I think they really walked away because Paramount gave them carte blanche and a massive paycheck (which they completely deserve). I have huge respect for the Avatar creators, but I think their claim of “creative differences” was a shitty PR stunt to throw cold water on the production when they got a much better deal…

“While fans of the new show might be disappointed at this early finale announcement”

Look, im pretty fucking liberal, but neither shareholder or management are trying to make people angry.  They are doing it, but that isnt anyone’s intention.  Calm the fuck down.

Dune 2 is a sequel of a reboot.

Didn’t it depend on the vault? Weren’t a lot of them experiments to see how people would react. Some were fully automated utopias and others were intentionally not to see how humans adapt.

I always assume when devs make a bet like that, they were going to do it anyway.

The weirdest part is that this site doesn’t even seem to have a handle on Gillis’ material or persona.

Shut up Sam.

I mean, yeah, not a new thing. Jenny Slate rebounded pretty well. Ditto Tim Robinson. The SNL character -> SNL character movie -> stardom spinout pipeline has been dry for a while.

yeah, turns out live service isn’t the problem, it’s game quality that matters

Nope, it’s a complete game, and it’s being sold like a complete game. We need to stop using “early access” as an excuse for low quality.

“After Palworld, Pokémon Needs To Come Out Swinging”

Lots of people seem to like the art, which confuses me deeply. I’m 100% with you on the visuals - it’s deeply ugly, very unappealing to look at.

Based on the review, it seems about on par with the original, which was fun, but was no great shakes in the visual design, writing, or acting department.

Good, I am not alone.  I tried playing this on my Steam Deck and while it looks great, I just couldn’t get through the absolutely endless dialogue and dialogue choices.  I feel like I’m being Beavis & Butt-head (“If I wanted to read [in a music video], I’d go to school”) but it’s just not fun.

Can someone explain how a generation that hates laugh tracks and live studio audience laughter, because it “takes me out of the story” or “is telling me when to laugh”... also seems to really love this show where every 30-ish seconds a character stares at the camera both taking us out of the story and telling us what…

The epic sci-fi sequel from director Denis Villeneuve might be even better than the first

All true, but I thought it was a perfectly solid poop joke at the end. 

I dunno Zack, kinda feels like you’ve lost track of what joy is in general. Like, this is the kind of overreaction Kotaku used to mock back in its heyday.

You ignored the whole argument.