It releases in a month. This is a demo they are calling a beta. I learned from the Original Destiny if the gameplay loop is boring in the demo, it is going to be boring in the main game.

For me there has been maybe the best balance of give and take. Last week I had to do an important task, but not one that required me firing on all cylinders. So I started watching some series on Netflix. I got quite into the show, so on the weekend when I decided I wanted watch some more, I fired up the work laptop,…

I mean yes it does. Just look at the blurriness of the screenshots. If the actual game is that bad, then hitting targets from a distance is going to be a lot more difficult. When the graphics impact the gameplay, then it’s an issue.

Wow, weirdly anti-worker headline.

Agreed; I think Kamala as VP will discourage a lot of people from voting because of her history as a prosecutor. My heart is still set on Stacey Abrams; I think she really energizes progressives and black voters because of her experience in grassroots organizing and her vision of leadership. The VP has as much power…

But considering the alternative was to just sit around for months and not release anything, I guess I get the decision to create an animated finale.

This is a political hit job...

For fuck’s sake at people saying “This woman isn’t perfect, so she could not have been assaulted.” News flash. Everyone can be assaulted. Even Putin supporters. How does that escape you?

However, if you look at these politicians and celebrities that assault women, it’s not usually an isolated incident. I hate saying this, but it’s going to take more women coming out against Biden, for me to give it more credibility. I hate this so much.

I hate saying this, but it’s going to take more women coming out against Biden, for me to give it more credibility

“...the Biden campaign’s talking points instruct supporters to describe the candidate as “fierce advocate for women” who has never faced any “complaint, allegation, hint or rumor of any impropriety or inappropriate conduct.”

Imagine admitting to a “My side, right or wrong” level of moral bankruptcy, and thinking you are being clever. Imagine not realizing what you just said makes you the mirror image of Mitch McConnell.

Anyone looking at this situation already realizes Abrams has chosen this path in order to be pragmatic and advance her political career. “As tribute” seems like it’s just an infantile way of phrasing this. And yes, speaking as a rape victim myself, I can’t even wrap my mind around seeing all of these people talk about…

“I believe that women deserve to be heard and I believe that they need to be listened to,” Abrams said. “But I also believe that those allegations have to be investigated by credible sources.”

This is a quintessential “Old Man Yelling at Clouds” moment, but I feel like I need to say it.

“Where I think I made the biggest mistake was not setting those boundaries from the very beginning.”

So, seems like a good time to point to the many comments (mine included) last month that pointed out that 2-2-2 would just create its own boring meta, because that’s, like, how shit works.

You’re like me. Get your hands on an emulator and play 6, 7, and 8. No waifu/dating sim shit, just turn based tactics. I haven’t played any of the modern games for exactly this reason. 

Why? Because they’re nearly 1000 pokemon and I wouldn’t wish on any developer/designer/animator to code, animate, etc all of them. That’s insane and totally unrealistic.

It sure is easy to handwave any complaints away as being irrational and unwarranted while not faulting Game Freak on any choice they make simply because it's their vision, eh?