Recent content by Defective_Detective

What about games like Phoenix Wright? That's a series with an excellent english release localization team behind most of its releases. (Still waiting for Edgeworth Investigations 2 AAAARGH) Without localization there'd be a ton of weird Japanese cultural references that would go over many...

Um, last time I checked, this was an open and free internet forum*, not a private conversation between you and I with its own special set of rules. BloatedGuppy's opinion is completely valid as an answer, since they are free to have their quid's worth on the matter, and I have no obligation to...

People are free to buy whatever games they want. People are free to say whatever they want about games. And people are free to listen to or ignore whatever recommendations people make about games. These concepts are called freedom of speech and freedom of the market. If your response to...

What cynical marketing rubbish. They snatched "SJW" as a buzzword from the Twittersphere, and are trotting it out as a cynical, nonsense excuse. They don't want to front the (pretty hefty) cost of localizing a game that will have a niche American audience. These kinds of decisions are...

I'm not really sure if "ability to re-buy select number of emulated PS2 games from the PSN store" is really backwards compatibility. Backwards compatibility surely implies that the original PS2 discs ought to work with the PS3/4 right? Or did I miss something?

The leaks were not the equivalent of irresponsible paparazzi photos. Not even close. They weren't an untruthful or malicious rumor, a non-contextual photograph or a baseless personal attack on anybody. It was an inconvenience for a PR team. If the Escapist published a leak from an anonymous...

Unfortunately, that's the thing with a model kit. It *literally* is fresh plastic from a model-making factory. However, you could build the model up and paint and weather it to look more worn and war-weathered.

As a fan of Undertale, I can understand your position entirely. Art style and humor are very subjective qualities to a consumer, and if neither was your cup of tea, then that's understandable. This is why it's important to have a variety of game reviews from different viewpoints to read before...

I'm just going to leave a quote here that I think sums up my attitude towards this whole thing, really.... I will just leave you with the question. Do you actually want gaming journalism? Or public relations hype train? Even if it's an outlet that I don't particularly care for, I think...

I absolutely agree that people are free to choose who and what to read and support. I, for instance, don't actually read Kotaku very much at all. If people don't read Kotaku because of the quality of their reporting, that's fine. I will still defend them because they should be given access to...

Reviews should not be treated as mere advertising. What a sad, sad thing gaming culture would be if that was allowed to be the case. Reviews are meant for consumption by the buying public, the consumer, so that we can make decisions about our hard-earned money. The gaming outlets are meant to be...

What the heck are you even talking about? "Show me the blacklist"? We're not arguing over whether or not Ubisoft and Bethesda have or have not blacklisted them. You even admit that they're refusing Kotaku press access. Right there! In bold It is completely legal for Bethesda and Ubisoft to...

It's still blacklisting. It's individual companies making the choice to blacklist a gaming outlet. And of course Kotaku pick and choose who and what they cover, but that's because they are not super-human. There are so many games being released these days that it is *physically impossible*...

Are you kidding me? Ever since there were gaming magazines, it has been a requirement for gaming press, set by consumer demand, to print game reviews in a timely manner to their readers to digest so they can make a decision about a game that's being released that week. And people are going to go...

This. That highlighted bit? The bit in bold? The fact that you even have to ask this question speaks volumes. That's the whole ****ing problem. There *should* be more gaming press outlets and Youtubers that hold developers and publishers to account, but they aren't there because people like...