So is making statements like that. Why say anything at all if you’re just trying to annoy people?

All you have to understand is that Zaslav is an idiot who has been given unrestricted control over a major media corporation.

So let me get this straight: they just had Hogwarts Legacy, a best-selling game of 2023 that’s single-player with no microtransactions and no live-service component to it, and Suicide Squad which is a GaaS disaster (in a successful Arkham series that was single-player up to this point) that went as low as 250 players…

But the line has to go up and to the right. Hogwarts made 90% of all of the sales it will ever make in 2023 - that’s what the execs see.  And it fucking sucks. 

Isn’t Hogwarts Legacy a WB game? And it was the best selling game of 2023. To these execs have the memory of a damn mouse?

Glad to see that “Andor” will be available!

Curiouser and curiouser. Mayhaps they are planning on leaning into a digital-only, TV-dockable Portal-esque console for their next generation (Basically, a Playstation Switch, if you will). The amount of money and pasta thrown at the wall for AAA titles and their increasingly complex graphics is daunting, as any wrong…

Seems like doing this has worked not only for the stated purpose of getting lost in a busy month of releases, but also, there are multiple sites mentioning it, thus, it’s getting noticed more than if would otherwise.

I played and liked the demo a while back, and so it was already on my radar, but given it’s middle…

“...writers feel like they’re afraid of characters growing and being messy or annoying in spots”

this is pretty much true of most writing now - no one can actually be bad/unsympathetic - even if they grow over time.

OG Superman is pretty great, though. One of the few things the New52 reboot did right was bringing back working class Superman who fought for immigrant and labor rights.

I’m looking forward to that Superman getting a lot of traction in the public imagination.

Game developer here. This is no big deal at all, we use TTS as placeholder all the time. Having even bad TTS voice placeholder helps development of a game so much you wouldn’t believe it (and TTS placeholder is now getting really good). Well developed tool pipelines have ways of flagging this stuff so it doesn’t get…

The framing of this article is about what people dislike, but I honestly read this as a feel good piece. I just love that there’s so much diversity in gaming in terms of game types. People are complaining about game types they don’t understand, this just means there’s different types of people out there who have…

After reading through this list, I think it becomes more and more clear that the we need to be OK with other people having different tastes and preferences to each other.

I also learned that I HATE the term “niche” when discussing types of games...... ALL GAMES ARE NICHE simplifying them to hit a large target just…

In a lot of places, it’s become genuinely hard for kids to hang outside. Partly due to safety concerns, and partly due to things such as HOA rules against kids hanging outside, third spaces to hang out in getting removed, etc.

Because in America, kids get the cops called on them when they hang out outside.

As a dad of two young boys, this drives me crazy. Just fucking live and don’t hurt anyone. Nothing else. You want to play Tetris? Fucking play it until your fingers bleed. You want to ride your bike? Ride it. I will never understand people’s need to downplay a kid’s (or an adult’s) passions. My parents had me second…

Wow, dude. It is definitely NOT “well-deserving” of a leak.

First, practically, “when they know something” is an ignorant idea of how this works. Games are creative enterprises, and things change all the time. All. The. Time. Game makers rarely “know” anything.

Second, no, players do not deserve to see the ins and outs…

Star Wars fans who didn’t watch Andor: “No! We need new shows! Disney doesn’t know what they’re doing! Another Kathleen Kennedy mess!”

The Marvels suffered from coming at the peak of Marvel fatigue while also being in the middle of the strike when it needed promotion the most.

Saw it yesterday with Jr Bear - he’s 10 and had no qualms about a super hero movie starring women. I will say I thought it was perfectly fine. There were some quirky edits - like I recall a specific one where the camera cut to a direct headshot of Brie Larson while she said like 3 words then cut elsewhere. It was…