The fact that they are TERRIFIED that they no longer matter is the entire point of Donald-fucking-Trump. So yes, we need to stop arguing and cajoling and attempting to reason with these people and find ways to win in spite of them.

Eh, I’m nor sure that these white women matter as much as they/we think they do. As Michael Harriot wrote earlier this month,

Let me clarify then, there are too many developers expecting to get paid from making their games. I’m all for art, I’m an artist myself, but the fact is just because you create something doesn’t mean you are owed anything for it if it doesn’t sell. This article dealt directly with developer complaining about the steam…

I have lots of items on my wishlist (several hundred actually) and so yes, you’re right, being on a wishlist does not automatically mean a person is intending to buy it or intending to buy it soon.

Yeah seriously, they've only been at it for 5 or 6 thousand years. What do they know? 

I want my shirts.. laundered.

Yeah, this brand of smug condescension is definitely on brand for the R&M audience.

Sims 2 was the peak of the series IMO.

Is this a review of a videogame, or a review on the standard AAA post apocalyptic game template? It seems to me this piece focuses more on criticizing the tropes it uses than in the game itself.

I mean, there’s a ton of stuff. Account security. More launchers. Existing friend networks. Feature set. Price competition from authorized key resellers.

Every argument I seem to see for EGS either a)says that since that person doesn’t care about those things, no one else does or can; b)has vague promises about…

There is zero benefit to the customer when Epic nabs an exclusive for themselves, and several tangible negatives. It’s pretty straightforward to understand, and so thank you for this breakdown.

That’s good and all but what happens when this is all posturing so that 5-10 years down the line we’re paying subscription fees for launchers because they aren’t getting enough money to make them happy? And suddenly launcher exclusivity becomes as horrible as console exclusivity?

What could be considered “predatory” pricing strategies coupled with exclusivity clauses is hardly a means for fostering competition.

This is a fair point - it seems like it’s for the user but it’s more about dev outreach, maybe to justify that 30% cut.

I don’t care about who’s ‘evil’ or not here, and EGS is certainly very primitive at the moment. My point is that the Steam client is a long neglected, terrible UI piece of junk that they’ve had over a decade to make tolerable and haven’t. And they have billions of dollars, so money and resources aren’t an excuse.

How on earth do you read “shilling” into an announcement of basic facts that also includes, “Hey, Steam already did this, and they’ve got a hell of a lot more titles available this way, too.”

I begin to believe it might be you who has the bias to grind here.

Great. Now I'm going to have Frog's theme stuck in my head for the next week.

Jane Freeman who was Gordon Freeman’s sister was one day in office...

As the sole dude in my gaming group that still plays The Sims fairly often, having spent hundreds of hours designing party mansions and studio bedroom starters, living out my fantasies of being a millionaire artist, I don’t think “Dollhouse Sim” is that inaccurate. Can we take a shot at this from another angle? I…

Should have ended it with “ - one last thing: Metroid Prime Trilogy HD is now available on the Switch eShop!”