To an extent you’re right, but I think you’re overplaying just how much we know about these things and our capacity to manipulate behaviour through UX.

Sure but that’s not some psychological trick, and certainly not inherently evil — it’s just how they’ve tied their progression system into their business model.

employed tactics to increase dopamine production in their users

That does make some sense. So the issue is with the scaling, not the display itself - it’s a problem unique to playing old games on technology they weren’t designed for.

Literally every other competitive esport in existence manages fine with regular monitors.

This is fucking hilarious, Smash is full of petulant manbabies. Perfect example of why nobody takes that community seriously.

This is good for Bitcoin.

Bought it as soon as I saw the notification and played a few runs before bed, game’s fantastic.

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Wasn’t, like, the whole point of District 9 that it was an introspective movie about apartheid? What’s next, a Schindler’s List Battle Royale game?

Nah, I don’t buy that argument. It’s rape by deception and should be prosecuted as such (so should failing to disclose any other STD, for that matter).

Tried to play last night but the co-op on PC just straight-up doesn’t work. It’s like they forgot to actually enable it or something.

The aesthetic is so stylized that there’s only so many improvements to be made.

I couldn’t feel any more different tbh. I thought Burch’s writing was an absolutely awful stain on an otherwise really great game, and it genuinely impacted my enjoyment of it. His sense of humor doesn’t seem to have progressed beyond 2004 Newgrounds-era “walrus spork sO rAnDoMb xD” style jokes.

It’s weird, because he always seemed like a pretty normal guy back in the alpha days. Then one day he just... snapped and started posting absolutely wild rants on Twitter. I wanna say it was around the time he made the news for outbidding Jay Z on that giant mansion.

I think he’s supposed to be the god of the world because people believe the world... exists? I really don’t know where they’re going with him either, it seems so incongruous to the rest of the Gods being manifestations of actual, concrete belief systems.

I feel the same. The reason I liked PUBG so much was that it at least had a pretense of realism - I want to feel like I’m actually trying to survive, it was almost as much of a roleplaying experience as it was a shooter. Apex is fun, but all the crazy powers and gadgets really serve to remind me that I’m playing a…

You know, I have to agree. It’s a pretty show and I dig the concept, but we’re (almost) 1 and a half seasons in and it still doesn’t seem to have a thesis. There’s no point to anything, no underlying theme or reason for this story to be told.

Half true. You get access to the Shard system by subscribing, but you still have to — and can only — earn shards by playing and completing challenges. There’s no way to buy shards with real money, “cash out,” or even trade them to other people.

You do it Hardcore Henry style and just film the whole thing on a GoPro