“You will no longer think of your angry spouse as your vassal”

Uh, I mean, we already have movies and TV shows that are locked to certain streaming services (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, etc), so basically what you’re saying is already happening. Your argument otherwise makes no sense, as TVs don’t play movies, they just receive an HDMI signal.

To be fair, there’s truth in that competition raises the bar of quality. One side developing great exclusives drives another side to do the same.

Sure, they delivered a full experience, but that was seven years ago. As explained in the article, this is the longest the world has gone without new single-player GTA content by a long shot.

The incredible heist missions are the reason that GTAV is the only game in the series I’ve ever actually finished.

It is precisely because he’s already being paid gobs of money that it makes statements like the one he made especially tasteless. “I’m rich, but why am I not even more rich??”

Since this is a list of least favorite, I pretty much have to go with Wii. I detested all the needless waggle added to games, when the same functionality could have been done much faster and less painfully by just pressing a button (bonus points to games that forbade the classic controller no good reason).

Except we’re talking about the opposite. See, there were laws written that made it explicitly legal to backup and edit your own media. Those laws still exist, but now the DMCA preempts them. So it’s still legal to backup and edit your media, but it’s illegal to edit digital media. Does that make sense? Of course it…

Uh, the law is the problem? It was not software experts that enshrined the DMCA into law. It was business lobbyists. We now have two sets of laws in this country: One set for software, and another set that works the exact opposite for everything else. In fact, the DMCA specifically overrules long-existing consumer…

I know you haven’t picked one up yet Luke, but I thought it was worth mentioning: I find the DualSense to be unwieldingly large. It’s quite thicc, especially under the triggers. My guess is that all that new technology requires it, but it may be the first controller ever that I’m legitimately terrified to use because…

By that definition, no one is brilliant. Not Apple, since they didn’t invent anything, they just polished other peoples’ ideas. Not Nintendo, since they just took existing technologies and hard-wired them into their consoles.

And in other news, the Le Mans was recently cancelled because Ford didn’t approve of the aftermarket superchargers added to many of their cars.

So, I modded my Wii U to enable GameCube emulation. I have only used it to play games that I personally ripped from my own collection.

Hey, here’s an idea Rockstar: Maybe just make a new game? Controversial, I know.

The idea that a company is nothing but a huskless shell of greed is misguided. Yeah, a lot of the larger companies really do act that way. But people are still in charge, and people can make certain company decisions on moral grounds.

This article reminds me of the trouble CD Projekt RED apparently had with making melee combat feel good in Cyberpunk. A lot of the feedback that makes throwing a punch feel so good in Demon’s Souls is virtually impossible to do in first person.

Or you can go the HTCP route and hook your PC up to your TV.

That is complete conjecture, and there’s evidence (such as this exact exclusivity) that a gaming clause was a part of the new Spider-Man deal made last year (or was it 2018?).

At the same time, it’s similar to the idea of rumble. “We have to add rumble to this game? For everything?” But, as I discussed with a friend the other day, unless Sony is providing sample libraries or templates, it may be a herculean task for all but the largest devs.

Two things: First, a lot of game code doesn’t distinguish between a “UI” and “gameplay” control scheme (or vice versa), so remapping those buttons would require extra development work. Second, these days controls are often more complex, with many buttons having multiple different “modes” (eg, tap, hold, double tap),…