More-or-less. $50 was the standard price point until the early 2000s. The $10 increase was to bake in the cost of IP licensing fees that had become increasingly standard. (source)
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You can’t put that genie back in the bottle, unfortunately. While I agree with your sentiment, core games are going to keep chasing that dragon because their audience demands it.
Part of the problem is that many consumers equate value with game length: an 40 hour game is twice the value of a 20 hour game. It doesn’t matter if all that extra time is spent in compelling or interesting gameplay, it’s there to make players feel like they got their money’s worth. Think all of the cookie-cutter side…
Either you’re joking or just being hyperbolic. Cards are a collectible in the game, there are many of them. If they patch out this card, none of the work you describe would be affected in the least, as it’s all built into the collection system framework.
Given the information they had at the time, it was a reasonable gamble. There are also other considerations, such as the delicate dance of insurance and deals with the host cities. I’ve watched every event this year wait until the last possible second to cancel because that’s a huge financial hit to absorb. Some…
The logistics required to make the switch to an unproven digital format for an event as large as Comicon, especially under these time constraints, likely made that a non-starter this year. There were rumors that SW Celebration was going to go digital but in the end it was just cancelled too.
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First, I agree with you calling out the whataboutism, but do need to point out that as a Seattle resident with plenty of friends living in and around CHAZ/CHOP, there are in fact armed guards and people open-carrying. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s legal, but don’t say there aren’t armed people there.
The 1982 graphic novel “God Loves Man Kills” was very explicit in its theme of predjudice and largely adapted as the plot of X2. Also, don’t forget Wade’s line from Deadpool 2 when he first meets Firefist - “Everyone, calm down! The pros are here. We’re the X-Men! A dated metaphor for racism in the ‘60s. So,…
Hera’s presence in Alphabet Squadron is featured prominently in the book’s marketing push, it’s not a surprise. Besides, the Rebels epilogue shows that she survived the Original Trilogy time period and Rise of Skywalker shows that the Ghost made it to the Battle of Exogol, though probably piloted by her son at that…
This game takes place after Return of the Jedi, so Kanan and Ezra are out of the picture.
I am old enough to remember when Westwood’s Dune: The Battle of Arrakis codified the formula that Command and Conquer, Warcraft and an entire genre would base itself on, yes. :D
The tactic has developed the slang term “Sealioning” thanks to this webcomic. It’s maddening by design.
It is an oft-used quote with many, many variants. It’s attributed to Lenin - “Every society is three meals away from chaos” - but I don’t think there’s an authoritative origin story.
Giving full credit to Dark Fact for the tip elsewhere in this thread, using fish bait removes eggs from the loot table. The manila clams needed to craft bait are plentiful and quickly respawn, thankfully.
My town shall build a Kaiju statue in your honor, kind soul.
A coworker sent me to the John Hopkins University Covid-19 dashboard, which basically looks like a real-life game Plague Inc. No bueno.
On the contrary, I feel that the overall ramp up is even slower than previous games and it’s started to irritate me. Remember that prior to New Horizons, you were moving into a town that was already established, with basic services already in place. They have sped the introduction of some returning mechanics from…
Can’t do multiple saves in New Horizons - 1 save per user, 1 island per console.
Indeed it is. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone looked at the AC series and said “If we just give players the ability to buy their way out of the time-gating, we’ll make a fortune!” and F2P was born. :)