Recent content by Proto Taco

As a descendant of German immigrants fleeing Russian persecution during WWII, it's always disheartening to me that this is what people think of when they think of Germany. It's downright depressing when I scroll down into the comments and see how many people not only endorse this stereotype but...

Whenever I see these developers touting how 'hard' or 'punishing' their game is and how proud they are of it my first thought is always, "That sounds like a magnificent time sink. Looks like I'll be playing something else."

I am the first taco, there are none before me...

Just let us buy the skins we like at $10 a piece ffs.

Right now VR is the brick phone from the 80s and 90s. Gesture controlled AR (without extra controller hardware) is the smartphone VR is going to turn into. Most people don't want to blow two or three paychecks on tech that isn't even ready yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvGyZlrTjE "This is a cause for celebration, not conflict." And they gave Lois a breather to keep her safe. You're right, they're real belligerent manchildren. The decent, moral thing for them to do in the Schnyderverse is to shoot Lois and punch Clark in...

https://youtu.be/GZvsLhj5hd4 You're right, I'm sure they're all absolutely fine and certainly none of them starved to death because they weren't in stasis and on life support before being ripped into it amidst a maelstrom of heavy jagged debris. Subtext is also important. If a leader comes...

Man of Steel confused the crap outta me because the way they structured the story made Zod look like a martyr and Superman a genocidal maniac. I mean when he first shows up on Earth all Zod wants is his ancestor's DNA and a planet to terraform for his people to live on. He even goes out of...

Lootboxes are such a buzzkill for this game, and principally speaking they're just not cool. They're basically using gambling to manufacture scarcity in the hopes of....less money? I mean basically they're manufacturing scarcity to create a false sense of exclusivity. I suppose they hope it...

They also need to take into account assists. There's nothing quite like setting up your Pharah for a team wipe with a well-placed grav-bomb on the last capture point and the PotG completely ignores you because you weren't the one who got the kills. In fact, given the team-based nature of...

WoW's gradual disintegration as their player base slowly realizes Blizzard really has been manipulating them for subscription money and all their 'progression' really isn't has got to be my second favorite thing in MMO news after EVE Online politics.

Alright hold on Twitch needs a minute, it's having a moment....

I suspect they'll add Tracer's girlfriend Emily in there as a heroine at some point. That or maybe the kid who grabbed Doomfist's glove in the release short. However it pans out, +1 to the fun'O'meter.

Not all IT departments are created equal. In other news Blizzard needs to get with the times. I mean if Nintendo is now offering account-bound virtual store purchases we MUST be far enough into the future that Blizzard is offering CRISPR mutations into your avatar for $30 right? Oh wait, no...

Social context is every bit as important as personal context. Hopefully this will teach him that and he can become the bro the world needs right now, rather than the one it deserves. In other words people need to start standing up to racists instead of giving them press time as punchlines...