“If decisions are being made, it is a work lunch, not a lunch break, and this becomes a different question.”

implying there’s any meaningful distinction here in most cases.

It sucks no one is going to listen, cuz the game is a lot of fun.

They want you to experiment. Don’t know what those icons are? Examine your equipment, unequip pieces and see which ones disappear

The issue is that people think you have to be for or against the options. If fromsoft decided to include the option, that’s great! nothing wrong with that. They also aren’t horrible for not including the options for artistic intent. Not enough people have the stance of “There’s nothing wrong with having the option,…

Your lunch break is time off, but when you spend it with coworkers it is still an activity that affects work and is representative of work culture. Much like how someone can be fired for harassing a coworker outside of work, being off the clock doesn’t make your actions totally separate from your workplace. Plus, work…

maybe they’ll send an extra 100 a month elsewhere

I had no idea this was what went on, but that’s awesome to hear! 

“But they DO (at least theoretically) care about what their citizens think about them”

we’re in the rawring 20s, don’t you know?

It’s different when it’s a domestic protest vs. a foreign power. You can influence what your local politicians do using many different protest methods. People in the US, Canada, UK, etc. literally cannot influence what the Russian government is doing right now at all. Again, think about it. How the fuck is not selling…

1. There’s no guarantee a coup will happen regardless of how miserable things get for Russian citizens

Yes, actually, it’s defeated because if nuclear deterrence can’t stop putin what the fuck is suspending game sales and closing clothing stores gonna do other than make life more miserable for the average russian who wants nothing to do with this? this is just liberal bullshit to make us feel like The West is doing…

suspending game sales isn’t going to inspire a coup, this is so pointless

i don’t think anyone who likes from software’s games will care really, we’ve put up with far worse in previous games. They’ve never been a studio about technical achievement, their magic is all in the atmosphere and gameplay. 40-60 fps is totally playable 

“Genshin impact for as popular as it is, offers nothing even remotely original or innovative.”
This is just blatantly false. You should re-read the original article. And again, just because you don’t find it fun doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Lots of people like weeby games, and putting a game that even resembles Breath of…

I’d still argue that specific game you’re referring to, even if it’s primarily about gambling, still has entertainment value in the spectacle of watching people’s reactions to the results which likely attracts a large number of players to give it a shot in the first place. There’s a face to face competitive aspect,…

there are thousands of games that are played with dice that don’t involve betting (which i assumed you meant referred to placing monetary stakes on rolling the dice) and to think no one in history ever played dice games for pure entertainment rather than betting is ridiculous. 

people played dice long before they started betting betting on games because playing dice can be fun too in of itself, so i don’t see what you said actually contradicting what i said? By your logic all games are just skinner boxes with more steps, and that’s technically true.

The payout is part of the experience, with or without it being transferrable to real money. I don’t personally find it entertaining, but other people do especially when you consider historical context. Casinos wouldn’t be what they are if slot machines weren’t an audio/visual spectacle. Our reptile brain lights up…

Well, there’s also a lot of people who play slot machines casually, as part of a trip to a casino or just occasionally digitally. They’re included in many video games as minigames as well, pokemon being one of the most famous examples.