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Sisi Jiang
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Idk how she does it. That brand of toxicity definitely stopped me from playing competitive online games with open voice chat + randos and she’s getting it way worse. Heck even LoL text chat was a bridge too far. I’m already subjecting myself to the grind of ranked play. Why do I need to also bathe in whatever sexist/r Read more

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Ok, I get the bikini one, sex sells and all that... but what’s the point of the fart one? How many people are gonna see it and think to themselves “finally! a game that has what I want!”? Read more

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“The rich are continuing to be among the cheapest.”

There’s a lesson in there. Read more

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I didn’t expect them to buff Sombra so much. Read more

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I need to total my hours somehow to see if I reached that number with DA2. Read more

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Man, you guys are really showing the Tenacity of the Millelith with some of these puns.
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Indeed. It’s just the sort of Thrilling Tale you can swap out for an attack boost as well. Read more

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Saving them because you care is fine and good, but doing it out of noblesse oblige gives a nice elemental burst bonus to the entire party. Read more

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i know :) i was saying “um” about how randomly crass and reductive the line was lol. it sounded to me like an unwarranted dismissal of michelangelo on the basis that.... sometimes his interpretation of women’s bodies looks like whatever we arbitrarily define as “masculine” ?? what???

but i pointed it out because to me, Read more

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Ironically, my pre-reading age kids were very upset they got Pokemon cards instead of a toy when they last got a Happy Meal. Read more

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“Sexual Harassment and sexual discrimination is still seen as the norm and perfectly ok” Read more

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Ah.. the uprising begins. “It’s still my turn, Christopher...”
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I’m straight-up flabbergasted that they “can’t” pursue legal action. While they were stupid and didn’t draw up specific documents, they almost certainly engaged in a series of communications laying out the how the funds were to be used, and while not AS enforceable as clear-cut contracts, informal agreements are Read more

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Fire Emblem games gives Heroes a built in dedicated fandom. Dragalia has guest characters sure, but they do not pull enough interest to the game from fans. That being said, you are correct Dragalia was a better game. Read more

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When Kotaku asked about which features were broken as a result of poor scheduling, a developer replied: “Tongue in cheek: the whole game. In general, every major bug in 76 [that appeared at launch] was known by QA.”
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To echo Marblekid: great work on this. I come to Kotaku for the fun stuff, and I stay for the good stuff like this. Read more

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Excellent article Sisi. I laughed back then about the sorry state 76 was in the internet fervor back in 2018. But QA horror stories are not anything to laugh at. I certainly do feel bad especially after reading because normal developers and workers basically got PTSD over a video game, especially through toxic things Read more

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