Oh yeah. Don’t get me wrong, I played and enjoyed Vanilla D3 well enough, but post-RoS is night and day. It’s genuinely inspiring to see a company recover from such a rough start. Hopefully there’ll be some Diablo news at this years Blizzcon!

One thing to keep in mind is that some of the improvements will require a Reaper of Souls purchase. I don’t remember exactly what’s RoS-exclusive and what isn’t, but at the very least the Crusader and Adventure Mode are, and they’re absolutely worth the price.

It’s definitely still grindy - that’s just an inherent part of the genre - but (I think) it’s a better grind.

If you thought the core gameplay was fine but didn’t like either the AH or the ‘play the campaign four times on different difficulties’ gameplay loop, yeah you absolutely should. The AH is long gone, drop rates were hugely boosted (in a good way), balance is much better, difficulty levels are much more granular and…

Vanilla D3 was rough, and I say that as someone who played Vanilla D3 a lot. But while Blizzard DRASTICALLY improved it, for a lot of people the damage was done to their opinion of it.

As I understand it, Blizzard and Activision operate largely independently of each other.

There were definitely a few shrine puzzles where I screwed up aiming a Stasis launch, and waiting around for it to come off cooldown was a bummer.

Wonderful news! Now if only someone would pick up The Exorcist....

You may note that the 7 million figure was for Rise of the Tomb Raider, not Tomb Raider.

Someone over on IO9 was claiming that Hulu, at least, was bidding on the show against Netflix and Smazon. I don’t know if it’s true - a quick search of Twitter, where they claimed to have seen the news didn’t turn anything up - but I choose to hope.

You know what, genuinely good on him. Here’s a guy who seems to legitimately be trying to be a better person and, maybe a better role model for the kids watching him. Hopefully he’s able to do it, because I speak from experience when I say it can be hard to unlearn the habits of a lifetime, especially with something…

Oh man, thanks for nailing the annoyance that is Bungie communications. I legitimately have no idea why they think all the cute obfuscation and evasiveness is in any way good. Teases are fun when you also give real information. When all you ever do is tease, it gets old real quick.

I played more hours on Destiny 1 than I really want to think about - I did every raid on Hard Mode, had every (non-PS exclusive) exotic, had max Grimoire score, etc. I was psyched for Destiny 2, and bought the digital deluxe edition.

Gain Ground on Switch?

There is no way that Burger King thing is legit. The sheer amount of work and effort required to swap oil from one fryer to another (not to mention the risk of an employee burning themselves) makes this a non-starter.

I think a Majora’s Mask-esque sequel is a strong possibility - same systems and foundation, but doing new things with them in a shorted development schedule thanks to reusing technology.

Yeah, but I don’t think the second one is out on consoles yet, and I’m not buying any (more) games until I beat a few of the ones I already own.

I grabbed Vermintide 1 when it was free through Games with Gold a while back and finally tried playing it.

Thirteen Ghosts is one of my top guilty pleasures. I may go rewatch it again tonight.

Let me introduce you to the New 3DS, which has DKC2 in its eshop.