That’s why trying to defend the AAA price hike seems comical to me. Yes, AAA budgets have risen significantly over the past 30 years and there’s inflation to account for. However, AAA games are still profitable due to additional revenue streams and cost-saving measures that simply didn’t exist 30 years ago, as well…

Not really.

The entrance of Microsoft in the console arena coincided with the exit of Sega from the console arena, and Microsoft is/was simply a much bigger player in a myriad of ways than Sega.

Further, you and other people seem to think that there’s a very large substitition effect when it comes to games. There isn’t.…

You do realize that prices tend to increase for a good the more of that good is demanded?

Houses are more expensive, cars are more expensive, many foodstuffs have gotten more expensive, because demand has risen (along with supply chain issues and other inputs). Video games are no different.

It’s illogical to think that…

To be fair, games were actually more expensive in the past. Nintendo 64 games were $60 at launch, and PS1 games were $50 at launch. They admittedly decreased in price once competition came about, but if you look at inflationary trends, those games would be around the $65-70 mark today if you took them at their…

She probably saw or was told that the picture would be used for a single entitled “Slime You Out”, which is clearly referencing getting ejaculated on. I can think of a few reasons why Halle Berry (or many people) wouldn’t want a picture of them associated with the title of a song like that.

While unrealistic sales targets can be a problem, they’re tangential to the underlying reality of the consumer base for the game itself.

As someone else said, the sales trends for mainline FF games has been downwards since XIII. Not at all surprising that it coincides with a considerable shift in the overarching…

Any list of music videos that don’t have “Thriller” as #1 (and omits “Smooth Criminal”, “Scream”, and “Beat It” entirely), is a fucked list. And good God, “Sledgehammer” is both an overrated song and overrated video (not to mention that MJ did the stop motion so much better, two years later, in “Leave Me Alone”)

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Archer just had a joke in their latest episode, where in response to Pam doing a terrible English accent, the new Black British character Zara says that it’s offensive.

Archer, of course, retorts, “It’s doesn’t count as offensive when it’s from a really white country.”

Your reply made me think of that and chuckle.

Anybody with the money and clout that could seriously challenge Nancy would run for Senate, not for her House seat.

Feinstein is done, and why waste resources on what is effectively an inconsequential House seat (that Pelosi, through willpower and time, made relevant) when you have an easier path in the Senate as the…

Thank you for letting me know. I haven’t watched consistently enough in recent years. Still used to the old rules.

It has a similar problem to horse racing: to a layperson, the vehicle (horse/car) is doing most/all of the work. F1 has it much worse, because while a horse race is over in as little as a minute and a half, these F1 races can last upwards of 4 hours. 4 hours watching incredibly well-engineered vehicles run the same…

Only issue I’d find is multiple drivers trying to sandbag to get the last spot, knowing they have a great car. Eventually, you’d have to call an end to qualifying, and how would you do that if you have multiple drivers attempting to Fred Flinstone their rides, or are simply doing doughnuts until qualifying is over?

People need to get over it, every sport gets dominated by singular teams or players. Lance armstrong was synonomous with cycling. Usain Bolt with sprinting. Simone Biles with gymnastics. Michael Phelps with swimming, etc. Personally, I think team dynasties are a travesty, as a league should be built to…

People need to get over it, every sport gets dominated by singular teams or players. Lance armstrong was synonomous with cycling. Usain Bolt with sprinting. Simone Biles with gymnastics. Michael Phelps with swimming, etc. Personally, I think team dynasties are a travesty, as a league should be built to…

It’s a legal, medical, and logistical nightmare that has no chance of being passed, and as the author stated, is simply a surreptitious way to get fetal personhood laws passed, and all that they entail.

First, many women have no particular idea when their child was conceived, so how could a doctor, in concert with the…

Those deals can be financially lucrative assuming that the creator makes a big hit.

The issue is that the creators tend to get those deals after they’ve made a big hit, and frankly put, it’s really hard to be that consistent, especially when you’re no longer financially struggling and looking to make it big.

I love…

100000% agreed. I mean, look at the “nepo babies” who have thrived. They’re all legitimately good actors. Setting aside people like Carrie Fisher and Liza Minelli, and sticking with more modern day people, actors like Chris Pine, Colin Hanks, Zoe Kravitz, Wyatt Russell, etc... and not to mention Drew Barrymore, Kate…

True, but like with sports if the person proves to be a terrible actor then people will stop casting them, just as no one is going to pay Lebron’s son tens of millions per year just to keep dad happy (in fact it’s looking like he won’t be a NBA talent at all).

Here here.

I get that kids act out when their parents split, but his youngest is in goddamn high school, is surrounded by his two older siblings, and his mother, AND his parents apparently still have a good relationship (unlike many split families). That’s a hell of a lot more fortunate than most kids in that situation…

Ehh, somewhat.

At this point, there’s so many Pokemon across the various generations, I’m sure that the majority of fans (like myself) would be satisfied if they went all out and released a “mega-game” that allowed for the capture of all Pokemon, including regional variants, in a single game. Or, at the very least, a…