Maybe Microsoft should have stuck with numbers, numbers a fine, they don’t have to mean anything, but ‘The X4' or whatever they want to call it, just sounds better and really doesn’t require a crazy new naming scheme every iteration.

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I had a friend over last night who grew up with a Genesis (I didn’t but my best friend growing up had one so I played a fair amount at his house), and he and I agreed that the emulation felt better than any other Genesis emulation we’ve tried. My friend said he thought there was a slight bit more latency than the…

Activision really should talk to their other half Blizzard. They’ve been doing world class matchmaking for over a decade. Starcraft 2s match maker I feel is still the gold standard in matchmaking. How does it get around this slight issue. Make two leagues, ranked and unranked. Problem solved.

“As a woman, I maintain a bustling control center behind my thoughts where everything said to me is parsed for evidence of impending physical threats.”

and people wonder why we introverts hate everyone. you all keep inventing these stupid rules and making interacting with anyone a complete chore. if somebody thinks im rude or dismissive by typing “ok” to their text and gets offended, they deserve it and they did it to themselves. as far as im concerned they are doing…

It goes the other way in professional environments. If you use too many exclamation marks, and are too wordy, you’ll be immediately identified as a simpering, unconfident dicksneeze. I can’t stand getting emails with the subject being: ‘Hey! Can we get together to discuss next steps? Thank you!!! :D’

Well, it’s intended that the difficulty is appropriate for a Jedi Master, not that it makes you feel like a Jedi Master.

The very, totally real, not at all fictional physics of The Force. Which is a real thing, and you can take university courses on it.

except jedi dont double jump and the ability to do so is purely a video game mechanic

How can Metroidvania be one of your favourite genres whilst also apparently disliking backtracking to previous areas with new abilities? That all but defines Metroidvania.

So, then, you realize you just described the “Metroid” structure that’s part of that portmanteau, right?  “Explore, find road block, explore elsewhere, find solution, go back.”

I unfortunately have been cursed with having near perfect recollection of any and all events of my life that I have a strong emotional tie to as a result of a childhood trauma at the age of 5 when I found out that my Dad had shot my Stepmom in the head.

I was a groomsman in a wedding, and just before the bride walked down the aisle, while lined up at the altar, my (poorly tailored...) tuxedo pants fell down in front of 100+ people.

But access to reaching people through or because of the internet is. It’s the equivalent of applying for jobs. Pre-Internet, if you wanted a job what did you do? You physically printed out your resume and either walked it over or instead mailed it. Now? You press a button from a computer. Meaning that for a single job…