But Epic isn’t Competitive. They’re not competing, they’re trying to swallow everything. When Epic Store shot out of the gates I stood similar to you. “This is needed. It has to happen this way. Steam needs a REAL contender.”

This is true, it’ll definitely sell A LOT. It’s a big AAA game making a comeback after 5 years. Plus the series has sold like 5 million units since the reveal (granted, the games are cheaper than dirt). I do remember an small test thing, about how exposing yourself to something can placate your appetite for the new…

I’ll certainly pick any Dem over Trump. Beto could be good, for the hometown advantage that could help flip Texas. Cali + Texas is 34% of the majority to win the electoral college.

General buzz I see is how people are doing just that. Every time Randy or Gearbox or someone does something shitty, more people go “Yeah, this where I’m backing out.”. The Borderlands name is gradually being associated with bad press and the terrible behavior of the faces surrounding it. Add in that most…

I’m not too keen on that. Democrats need to get their shit together and put forth a candidate the PEOPLE like instead of the battle royal going on. Hell, I don’t think there’s a single candidate that this website HASN’T shit on. Without that, people won’t vote. Trump can win, even with his 40% approval rate. Because…

My trick was asking the character I wanted to help me, then just gruesome twosome battles all month. They’d hit B-Rank by the end of month and ask to join.

Seriously. So many businesses in general are moving away from creating value and instead focusing on generating as much revenue as possible. Loot boxes and their ilk aren’t even there for the average player, but a few big spenders.

Thank God for Jim Fucking Sterling-Son.

Blizzard has built its entire empire off generic stereotypes and story tropes. While I understand it’s necessary to call them out on it, it’s kinda hard to expect change when they also praise Blizzard for their characters.

Characters are interesting, moving away further from anime stereotypes. I kept bouncing off the 3DS ones myself, despite being a longtime fan. The gameplay was simple and easy and all the gimmicks didn’t change that, while the stories and characters were largely forgettable.

They used to say “Recurrent User Spending”, but they changed it. Now it’s about social engagement. Give them reasons to play every day, show them that other people are spending money to peer pressure them into playing and spending. Thus creating a social loop so that Mega Whales (oh yeah, they’ve moved beyond just…

Awwww shit. It’s been a long time since RNG of this scale has been seen. The salt is going to flow.

Duran's shields don't carry a "block" stat or add defense, they instead give him evasion. This was pretty common in older games. Why add an extra stat and calculation in battle, when you can repurpose another one?

Nooe. Don’t believe it. They hyped the original release, too. Until it is playable I refuse to believe them.

There were client side text translations, but then they began to block foreign IP addresses from accessesing the servers.

Or Unspecifiedstan. Abu Ahira(?) Would be a hilariously bad naming cameo for the badguy.

You mean those things that stupid people buy thinking “they’ll be worth a lot of money someday”? Baseball cards never took the world by storm and generated billions of dollars through predatory practices. Only people I've ever met that have them are old people, who had zero agency when it came to financial decisions.

MHW should be used as a case study for how streamlining for accessibility doesn't mean dumbing down. That little thing? Making the controls slightly more responsive and fluid changed the entire game, making previous entries borderline unplayable.

The thing about lies is that, short of a confession, they are borderline impossible to prove. We know it’s a lie, everyone knows, but none of us were there when they changed the assets or discussed the developement.

Supposedly they wore their hair like that to A: help with the heat of wearing helmets and B: The top knot helped keep the helmet in place.