As someone who only did a few (2009-’12) as an amateur journo with WorthPlaying, the most interesting thing I think I can contribute about E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, was about something around it.

Wow. This looks worse than Overkill Software’s The Walking Dead. That’s... Impressive.

The sheer amount of historic IP - stuff going back to Activision’s origins in the 1980s - is a major part of the value equation for this. From Crash Bandicoot to Blur to Pitfall, there’s a lot more material Microsoft can potentially find value from, especially in the hands of different studios, indies borrowing…

$1100 is gonna be CLOSE to get you to a good place for viewing the glaciers anymore, sadly... Assume like $600 for airfare to Anchorage (true for most nonstop options by Alaska or Delta, roundtrip, economy), you need to get down to a city like Seward (easier with a buddy, I think there’s buses for like $100), then…

Hilariously, that’s exactly how the early-90s Travel Version of Clue works...

I’ve nothing useful to contribute to this discussion, so here’s a meme panel from Shueisha-published Kaguya: Love is War. (Chapter 64.5, no clue if it’s in the official version.)

You just got introduced to SAXTON HALE!

You just got introduced to SAXTON HALE!

... Okay, the George Takei reference made this for me. Just, flat out.

This is MOSTLY accurate, except that more recent Brawl hacks are actually able to insert some stages and characters, rather than just replace existing ones, if I recall correctly.

I do wonder how they came up with that specific of a calculation - it's about a 1.76% expected rate. That seems Oddly Specific.

That achievement, in context, was absolutely cruel emotionally... :(

Fils-Aime: "Systems that generate pretty pictures by themselves aren't selling propositions," he said, "and all you need to do is look at the last generation to see the evidence.