...it statements like this that really makes me wonder how these business people got to where they are. A non-live service game like Hogwarts Legacy outsells every game last year, and then a game burdened with live-service content like Suicide Squad tanks, and they seem to think Suicide Squad is the same sort of game…

So double down on the thing we just said was a failure and move away from the thing that was a financial success?? Well it’s WB/Discovery so i guess that tracks on making dumb decisions.

They are going to keep pushing a future where everything in a game is monetized. The bean counters and executives are making these decisions and the creatives will just have to work around them. I won’t be playing those games however.

Feels like WB’s about to try the ‘They don’t like it so force-feed it to them’ approach to their next live service games.

It’s no longer about giving us quality games. It’s about turning console games into app games with in game purchases. Look, I’m not a competitive gamer. I don’t play Fortnite, Apex and COD players to prove I’m the best player. At that point it becomes a sport. I hate sports! I like to go on single player action/adventu…

Galaxies was amazing before they added Jedi.

I read the first half of your comment and suddenly realized...

I think there’s something to be said about the chunky, unyielding MMOs of yesteryear, that seemed like they were genuinely trying to make you feel like you were living in a world and a place. Every MMO now just feels like a skinner box.

At this point I just assume the song choices are a deliberate ploy just to elicit “stop using my work” responses, which is perfect fuel to throw into the big ‘ol “ownin the libtards” bonfire that makes his base so slavishly happy.

What, Ted Nugent and Kid Rock don’t have any songs the Orange one likes?

Star Trek got Roddenberry accused of being a freaking communist in the 60s, and still conservatives just don’t see it.

I tell this story all the time, but an acquaintance worked in Hollywood for a while and they literally had a spreadsheet on how to maximize returns based on preset criteria. This particular studio had a line-item for Vin Diesel because putting him an any dogshit film would net them at least a couple more million than…

FFS, Saltburn was a pale imitation of Ripley written with TikTok memes in mind. Ripley should be insulted by this comparison. 

I’m convinced that film execs and producers don’t know the difference between a good film and a bad one, they simply see them as the sum of their parts.

Trump just need to get Kid Rock to record a version for him:

It’s obviously Genovia.

Ahem...Saltburn got its Ripley on, thank you.

We’ve reached a point in the games industry where trends are moving faster than development cycles, and the results are calamitous.

Who can forget her character “encounter” with the protagonist and their commanding officer quip?