Oof, there is a lot to unpack here.

I won’t take the bet, because I agree with your suspicion. In this day and age of tracking numbers and cameras everywhere, how can an item just *poof* disappear? Like someone has to answer for it. “James, it was scanned when it got onto your truck. Where TF is it?” Someone may have risked their jobs to scalp it for a…

It largely comes down to whether or not there are damages, either monetarily or to the brand image of the copyright.

Such a great show. I watched it when it originally aired, and loved it. I always felt the best guest stars were the ones who ‘got’ the Muppets: not just the anarchic spirit but who treated them like Kermit or Fozzie or Gonzo, not like puppets being operated by Jim Henson or Frank Oz or Dave Goelz. John Cleese and the…

/heads to the pirate bar, affixes an “Ask Me About The LOOM 4k HD Remaster” button to his lapel

And this isn’t the first time Laura Bailey caught shit for a Naughty Dog performance that was out of her control and not her fault, when people raised hell for her playing Nadine in Uncharted 4, when she was cast back when the character was originally designed as a white South African.

I understand why people are upset with Nintendo, and especially the modding/Melee stuff, they’ve got a point. But regardless of the cause, selling items for money jeopardizes the company’s trademarks. I’m not trying to be insensitive, and I know the people behind it were coming from a good place, but putting…

Still not having completed it after 80 hours (and that’s mostly just from doing the actual gigs and not simply “assaults in progress” chaff) I do enjoy the game, definitely a 7-8, with some points it excels at. The way in which all playstyles are catered for, both the melee and firearms feeling powerful and effective…

I hate people. The game was created under horrible conditions which they tried to cover up and even tried to use Jason Schreier as PR to tell everyone the opposite, it runs like ass on consoles, has more gamebreaking bugs at release than any Bethesda game I’ve played so far (at or close to release), tried to cover up…

Super cool...

CDPR crunched the living shit out of their devs, blatantly lied about the base model PS4/XB1 performance, only sent out PC code for review, deliberately did not allow journalists to use ANY of their own game capture and demanded they use only pre-packaged b-roll provided by CDPR. Game drops, is a total shi…

See, in the novel, Sybil is a large, middle-aged woman with a matronly manner who uses her unashamed wealth and class, and a great understanding of interpersonal soft power, diplomacy and connexions, to try to do some good from within the system. And who later becomes an enthusiastic mother and housewife.

It’s fine, but he has done much better work.

But it does seem like they’re realized exactly how much they’ve fucked up, and instead of trying to hold their ground and pretend like the Emperor’s clothes really are lovely, they’re trying to fix things in a consumer-friendly way.

...dragon-wielding terrorist Lady Sybil Ramkin...

Sony saw CDPR implying they could guarantee refunds from Sony and raised an eyebrow. Sony saw CDPR walk that back and try to throw Sony under the bus and raised the other one.

I think the big driver is CDPR basically admitting they withheld console versions for review because they knew it was bad and told everyone to get refunds, and THEN said oh lol no we meant ask sony and microsoft. I bet that pissed off Sony and this is their response. If CDPR is going to get them flooded with refund…

“The music ends and they all do that Muppet thing where they nod rapidly in satisfaction while looking around at each other.”

God, this was AMAZING when I was a kid. The Muppets, Sesame Street AND Fraggles all in one place? This was Avengers: Endgame-levels of insane awesomeness to a young 80s child.

The thing that continues to bother me, is it’s clear that CDPR made a game that was designed to push the limits of high end hardware, but still encouraged last gen console owners to preorder and purchase. They did this knowing that they needed last gen purchases to justify the cost of the game’s development, but also…