I really hate to say this, but have you tried to Git Gud? Because a lot of your complaints are nonsensical bullshit from someone who doesn't understand how the game works.

Anything Clarkson and Pals do is likelier to be more like the US version because it'll have to be on a for profit channel with all the bullshit that brings on. You're kidding yourself if you think that that chemistry will hold up when they've got someone underwriting them and someone else paying for promotional…

There's no money in a non-BBC Top Gear because the format relies on being able to talk shit about cars regardless of whether or not it's warranted because the real star of the show is the banter between the stars.

The new show will be trash because it will be on a private sector channel beholden to sponsors and promos.

You are, unfortunately, seriously kidding yourself if you think that a Non-BBC Clarkson/May/Hammond/Wilman show will be half as good as a post-Clarkson/May/Hammond/Wilman version of Top Gear for one simple, painful reason:

It used to be. But they modernized it around 2011 when they replaced all their workflow software. I'm really surprised about this bug, because it wasn't in the backer beta.

Actually, they didn't get an extension on AP. The release date was moved back, but Sega didn't pay them to work on the gme, which meant that they couldn't afford to work on the game.

On the other hand, most of the NPCs whose souls you can read are also backer references. IIRC they came up with that system when they realized they needed a semi-elegant way to dump the lengthy write-ups into the game.

Yeah. There's a solid story hook and a shitload of narrative. It's an Obsidian game, that's what they do.

If you find it too fast, why don't you turn on slow mode?

They're not actually generic. They're gold coins whose dimensions and purity were standardized by the Republic and used even outside of Republican territory because of their ubiquity and trustworthiness. That's how the Redding/Mine Chip quest fits into the overall metaplot of the game.

I think so! Everyone seems to be running with the SHOW ABOUT GTA angle rather than talking about the overall campaign though.

There's supposed to be a lot more of this stuff coming up. I'm hoping for one based on Acorn and ARM. I've always found that particular story really interesting.

It's not a documentary, it's a docu-drama. Basically they're doing a movie based on the careers of the Houser brothers, focusing on the mid-to-late nineties.

The show's part of a BBC initiative called Make it Digital that's supposed to be a revival of its old computer literacy campaign from the eighties. They're commissioning a slate of specials and tie-ins to make computing and coding look cool and compelling, and giving every twelve year old in the UK a minicomputer…

Because the average person who isn't super-saturated in the world of teenage internet ugliness isn't going to be able to be blase about it, and death threats are a step beyond rudeness.

I think that that's true for the vast majority of them, even the ones that aren't dumb teenage boys: they're people who think that the internet is basically a game and who don't register that it extends into real life.

Because that worked so well for Richard and Judy.

If he weren't coming in constantly, I'd say it's some kind of Kosher Certification spot check.

Eh. For a while, it genuinely did look like Bioware was headed that way because the Bioware Docs presided over some supreme brand dilution that involved slapping their name on a lot of trash like TOR.