Class solidarity guarantees the chances of this happening are 0%. MS execs will talk shit about him, and maybe not even invite him on ski trips. But they would NEVER set a precedence of one of their own being denied the most golden parachute legally possible.

Exactly. Under capitalism, this is a perfectly legitimate “job”, most of which exist only to further enrich the rich, regardless of whether they are beneficial or detrimental to society at large. This is no different from what happens with health insurance companies, or telecom monopolies, etc. Maybe capitalism isn’t…

“While it’s true that we all live in a capitalist hellscape, labor-added value is usually supposed to add value for… you know, the consumer.”

You can rightly argue that less competition will result in a general negative impact on the market over time, but this will almost certainly result in a net positive for the industry at least in the short term, if only because Xbox under Phil Spencer has been one of the most consumer friendly game companies out there…

Bonus its by Totillo.

And then Disney buys Microsoft.  And then Amazon buys Disney.  And then the Vogons demolish the Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

According to the press release Bobby is staying CEO, so this doesn’t solve anything.. https://news.microsoft.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/

John Carpenter being into Dead Space is the most “yeah that checks out” thing I’ve heard in a while.

I’m biased. It’s one of my favorite films of the 80's. Granted I love, The Thing as well.

Carpenter is awesome, and he's right about infinite. If you're in to comics check out Year of the Villian: Joker one shot by John Carpenter, it's a treat.

I didn’t think I would like the PS5. I was right. I don’t like it...I fucking love it!

I’m sorry but 2021 never happened. We’re entering 2020 Season 3 now.

Bingo. You’re not going to beat a month with Elden Ring and Dying Light 2 and Horizon: Forbidden West just because of quantity. 

There is only one game, Elden Ring, and Memezaki is it’s prophet.

A cancer it sure seems like they actively encouraged back in the day?  You can sell T&A and then get pissed when people expect T&A can you?

If your gut reaction to this is to jump in the comments and talk down to imaginary toxic misogyny in this thread (that doesn’t exist at least not yet) then it might be time to realize you’re an insufferable asshole and nobody likes your holier-than-thou crybaby rants?

No idea how you ever run out of gas when gas stations are marked on the map, camps can refill your tank, and every Nero site has at least one tank.

I’ve said this before about Destiny, and I’ll say it again: even as someone who enjoys the game, I think the worst thing Destiny (and the Destiny fanbase) does is encourage the notion that players have to engage really, really seriously with the grind in order to have fun with Destiny.