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@ravelle: There are secret coins in the overworld if you need one or two for a power up.

Also depending on your location finishing a boss on simple should open pathways within each overworld, which allows you to reach run and gun levels for more coins.

@evilcalvin: it took 14 hours the first time, but once people figured out the mechanics you could knock it out in one or less. Though, yes the raids did (do?) have checkpoints.

@efesell: I'm confused. Are you insinuating I don't believe that the Kekistani flag is a hate symbol? Because that's not the case. While the history of it's creation is murkier than simply being an Alt-Right symbol from the get-go there's no question it's become co-opted and thus tainted. As such, I have no qualms about taking offence and action against the Kekistani flag, and no interest in defending it.

@theht: this thing looks so damn close to the "Kekistani" flag it's hard to imagine a designer innocently creating it in parallel. It's possible, but strenuously so. Like, to a silly degree.

Sure if we can confirm that one person chooses every design aspect, but there's nothing to say one guy didn't make the I K E K I and another chose to make the thing green. Why choose four lines instead of three? Why the I in front of both K's. Was all of that in an attempt to hide their nefarious plotting, or does that just further the possibility this was done without any intent?

@fatalbanana:

It's a figure of speech obviously it hasn't resulted in Bungie being burned at the stake, but it has forced them to pull the gauntlets and make a public apology (for something that they may be innocent of).

Is that some terrible penance? No, but it normalizes what I think is a very dangerous precedent of punishing or forcing people to apologize for things they aren't guilty of. From the article: "Which is a start, but they are reaching when they say, "It is not intentional." I'm sure it's not intentional on the part of Bungie or Activision. But it's the intent of someone."

In personal conversations I refer to this as our liberal Vietnam. In an effort to eradicate what we see as a threat to our way of life we fight our enemy tooth and nail with the moral authority granted us through past battles, except the difference now is that the enemy has changed tactics and no longer fights in uniform, but hides in the shadows among innocents. The problem? We haven't changed tactics in kind and use the same type of indiscriminate force that won us past wars which results in civilian casualties that not only put cracks in our moral authority, but builds resentment to the cause.

Down playing things like this as an edgy internet joke is how these bastards recruit

Yes it is, and another way they recruit is by taking situations like these where people over-react and using it to paint themselves as the victims.

People who literally call for the genocide of a race of humans by the way just in case you forgot.

Seriously? Spare me your "in case I forgot" bs

This type of witch-hunt "reporting" is the thing that makes me lose respect for sites like Waypoint and games journalism in general. The article is so cock-sure that this was an intentional attempt at slipping in secret symbols that the author even goes so far as to contend that simply questioning intent is somehow a misguided position to take.

It reminds me of a story from last year where Zoey Quinn posted two images from some Paper Mario game that referenced "five fun guys" which she and others said was a not so subtle dig at her and the whole Gamer Gate thing. I remember that Patrick wrote out multiple stories for Kotaku about the issue (along with other journos) and the writing of those pieces featured very similar language about how the reference was too specific to be an accident. Long story short, it turned out that the two images were separated by minutes of prior dialogue meaning the reference wasn't even an accident, but entirely fabricated simply to arouse offence at the expense of common sense.

If they float they're a witch, if they drown they were innocent, but at least they drown at the altar of internet justice.

@tortoise: Well a byproduct of having the staff speak to the merits of a game during the GOTY discussion is that they act as a megaphone for the game. Having the guys play something on a UPF or talk about it at GOTY gets more ears, than a simple forum post ever could.

@fatalbanana: there's a solo, duo, and squad (4 per group) mode. None end with you murdering your team for supremacy though. And you can join duos and squads with less than the cap and play at the disadvantage if you so choose.

Take a look through all the towns if you are hurting for armor. And look through stables for quests and items. Also, remember that fire and ice weaponry provide heat/cooling when equipped. I usually carry one of each and consciously choose not to fight with them for this very reason.

Aimlessness seems like a key tenant of the game design with BOTW. Meander off the beaten path, look for smoke to find potential quests, or take a gander at the map and find something that looks interesting topographically. Remember that you can "beat" the game by walking into the castle at any moment. The beasts are optional, so treat them like puzzles or riddles rather than progress gates.

I love the idea of Anthony Bourdain presents Drew Scanlon: Parts Unknown

P.S. Austin needs to back up the money truck for Drew's logo it would be prefect for Waypoint.