moakley

Yeah I never really understood the backlash on that one. I actually would love to play Diablo on my phone. But like a good Diablo.

I like Bananza more than BotW, but I didn't think BotW was that good. I didn't play TotK for that same reason.

I don't think Bananza's length is a mark against it. It has more than 18 hours of content, so the time to beat it is irrelevant. Cost is also irrelevant to the quality of the game.

Look at it this way: remember when large portions of the internet community were all up in arms about the cost of games and predicted that the Switch 2 was definitely going to fail?

If your perspective on games this year aligns with those communities, then you only need to look at the runaway success of the Switch 2 for proof that you're missing a big part of the picture.

It's a good game. People like it. I don't even like it that much, but I can still see why it's a successful and popular game.

I don't understand why you're mentioning Zelda? There was one Zelda game this year, released a couple weeks ago, but it's actually a Warriors game.

I'm sure Bananza is getting a boost from the Switch 2 hype, just like E33 is getting a boost because of its indie roots. None of this happens in a vacuum. But the hype wouldn't do anything if either of these were bad games.

I don’t even know how donkey kong got in the list though, maybe they are being manipulated to include a nintendo title in some way.

It's one of the best reviewed games this year, it's in a classic but underrepresented genre, and it's the flagship title of the fastest selling console of all time. Maybe you're just a little disconnected on this one?

"another installment of Donkey Kong", as though we're flooded with them?

This is the first DK game in 11 years, and the first 3D DK game in 25 years.

I had a similar experience. I'd honestly prefer boring turn based combat to the ridiculous QTEs in the game.

The story was extremely well-told. Great voice acting and production value. But the actual plot didn't hook me. It just seemed so arbitrary. I don't know if there's some big reveal or anything that makes it make sense.

I only played it on Game Pass, so luckily I'm not out any money. I would have given it another chance eventually, but the Game Pass price hike made me cancel.

It's just nice to have another reason to talk about video games. All contexts in which we talk about video games have inherent biases.

I heard the opposite, that separating them ripens them quicker. In my experience this appears to be true.

Why do you think his kidney failed? That's where he hid the gold!

I'm sure god wouldn't let that happen. Let's just give it a try for a few hundred years.

I don't know. Can't we just stigmatize it to the point where their only recourse is to turn to faith and try to live a life of celibacy and denial? They can all become priests or something. That'll help them with the internalized guilt while they're at it!

Someday I want to write a story about a group of time travelers who travel to the past to try and stop Donald Trump from destroying America.

Every attempt fails. They catch him on tape making fun of handicapped people. They bring forth credible rape allegations. They help ensure he's convicted of 34 felonies. They make sure he's clearly implicated in his attempted insurrection. But every attempt fails.

And every time it's like, "We've got the 'grab them by the pussy' tape! Surely this will be it." Then they get back to their own time and nothing has changed.