the greatest atmosphere in any open-world game ever made.
Playing Performance Mode on PS5.
Ninja joins Mixer: "Man I don't like it but I understand it. I respect the hustle. Get that paper. $$$$"
Small game dev signs with Epic Game Store: "I'm calling the cops! This is illegal! FBI! You're a sellout. Sign this boycott petition. Anti-consu
I play an Xbox game literally every night and I haven’t turned on my PS5 on in two months.
Returnal looks great but it is $70.
Game Pass is just too good to ignore.
PS5’s library will get there... some day. (And it will be expensive).
Reminder: You can quit a game at any time for any reason you want.
Backlogs are bullshit.
Don't let a hobby intended to bring you joy become a source of stress!
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Deeply disappointed and upset that it's looking more and more likely that we unwittingly hosted work that was directly lifted from or at best heavily derived from others. I assure you we are taking very active steps to remove it all, and make it right. I feel betrayed.
My early God of War Ragnarok impressions: God of War 2018 was a 10/10 but was lacking in enemy and boss variety.
God of War Ragnarok immediately fixes both of these within its opening hours, so...
Your yearly reminder that the Amazon page for this completely normal $47 folding table has the MOST INCREDIBLE promotional video you've ever seen (scroll waaaaay down to watch):
The Spider-Man PS4 open world gameplay demo running now is one of the most impressive things I've seen at E3 2018 period and it's not even a part of Sony's official presentation? This looks incredible.
The two Links in the BOTW 2 trailer looks COMPLETELY different.
I think Nintendo is pulling a Metal Gear Solid 2 on us, and the ragged/barbarian link is who you play in the sky...
... and the ground link is actually a placeholder, and we'll play as Zelda.
From the beginning I had a rule to never read another game review before writing my own:
1) Ensured my confidence wasn't shaken if they liked it way more/less than me.
2) Ensured my opinion wasn't subtly swayed.
3) Ensured no specific turns of phrase seeped into my subconscious.
I mean obviously this is hype as hell but I can’t help but think this is a little too fast for something as nuts as Secret Wars.
It’s still going to be ridiculous to see it on the big screen.
Life news: We said goodbye to San Francisco a little while ago and moved back to the Midwest. So if you’re a Game Scoop fan and you see someone that looks like me around Eastern Iowa... it probably is.
(I’m still working for IGN)
Proud and supportive of this message from the IGN content team regarding the removal of last week’s appeal for charitable contributions to help Palestinian civilians in need.
You can’t deliberately hide the console version of a game and forbid critics from using their own gameplay footage, and then claim you weren’t “paying enough attention” to how the console version was looking.
I’m really enjoying Cyberpunk on PC now but CDPR’s message is hollow.
Me, to 7yo: time to go so let’s turn off your game
7yo: I can’t yet I need to beat this level!!
Me: I’ve played that game and I know you can save and resume from anywhere.
My daughter is crying - full on ugly-face BAWLING - because I just explained that when you are a grown up you don’t have summer break and you just have to work all year. 😅
What enrages me about this - it is a FIXABLE problem and the fix is easy: pay humans $10-$15 an hour to screen and approve every video in the YouTube Kids app. Google made $9 BILLION in pure profit last quarter.
Yes Zuckerberg donating $25M to COVID-19 research is a small portion of his net worth. But you really wanna drag him for it?
There are 607 Billionaires in the US.
Where's the venom for the ~500 doing nothing at all?
I want every game on Switch.
Put NES Remix on Switch.
Put Metroid Prime on Switch.
Put Heat Signature on Switch.
Put Nier on Switch.
Put Smash 4 on Switch.
Put Mario Galaxy 1, 2, and Captain Toad on Switch.
Put Advance Wars on Switch.
Today is my 10-year anniversary at
@IGN
! ☺️💪😍
Very proud of the decade's accomplishments. A lot of my favorite personal writing in the first ~5 years, and a lot of growth & opportunity to help shape the business the last ~5 years.
Please enjoy baby me, circa 2012.
A man dies and at his funeral his widow asks his best friend to say a word. He goes up to the lectern, pauses. Then he says “plethora” and sits back down.
The widow turns to him and whispers “thanks, that means a lot.”
My brother in law who has four sons ages 9-12 just texted to ask if a Wii would be a good Xmas gift for them and I talked him into a Switch.
THOSE BOYS NOW OWE UNCLE JUSTIN.
Before anyone claims it's a stretch -
1. It's more than just the eagle / circle (although that would be enough)
2. "America first" was a far right, racist, anti-WW2 party in the 1940s.
3. The red triangle Facebook ads.
4. The white power video.
They aren't hiding it.
It's my 8-year work anniversary at IGN 😳🎉🍾
Mobile Games Editor
Executive Editor, Features
Manager, Tech and Commerce
Senior Manager, Tech and Commerce
...somewhere in the middle there my title was also Special Projects for a while I think 😅😂
Looking forward to the next 8!
Microsoft focusing in on screen resolution and making the Xbox Series S a next-gen console specifically for people that DON'T have a 4K TV is very smart.
4K is still in only about ~33% of US homes! Way more for core gamers I'm sure, but far from everyone.
My daughter's birthday party was today and six 5yo's accidentally locked themselves in a bedroom and were screaming and crying while I used a hammer and chisel to pry back the door jamb to let them out so... that's how my Sunday is going.
(They're all fine now)
Been talking to my 5yo for MONTHS about the “marshmallow art” she does Tuesdays at school.
She always has a partner. It’s hard. Etc.
Today she added that they all punched, and kicked...?
I asked some clarifying questions and it turns out they do MARTIAL ARTS on Tuesdays. 😂😂
To those asking - All of the author's scripted bylined content is being proactively removed for now, regardless of whether it was found to have an issue. Some of it may be restored later, some important coverage may be redone by other writers, and much of it will remain offline.
In this thread: Dozens of Mario Maker 2 creators to follow, giving you 500+ traditional, Nintendo-feeling levels to play, with more added every day ❤️
(And how to find more)
Bathroom sink stopped draining entirely. I dig around and pull out a pumpkin seed that had SPROUTED LEAVES and a huge, ~12 inch root.
My 4yo: “Oh yeah! I put that there.”
4yo daughter crying, won't sleep. Going on forever. Against my better judgment I go in to find out what's up.
"I'M JUST SO SAD ABOUT SNAKES EATING BABY PENGUINS!"
We haven't been reading any snake or penguin books.
Completed a personal task today I had been putting off for MONTHS. It generated a countless number of anxiety spikes and stress.
It only took about an hour and was totally fine.
I will learn nothing from this.