“So the Series X and S launch went relatively well, our top tier console edges out the competition in terms of power, our acquisitions have ensured that we’ll have a ton of high-demand exclusives this generation, and Game Pass is the talk of the industry. Now, how can we absolutely ruin this opportunity?”

*looks up from her switch*

Free-to-play is the dream killer for me. Bummer.

That’s why the saying “Never Pre-Order” should be applied. They should show at least some lenghty last gen gameplay, but they know it will hurt the sales. In my opinion, that’s a business decision consciously taken by CD Projekt RED.

Most Hollywood stuff is done by union labor. Almost all video game work is done by non-union labor. Might have something to do with that.

I’ve been saying this for years, but All games are beautiful now. And this has pretty much been true since the PS3 gen or so. And the human dimension of this has been given short shrift versus the technological one. Persona 4 is a much better looking game than most that I’ve played recently because of its striking and…

One of the things that always irks me a bit is when I have my students analyze a retro game, usually from the NES catalog. Invariably they’ll always make a point like “The graphics are bad, buts in an old game”. They simply aren’t able to see artistic merit in a game that isn’t running in HD at 60 frames a second yet.…

Yeah, the Switch version looks good enough. The next gen ones look better, if I squint and play ‘spot the difference’ for a few minutes. If this is what next gen console prices are buying us, I’ll be glad to save my money for a while.

I think what they need to do is come out with more variations of the starter set. Maybe a Luigi starter set or something similar to that.  

I think this is really the thing.

Men have been fucking up this world for literal centuries. Literal. Centuries.

My first games were text based so I can relate to not being overly excited about the graphic improvements. But games like Ghost of Tsushima or Breath of the Wild are visually stunning and make me appreciate the technology advances. What really excites me about the next generation are the greatly reduced load times.…

Microsoft is obviously not paying publishers to not transfer games over like Syndicate or “Werewolves Within”, when all the other major AC games have moved over. It’s 2020, unless you’re 12, this weird console war tirade you’re on is just a bit sad.

Play Has No Limits*

Personally, I can’t take the current incarnation of “eSports” seriously. As a gamer that grew up in the 16-bit era, players of fighting games never tried to sell themselves as “Athletes”, they were always competitors.

Now, those dedicated fans at the arcade tearing it up on a DDR-machine, those gamers are definitely…

You worded your comment strangely to me then.

I wonder how well it will do with a $20 price tag?

I just can’t see how Apple’s cut and billing practices are anticompetitive. They own half the market, and the other half of doing the same thing.

Well, when you care more about imaginary children in pizza parlor basements than actual, real children in cages on the border, your moral compass is bound to get a little screwed up.

“Oh, cool! Can’t wait to see the list.”