Exactly. And let’s remember that complete psycho James Cameron trained for months (or was it years?) so he could be qualified to go down there. That wreckage is not something for hobbyists to visit.

So can we have the content we paid for & got removed back?

Ah - I assumed exactly what the article was. 

Because without explicit mention of ‘in the context of speedrunning’, a reasonable person would assume the shortcut was a long-hidden Easter egg. That sort of thing not being found for over a decade would be pretty interesting!

“I should note here that the definition of a “shortcut” being used in this video doesn’t mean the obvious, intentional ones Nintendo always litters its tracks with. It instead means an unintentional shortcut, one that relies on an oversight or exploitation of code to make some serious time savings.”

When I was growing up and entering the workforce (approximately 25 years ago), everyone told us that it “looked bad” on a resume if you changed jobs every 2-3 years. But what I’ve witnessed has not borne this out. My friends who have advanced in their careers and increased their pay have changed jobs about every three…

Hopefully it continues to work, my kid loves playing that demo. Guess I get to enshrine my PS5 next to my PT-bearing PS4 for all time once the next generation comes around.

Fucking Pumped with that capital P. Almost completed the achievements 100% and I’m ready to have some more.

I appreciate this discussion, because I’m in the same “enjoy single player Diablo but didn’t get super into the endgame.” Looks like I’ll get into this one since the stuff you need to pay for won’t bother me at all.

If you’re talking about being absolutely BiS, Min/Max perfect stats, all top quality gems etc etc then like...welcome to Mobile Games? You know how much money at costs to have a C6 character with a max R5 weapon and refreshed resin enough times to get *perfect* artifacts in Genshin?  I'd have to sell my house.

It seems like they are claiming that, which is wild.

No, they’re claiming it’s fun as long as “fully upgrading” your character isn’t your goal, but playing the game is.

It’s probably the most perfect “made for mobile” experience I’ve ever played.  I think it’s the first game where playing it primarily on a mobile device doesn’t seem hamstrung or like I’m cheating myself of the full experience like Xcom, Fortnite, etc. feel compared to playing those on my PC.  I tossed in a couple…

Completely agree. It’s absurd how much fun I’m having in this. I even rediscovered my love of running social circles, and put together an active Warband. I’m not looking forward to the part where the free game becomes less free, but with the fun I’ve already had, it’s not the game hasn’t earned a buck or two.

I would…

I like to hear what Jeff has to say, but I disagree with a lot of his points at least as often as I agree. He’s entertaining when he is playing or doing something he loves, and other times.... well not so much.

Yeah. I never got the sense that Gertsmann’s contrarianism came from being an asshole. Dude is hella knowledgeable about video games, and has been in the industry since the 90s.

At some point, you’ve seen everything and hype just isn’t enough anymore.

I mean who wouldn’t be cynical like he is when you’ve been in the industry for as long as he did? And been burned by it?

Wow.

While Zapor wasn’t as eager to relitigate the video game controversies of the 1990s, his response wasn’t necessarily more coherent: “I think in terms of causation, what the information shows us is as we become more disfranchised as individuals, and groups, people leave a faith for example, the family units become…