Not really. The idea is to get people to play your game. Minecraft was a phenomenon. Travis Touchdown is pretty niche. Anyone who wants Waluigi probably already owns the game. Maybe Crash Bandicoot since there’s a new Crash game. I’m sure there’s some unwillingness on behalf of one or both parties to put in Master…

It is a shame because there’s so much to like about the game. Unlike one of the first sentences claims, the “bullshit that comes with free to play” is really kept in the background and only there for players happy to spend their money to progress faster.

I supposed the big question is how does this compare to Stadia? I have no interest in cloud gaming, but I think Xbox’s start is much more attractive than Google’s. The value of Game Pass is insane considering the quality of games included. 

Specially with that piano rendition of Those Who Fight.

how great was that tifa fight in the church though

So, you can see clearly that it includes all the games above. Stadia makes you pay for the games you want to play. You’re never paying nothing...

Where are you getting “better service” from? Are you aware that Microsoft is far more prepared for this with their Azure infrastructure than Google ever was?

RIP Stadia, we kind of knew you and didn’t text you back 

I sold my entire collection for about $300 back in 2004. Whenever I see an article like this I wonder just how much it would actually be worth now. A few thousand at least no doubt.

Cross code was already on gamepass for PC. I assume you mean this is now available on consoles.

Man, Pokemon is the perfect IP for a moba.

Not my specific cup of tea, but I’m surprised/not surprised. When you think about how to best use such a huge roster of pokemon, a DOTA style arena brawler does make a lot of sense. I’m sure a lot of people will actively hate it and spill a LOT of ink about how it ruins the franchise or disrespects the community or…

The notion that entire, sentient races are naturally predisposed to certain levels of intelligence, or moral alignments, is baked into the game. That’s not the same as talking about “good and bad sides”.

It’s interesting that they spotlight orcs and Drow specifically. I haven’t read any RA Salvatore in years because it was just becoming too much to keep up with. But, as far as I know, he was kind of blazing that trail with Obould Many Arrows trying to find a place for his people to settle. Orcs were still volatile,…

Oh no.

“Unscrupulous” is a matter of perspective. I don’t care to have the debate.

Maybe we don’t need to scrutinize every byte that flows out into the net, but perhaps monetary transactions could be subject to a bit more discretion.

People who can talk to their teammates without fear of harassment have an advantage over those who can’t. Also, though, that’s not the central conceit at all. It set people off, but it devolves almost immediately into a storm of calling her ugly and mentally ill long past the original point being forgotten.

short version: if everybody on one team can communicate without fear of being harassed (and therefore without the need to mute voice comms or whatever), they’re probably going to be more coordinated than a team with one or more members who can’t just easily use chat. even beyond the harassment issue, if you’re looking…

I think the harassment is the thing they are talking about specifically. Being harassed can effect how people play games. I’m not sure how that’s hard to comprehend. Of course this mostly pertains to competitive gaming with randoms, not organised play.

I think it has some merit and some flaws too, but nothing wrong…

I can’t speak to whether the storyline is good or not, but calling it “straightening out” is the worst kind of bi-erasure. It’s the kind of prejudice that bi and pansexual folx have to deal with constantly. Please try to be better than that.