...a single gift card can’t cover the cost of their game...

My favorite comment on literally every indie game ever is when somebody works on an incredible piece of art for multiple years, suffers through an excruciating decision of what their personal project is worth/should cost, only to have somebody else judge it based on such valuable metrics as “how much gift cards cover”…

I watched it on a long flight a week or two ago, so not exactly the best viewing experience, but I really liked it. I agree with writer here that the last 20-30 minutes detracts a bit from the narrative thrust of what came before it and is only partially baked. But I’m open to half-baked metaphysical speculation when…

Extraordinarily average.

Oh my god. It’s not predatory. Fuck. He kept the game x number of days. It costs x dollars per day to keep said game. He returned it. He got charged the price of that There is nothing predatory about this. It’s just simple math and common sense.

That’s a really cool story. Can you tell it again? Do we have time?

That’s what people fail to grasp. ESRB isn’t going to enforce something just because a subset of gamers do not like it. That opens a can of worms like you said with trading cards.

While there are certainly profit driven reasons why a game with loot boxes would not want to be classified as “gambling” the reality is that while they share certain characteristics with gambling and may tap into the same psychologies as gambling does, loot boxes do not meet the strict legal definition of gambling.

How do you define them as evil, though? Overwatch’s loot boxes contain purely cosmetic items.

I didn’t hear her express surprise.

Where the hell have you been the last year?

You mean by being female and qualified?

and I have learned that when I’ve spoken in anger, I usually regret the way I express myself. So I’ve been waiting to feel less angry. And when I’m ready, I’ll say what I have to say.

OMG someone calmly and mildly criticized something in a game we better type up a whiny comment accusing the author of being more mad than he actually was

A single player campaign requiring updates to even function would make it impossible to play if it is not hooked to the internet. That would be stupid.

So now we know the holes are intentional (by design) and not an accident or coincidence.

There’s this certain toxic Hyper-Consumer attitude that permeates gaming. This self-aggrandizing view peddled by “consumer advocate” YouTubers convincing people who identify themselves as capital ‘C’ Consumers that they and their opinions are the most important things on the planet by virture of spending money. Their…

Here’s a better idea: Shut the fuck up you whiny ass.

That’s like saying that when you flip a coin it lands on a side.