I’m a video game enthusiast, I’ve had all the major consoles as they release as well as a suitable (but not crazy) PC.  I tell you this, so you hopefully don’t think I’m shilling for a particular company.  That said, the PS3 had some great first party games (GoW, Killzone, Resistance), but the system ran so…

I played the alpha. It wasn’t good.

Maybe in the areas that don’t use electricity.

I tried the alpha, and while I admittedly didn’t play for very long, it felt like a very, very shitty Borderlands knock-off.  Like, missing the parts that make that series worthwhile.

These PS5 remakes aren’t main developer material, they’ve stated that these have been developed as projects for new hires (in the case of Part II) and for staff not currently working on anything (Part I).

Except the overwhelming majority of the DLC are remastered tracks from old games.

I don’t entirely disagree, but well made CRPGs have their own built in fan-base, regardless of pedigree.  Look at Pillars of Eternity.  Getting those people to play and share by word of mouth is helpful, but also the number of incredible reviews, which are not necessarily the result of the ip.  Also, it’s worth…

Unless fighting games manage to squarely do something profoundly different, they fall into the “should a remake count as GotY” category.  Sure, they keep looking better, but the gameplay is pretty standard across the genre, nevermind as sequels.

I’d argue Baldur’s Gate 3 would. Most people playing it haven’t even touched Baldur’s Gate 1 or 2 or are even familiar with D&D. If the names were changed, the strength of the character builds, cause and effect relationships and outside of the box thinking would still merit consideration.

I’m not saying it disqualifies Nolan from anything. I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I’m saying that Nolan was well on his way, even after Batman Begins. The fact that he continued to work with WB and film two more Batman films is less about bringing in the extra money to complete his passion projects. Nolan…

Batman Begins gave him The Prestige, and he had already banked Memento at that point. That’s like saying Bryan Singer needed X-Men, even though he had The Usual Suspects under his belt. Nolan didn’t need to prove the point further with sequels because he needed the money, the man likes to tell stories and found…

Isn’t that precisely the case that Scorsese is making? Spend money on films that aren’t mass market blockbusters?

I don’t disagree, but I also think that Nintendo presents characters that are family friendly, in games that are family friendly (hell, even Metroid is largely inoffensive), and that allows them to be used in other places that don’t have to make sense. The stories are fundamentally disconnected from one another and…

I think it’s worth noting that making music has always started as hobby passion projects, and the very, very rare get to make a living doing it.  None of that has changed - what has changed is how local artists that were never going to make it past their surrounding towns can no reach internationally.

This list is a massive disappointment without Conker.

I think you’re right - Nintendo hasn’t really developed many new characters with anything approaching the name recognition of the characters you mentioned. What I would say, though, is that neither Sony or Microsoft has managed to take these characters and stretch them across so many styles of games, in some cases…

And also has a unique catalog of Nintendo only games with legions of baked in fans dating back to the 80s.  If I could find those games on better consoles, I’d definitely buy them there.

Aside from Final Fantasy III for the SNES at the best $80 I ever spent, I’d never seen a game above $50 in the 90s.

This list is painfully missing some Bo Burnham, Eddie Izzard and Bill Burr.

I can’t believe how polar oppositely I felt about the Kingdom of Heaven theatrical cut and the director’s cut.