I’ve been involved in the home arcade scene for a few decades, so I can tell you this is a highly sought after machine. If the condition is as good as they claim, I see no problem getting 10k for it.

I know it’s extremely uncool to like Ubisoft open worlds, and I understand that they’re formulaic. But man, there aren’t that many devs out there just putting out games with bottomless pits of content (for single player games). And I really like a space where I can just kind of turn my brain off, maybe throw on a…

You don’t see the difference between hiring people to develop first-party games, maintaining brand goodwill, and taking risks on new IPs versus not doing any of that and acquiring a large-ass company to make their previously existing games exclusive? Then think of it as the difference between getting gud and paying to…

Right. This is a good cover story, but they have plenty of other options.

Digital first, patch it, release digital DLCs later, patch them, finish rollout, call the game done with, release a Game of the Year physical edition that never requires patches and includes all DLC, everyone happy.

“As creatives obviously, by going digital-only it does allow us more time to polish the game,” Rowley told Eurogamer. “Like, a significant amount of weeks actually. Because otherwise, the game that goes on the disc, obviously it has to be playable without a patch.”

Cool that the weapons are both swords; druids can’t use swords at all (because...who the fuck knows!)

aka “we don’t want you to be able to buy this used or at any price besides what we set”. digital only sure is some bullshit

The major chains mandated masks in 2021 and proof of vaccine into early 2022, but beyond that, there haven’t been any visible COVID protocols still in place for about the last year, except for some locations going cash-free. The smaller theatres and independents still have signage recommending masks (given their…

Elemental looks like a commercial for heartburn pills.

Elio looks quite promising going by the new trailer. And Lightyear’s problem wasn’t scifi, it was that the whole concept felt forced, and contrary to the image Buzz as a character has built over the last 25 years. In Toy Story 1, where Buzz spends most of the film thinking he’s the “real” Buzz Lightyear and not a toy,…

Marketing for Elemental focused on the fantastical setting and simplistic Romeo and Juliet love story, without ever letting on that it’s also an allegory for the immigrant experience and the ways in which outlier communities can be systemically excluded from urban planning and development.

Pixar used to be the vanguard of cinematic animation but their recent output looks so bland and uninspiring, especially compared to the breathtaking animation of Spider-Verse. I think that, whether they can articulate it or not, audiences recognize when they see something truly new and interesting, and sadly Pixar is…

I’m curious what market segment they’re targeting with this price point other than the usual Apple diehards.

Absolutely not, I play too many juegos. 

They gave up on the Facebook requirement, so you can make a standalone Meta account that isn’t directly tied to Facebook. 

So I think there’s some confusion here on the point I was trying to make, and it feels like you’re trying to make this a discussion about blame, which isn’t what this conversation is. Saying our culture is influenced by colonialism is like saying chicken nuggets are made of chicken, it’s just a simple fact with no…

I dunno, to me that’s where it gets way more interesting from a game design perspective.
For what it’s worth I don’t think they’re saying Link is some sort of imperialist, or that you’re a bad person for liking the game (it’s rad as hell, you should love it), they’re just pointing out how ingrained ideas in society…

Sure, if you only view art as a commerical commodity to be owned by major corporations. Which is an incredibly bleak view of the world. 

We need a spinoff where Will finally snaps and murders Furlong, then goes on the run from town to town, helping local politicians by being their punching bag for an episode before moving on.