yeah? is that a thing that’s ever happened?

LMAO. It’s hilarious how right wingers will contort themselves into pretzels to blame the “woke mob” for every failure of theirs.

I’m in Canada, so same BS fake sugar. Why can’t we have nice things?

I agree with this for the most part. However, I will occasionally (maybe 1-3 times per year) have a can of Coke (the non-diet full sugar kind, ideally the Mexican or European stuff with actual sugar instead of corn syrup — the difference in taste is actually huge) at the top of a mountain after I have ridden my bike…

The size of this deal is at least an order of magnitude bigger than almost every deal in the industry in the last decade. It would get similar scrutiny regardless.

I almost did! I signed up for Steam and put in a deposit very early on, but when my number came up I ended up not buying it. I don’t really want a(nother) handheld and felt like it would only worsen my backlog situation.

I get what you and OP are saying, but please stop with this. Like, we know both sides have dirty hands, fine. I’m not arguing with that.

Well, since you are the Games Industry Knower they should just have you talking to all these antitrust regulators!

Lmao. You’re right in that I did not mention Nintendo. I am not giving them a pass necessarily, I just forgot about them. They also just don’t really operate the same way as the other two. Like, they don’t even get most of the big third-party games, let alone go out and buy a bunch of existing studios, so their…

I don’t know if that’s true. A big part of exclusivity has historically been to drive console sales and get people into their ecosystem. You don’t think that’s a factor anymore? Getting those GamePass subscriptions or their 30% cut of every sale in their game store is pretty damn lucrative. I don’t think they’ve…

That’s probably a fair argument and you may be right. I certainly remember having to make the Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo decision (I am old and ultimately probably made the wrong call by going with Sega), so those decisions have always been around.

I agree with you, but you’ve gotta think all those studio investments are gonna start paying off soon, right? Like, MS bought some really good/talented developers at a weird time due to COVID. Without that, we’d surely be starting to see some of those games being released. They’ve gotta be coming soon, don’t they?

God, all of this is just exhausting. Like, you know that if this is allowed to go ahead they are 100% going to make Call of Duty console exclusive within a decade. As soon as they’re no longer under the microscope, it’ll happen. Of course it will. And there’s no way regulators are going to come back and undo the deal…

Damn, that book looks really cool. This kind of photography really hits a sweet-spot for me. I think I’m gonna have to buy the damn thing...

Every single one of these award shows are just a big industry circle jerk. It’s ridiculous. I cannot fathom why anyone cares about the Game Awards, the Oscars or any of the other crap. The one thing I’ll say for the Game Awards is at least they’ll have some announcements and trailers, but personally I think this…

I’ve said this many times, but Andor is the best Star Wars thing since The Empire Strikes Back. It’s refreshing to have something in the Star Wars universe that’s a bit more adult and doesn’t rely entirely on action scenes to be entertaining.

I loled at the farmer’s market worth of berries. Highly relatable!!

I really liked the fact that Elden Ring had an insanely comprehensive crafting system that you can just mostly ignore completely. Like, other than maybe making some boluses to cure status effects a few times, I have barely engaged with the crafting system at all in my 1.5 playthroughs. And honestly, you can probably…

yeah, stuff like this is usually Destiny at its best. It’s when I miss it the most.

Yeah, I have some difficulty being precise with those tiny little thumbsticks on the Switch, so I found the boss battles in particular a bit tough, especially in my sleep-deprived state at the start. But I agree with you on the roll - it sure does send you across the screen!