I don’t understand this. It would make sense for your AAA 1st party games to not immediately be on the subscription service so you don’t cannibalize the initial rush of sales, but wouldn’t it make a lot of sense to keep these in the subscription in perpetuity 1 or 2 years after release? How much money will Sony really…

You’re making the bold assumption that crypto mining cards are being operated in conditions that don’t exceed the card’s tolerances, and not a huge, unventilated rack in some Russian dude’s half-flooded basement.

For me the funniest thing about these games is still that they launched them with the major design goal of “We’ve remade all these games to have a consistent visual style so they all look the same” and then when FFVI came out they went “Oh but for the opera scene we decided to throw consistency out the window and use…

Unfortunately those in the middle ground were the first to be consumed by the battle at hand.

This reminds me of how I’m feeling about the new sign in front of my condo complex. I’m glad the damaged sign was removed, I’m very glad the flimsy temp sign is gone, and I’m glad the new one is sturdier and reasonably easy to read, but...oh, god, it is the MOST BORING FONT EVER. It’s like no one bothered to replace…

I like this title better:

Game Devs explaining basic Game Design to people complaining about said design is my fetish.

I liked that they stuck with the original ending, but it definitely felt way different than the game.

I’m against the ‘button to reveal things’ mechanic. Players will end up playing half the game in a visually dull detective mode or will continually spam the button every time they enter a room. Which at that point, why not just have the feature on at all times? I enjoyed my time with Batman Arkham Asylum, but I have…

There’s also the fact that some visual cue are so ingrained into gamer mind that it’s hard to change things up.

There was a game (forgot which one) that experimented with coloring their explosive barrel green to match with the visual style of the game. During playtesting, they quickly found out that either they were…

Yea I dont blame them. Maybe they could add an option to turn down the help aids but I’m thankful for them. Until we can break every single thing in a game, its worth pointing out which things we can. Especially since if you have a 3rd person view or something its not as easy to notice details you would in first…

Loverslab: Hold my beer.

i will always take an opportunity to say that Far Cry 5 has one of the most squandered premises in gaming history thanks to compromising itself to appeal to “both sides”.

Title promises bloopers, we get 1 sort of blooper and a bunch of unrelated instagram posts. Sheesh. 

Regarding shelf space, one of my issues is that I like to have the cards sleeved. So a deck of cards with tight box (e.g., Hero Realms or Fluxx) becomes an empty box plus a plastic bag with sleeved cards + paper manual.

So this just talks packaging and not actual creation, right? Because I’ve purchased only digital PS4/5 games for the last 4 or so years, without a single physical purchase. You’re telling me that 5 years of gaming like that, with powering my TV, game systems, etc. is greener than that one copy of Candyland I bought…

I’m all for usage of more sustainable materials, but I’d argue not to extrapolate things too much to say it’s not great for the environment, shall we? You are missing the forest for the tree there.

If you think that’s the worst thing that will come out of Pokemon today you have seen nothing yet.

He didn’t lie to protect Ellie, he lied to protect himself from her anger at him making a choice for her that he knew she wouldn’t have.