What’s the modern day equivalent of that? Where’s all the present day science fiction looking at the future and asking hard questions about how we might navigate potential problems, instead of just glorifying ‘80s neon and chrome and violence?

Bioware has lacked that leadership the moment the Doctors left.  Trust me, Hudson was never that guy and I honestly believe Bioware is actually better off without him.

Considering that Mass Effect 3 ended like the most uncomfortable wet fart in the middle of a State Dinner, Dragon Age Inquisition was nothing more than a checklist event, and Andromeda was... well... not good; I don’t even care.

CDPR has already confirmed next gen upgrade patch is free

It’s early access.
Of course it’s buggy.
That’s the entire point of early access.

I too can create something so badly optimized that it can’t execute smoothly...

a breath of fresh air...

If you look there at the side of the PS4, you’ll understand why I feel like consoles really should be looking more like mini PCs than they do. I’m not a Microsoft guy, but goddamn if this big ass pillar isn’t a breath of fresh air after 15 years of losing consoles to cooling issues.

When Kotaku says it’s a great port and Ars Tehnica but, most importantly, Digital Foundry says it’s a disappointing one you can bet your sweet ass the port sucks

It seems pretty poorly optimized really. Digital Foundry had this to say:

“Even on a Ryzen 9 3900XT with a GTX 2080 Ti, the game wasn’t hovering that much above 60fps with all settings maxed out”

That’s kinda brutal.

You guys and Ars Technica had a very different PC experience.

The radio in my kitchen, always tuned to NPR, was on during the funeral broadcast and I happened to wander by when Obama was talking, and it was like a freaking out of body experience hearing that voice. He needs to do more televised speeches to remind us what normal feels like.

How’s that kool aid taste?

On the charging side, I’m OK with this if they drop the Lightning connector and move to USB-C.

World class clickbait. I’m not being facetious. 

Hard agree - I really liked the setting and characters, it felt like the next logical step of the Mass Effect story, but there was an ungodly amount of meaningless fetch quests. You go to every planet and there’s just a laundry list of stupid stuff to do that added nothing but time to the game, by the time you’re done…

Do any of the mods make the tons of fetch quests worth doing, or have any kind of written narrative attached to them at all?

I want neither in my backyard. Birds shit on my patio and Squirrels like my veggies. 

my budget for birdfood is limited.