I’m no insider so I don’t really know, but is there any truth to the idea that the reason there’s a delay “season” is because shareholder calls are over and the new fiscal year/quarter is approaching? Like, devs across the board have been able to satisfy shareholders with preorder numbers and promises of being on…

Fuck CDPR.

Being “rewarded” with a chance to win gifts from a raffle system where tickets are “paid” via mandatory extra hours is the premise of a Black Mirror episode that has yet to be written.

“It’s unclear!” they all cry, ignoring the part about them being able to ban you for off stream and social media incidents that could include harassing or using rhetoric that is against protected groups.

Yes, I’m definitely going to play Control. My home is just not good for PC gaming, so I need to wait for a console port before I can play Disco Elysium. It sounds great!

Oh ffs, even here I can’t get away from this bullshit “GDQ is full of *drama*” narrative?

This, the potential for it all to be a miscommunication exists, but it could also be like when “concern trolls” use the term “PC” while trolling in progressive circles, a big flag that they might not be how they try to appear.

The thing on the otherside is he used the term “deminonbinary” which is a gender identity i…

I feel like anyone involved with anti-terf rhetoric or just progressive rhetoric in general would not use the word “feminazi” by any measure. It’s possible it’s just a miscommunication, but it does create immediate red flags.

That’s like black person proclaiming how much they hate race-baiting. Could be innocent, but…

The boy is a real herb.

I think a lot of us would like to go a few rounds with Spanefeller at this point. I’m not exactly in great shape but I’m pretty sure I could take him.

*Looks up articles written by Josh*

Wow. Floored by this piece. I hope you have a good friend that will take you out for drinks and pick your brain for hours about any and all of these paragraphs, because that's pretty much what I want to do after reading it. Keep going. For all our sakes, keep going. 

I would like to challenge Jim Spanfeller to a fight. My DMs are open, Jim.

We can have a little assassination, as a treat.

About 20 years ago when the internet really started to take off there was a lot talk about the coming “Information wars”. How in the future conflicts would be won by those with the best information and access to that information.

Your criticism was neither requested nor appreciated nor legitimate.

Ah yes, rather than considering and discussing how these games resonated with them on a personal level, they should have instead given a more objective choice based on... I dunno, metacritic? What do you want? I’m sorry you didn’t get a shallow “this sure was a fun game so it’s my fave of the decade” article, that…

On the contrary, I was more than pleasantly surprised by a deeper, more personal article than what the title implied.