ericravenscraft
Eric Ravenscraft
ericravenscraft
Eric creates video essays as Lord Ravenscraft on YouTube. He's also a freelance writer with bylines in The Inventory, Wired, The New York Times, and a former Senior Writer for Lifehacker.

Absolutely unfathomable to you that the people who actually hate the game have stopped playing it and that other people can have critiques of a game they overall really like, huh? Read more

not to mention various shortcuts that aren’t spelled out, like the ability to go immediately to the star map by holding down the menu button.” Read more

Comment offering very legitimate career opportunity making $7,000 a month working from home, possibly doing video game blogs. Read more

So I had a whole big thing about this, but the short version is: yes, macros do technically work, but they’re even more fiddly than the rest of G Hub. For example if I wanted to assign a shortcut to a camera orbit command (which needs to just be held down continuously), then I have to record the macro, reveal the key Read more

So I had a whole big thing about this, but the short version is: yes, macros do technically work, but they’re even

Even if that’s true (there’s plenty of evidence that crunch doesn’t actually increase productivity much at all, and developers might be more creative or work better if they’re not forced to work 90 hours a week)....let them. Fans get angry about everything. If the game is good and it makes money (and come on, it will Read more

I had the same reaction to the stealth mission door closing. As I recall, if you keep walking around the corner, the door eventually closes itself, which is interesting since you can’t see it at all after that. But I also was very worried that I was going to fail a mission for it. Especially since, in a later mission, Read more

By the way, I’m just gonna throw it out there: I limited this to ten movies. But there’s WAY more. Read more

By the way, I’m just gonna throw it out there: I limited this to ten movies. But there’s WAY more.

Do we turn Zarya into a democratic character because Putin doesn’t match up to democratic ideals? Read more

you’re actually expecting blizzard to do in this case is to lose millions of dollar in revenue and fire countless employees just so a dude can show his support for a political movement during their event. Read more

This is the best correction I've ever received. Read more

This is the best correction I've ever received.

Also a good option! I like having the flexibility to change it when I need to without setting up an appointment or anything. Like “Oh shit, I’m going out tonight, maybe I can put something matching on while I watch Stranger Things.” But this also works if you want more of a routine. Read more

Also a good option! I like having the flexibility to change it when I need to without setting up an appointment or

I’m glad Arya got to kill the Night King (I probably would’ve been equally happy if someone else did it, so what do I know), but man was that framed in such a jarring way I feel like I missed something. They just had a huge sequence where Arya couldn’t get through a hallway. Jon is pinned down by a dragon. Theon gets Read more

Did everyone here miss the part where this was a 22-year-old dude making this remark to a 17-year-old girl? Read more

I have the Lenovo Smart Display because I like big screens and I cannot lie. Here’s my experience: this thing is rad for watching videos while you cook. I never in my life thought I would care, but once it’s there, it’s neat. I have a bunch of smart lights and tappable buttons for those are great on top of voice comman Read more

I have the Lenovo Smart Display because I like big screens and I cannot lie. Here’s my experience: this thing is rad

Game Night had the terrible misfortune of coming out a week after Black Panther. It’s no surprise that it didn’t get much attention, and I can’t even be mad about it. That being said, it at least made over $117M on a $37M budget. A 3x return is pretty solid. I’m not sure I necessarily want a sequel, but hopefully Read more

Game Night had the terrible misfortune of coming out a week after Black Panther. It’s no surprise that it didn’t get

Okay, I will be straight up honest: It should have. And the only reason is that I forgot. I failed to put it on one of my lists, and so it slipped through the cracks but frankly, I would have bumped something off this list if I had remembered (probably Searching? I dunno, it’s hard to pick). Read more

Okay, I will be straight up honest: It should have. And the only reason is that I forgot. I failed to put it on one

Things can be both useful and ugly. It’s why I get to have a job. Read more

Things can be both useful and ugly. It’s why I get to have a job.