Are people even that literate in real film criticism at this point?

I am irrationally happy that a Brit was not cast as Superman.

Sorry, what are they doing with Windows11?  This isn’t a joke question, I just haven’t kept my finger on the pulse of the OS in a while.

For the record, I’d be fine with the FTC taking the hammer to both MS of and Sony. However, in this context the real reason the Activision/Zenimax moves don’t bug me is that the market is already allowing 3rd party exclusivity.

Yea and this is where I sort of go back and forth in what do I want to see.

Just replying to ungrey.

I think the problem is you always interact with people with unhealthy perspectives in every direction. The Sony/MS of thing is a great recent example.

As a PS4 owner at launch of that game, I would argue it was an overreaction however.

I mean I get your perspective, but that’s just because vaporware is a thing and always has been.

Thing about buying Sega is it’s not like Sega is the same brand it was 20-30 years ago. It’s changed hands so many times it is entirely “assets” at this point.

I think that’s what is confusing me about the role of the press here. There’s probably a very, very good market to just kind of clean up what is actually being said and not actually create more noise (there’s more than enough already).

There actually was a fairly decent article Kotaku ran recently that was pretty down…

I think there was some complaint about Diablo resetting characters every season. Not sure if that was true or not, just that it was causing people to gnash their teeth.

You’re not wrong that it’s OK for people to want to see themselves represented. This works for every demographic btw.

I dunno. I feel like people need to start owning their own purchasing decisions rather than blaming companies for it. If it’s that big of an issue, play for 1 season and then cancel and go do something else.

The interesting sub-topic there, is how many white characters were written with every-man/woman characterizations. So using your Miles Morales standard, really it’s almost never going to apply unless a character is specifically a 1st or 2nd generation immigrant (and even then, it gets sketchy). Most of these…

I mean it’s tricky right? AI is already used for things like deaging and I think few would actually argue that that isn’t a good use for it.

To some extent yes. Just like soundtracks, when people signal that a part of a production is ancillary and not needed, Studios tend to respond by looking to cut cost which is why every film score often feels kind of replaceable these days. You can look at what Hans Zimmer does and argue he kicks a lot of people out of…

To some extent yes. Just like soundtracks, when people signal that a part of a production is ancillary and not needed, Studios tend to respond by looking to cut cost which is why the average film score often feels kind of replaceable these days. You can look at what Hans Zimmer does and argue he kicks a lot of people…

The difference here is Professional vs. Amateur which to me is the difference between pick up Soccer and playing for Manchester United.

I think once the supply chain issue was cleared up, that’s the point most fans would have tolerated terminating new game development.