Agreed. Nuance is lost. “I am right. They are wrong.” Repeated over and over.

It’s called Automated Testing and yes it is in every application you can think of. Video Games are one of the slowest to adapt automated testing because video games are inherently very difficult to test— the amount of permutations is staggering, especially when compared to a slim client like Netflix on your iPhone.…

That is a big part of all FromSoft games-- you just get the faintest idea of what is actually going on. The mystery in the lore also applies to the game itself as you have to experiment with equipment.

Keyword being: “Good”. It’s insanely expensive to make games. Why risk it on a creative single-player experience when other online games the size of a thimble have made just as much with a fraction of the risk?

That’s the thinking. And it sucks. But it’s true.

He didn’t die because of his actions— it was Abby’s actions that killed him.

The entire premise of the story is that nobody deserved any of their pain. And processing the hate one has for oneself doesn’t involve hurting others.

I thought the point was to make it easier to decipher the board...? Everything is color-coordinated.

Gamers hated Part2 because they were put into a sphere that they normally don’t operate in while playing games: self-reflection.

Games have showcased vulnerability before, but they’ve always had a heavy dose of bravado to help it go down. TLOU2 made players go through the very same lesson that Ellie did, without any…

It’s not about people buying the game after they play it on GamePass-- it’s the visuals they earn from being front-and-center. There are a bazillion games on the Storefront. Getting to the top of GamePass gets eyes on your product. This is extremely true for indie games.

This is why they go with these free-to-play Battle Royale games; the path has proven success and the scope of the game is much smaller than most games. If they miss, it’s way less of a blow than missing on some huge single-player project.

It’s a hits business after all!

The pacing is perfect. We’re four episodes in and we just barellyyyy got a little smile from Joel— it was mostly him just losing his mind a little lol. I am glad they are making us really wait for the two of them to open up. Nice to also see that Ellie has boundaries, where her wise-cracks stop.

Whenever I see these clips I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. Even with an entire article of context... like am I supposed to be watching Elden Ring, this cartoon character, or this old guy up top? There’s text fuckin scrolling everywhere lmao how do i take in this content?!

This is dope lol. You don’t even have to beatmatch to be a DJ anymore, who tf cares. We’ve always been using tech to enable art. Everyone is always just so quick to hate everything. “Slipper slope”...? That’s a Boomer ass argument lol

What

Think we might get any Abbey in S1?

I’m just tryna see Ellie knee-deep in water learning the valuable lesson that the person she needs to stop hating the most is herself.

I always hear about Support players getting flamed and “I need heals!” spam, but as a 500 hour Support main I can confidently say that I hardly ever get that thrown my way. Not-dying is a skill Support players need to learn. Support players are not meant to be babysat— you are there for your team. Put their needs…

I liked TLOU1 but was never blown away by the story. But the new show seems even better-- it’s staying true to the source material but also expanding in all the right ways. It literally feels like an upgrade.

I’m assuming they are talking about real game data. The issues they see with this game mode are probably easier to parse and lead to better root-causing since there are fewer variables.

At the end of the day, it is a team game. Your individual contribution will be taken into account, but the fact remains the same:

Marvel Snap players are still figuring out the driving metrics for the game. Similar to Magic in the 90s, players hadn’t figured out the importance of card parity over something more tangible like life total. Which is why we got cards like Healing Salve and Ancestral Recall in the same set.

But the start of a game’s…

TLOU was a great story for video games back in 2013— Gamers didn’t really have anything up to that narrative level before that point and we were basically begging for anything to be taken “serious” in the gaming world.

But I really wonder if “tough, grizzled man takes precocious young girl on a dangerous joruney and…