For every one Axiom Verge that makes it out of the swamp, there are thousands that never see the light of day. About the only chance those developers have even a chance of being noticed is by piggybacking off of someone else’s work.

I side with the legality of the corporations on this, especially ones in active development.

But then they wouldn’t get recognition, which is what drives a good many of these sort of developers.

Performative displays, as one step in a larger effort, are fine.

I’m not surprised that Rodgers did so well. Because really, when you think about it, a game show host has to be able to handle multiple tasks at a time, be unflappable under pressure, and manage a myriad of personalities while keeping them on task, not to mention doing it while stepping into some mighty big shoes with…

Exactly this.

I think I’d be able to swallow his purchase a little easier if he didn’t spend his aggressively online Twitter space doing things like mocking and demeaning people for using Patreon to supplement their incomes.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with having someone who doesn’t like [x] to review something that features [x]. I’d argue knowing what I might not like about a given title is just as important as knowing what I might.

See also Totillo’s review about Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It was in fact very informing, and actually…

That’s the thrust of it. Social media hasn’t changed us. We aren’t more awful or deplorable or disgusting or vile than in the past. We just see the reflection in the mirror with a clarity we’ve never had before.

My guess is they kinda saw this game as catering to their particular fantasy, and when they realized that there was a message that the developers wanted to deliver that was incongruent with their personal fantasy, it was time for the gloves to come off?

Older than the Internet.  Doyle would be harassed via snail mail during Sherlock Holmes's time as a short story serial.

I think what he’s TRYING to say that if a creator WANTS to make a more “inclusive” media, that’s fine, but they shouldn't feel COMPELLED to.

But forging alliances specifically to deny someone world records is just being nice and sporting, amirite?

It’s a bit anti-competitive to form alliances solely to prevent one person from getting records, but oddly enough those same people saw nothing “scummy” about THAT.

I think you’d be hard pressed to find too many QA departments that aren’t hellholes, honestly. It’s where anyone who desperately wants to be a part of the gaming industry will often start out... and studios and developer executives know this.

Man, it’s almost like a toxic development culture, a toxic game culture, and a toxic community go hand-in-hand or some shit.

Gosh, it's almost like trying to power boost a handheld system is impractical and cost prohibitive or something.

None of those things would have the dent you want them to.  Which is a major part of the reason they haven't been done.

Oh, archival and preservation is fine, and it’s a perfectly worthy goal to pursue.

We don’t preserve every cancelled movie, TV series, or book, either. Hell, we don’t even preserve every published piece of work.