I call NFTs and cryptocurrencies as “next biggest idiot” scheme. Nothing you bought has value unless you find a bigger idiot than you are to sell things to. This isn’t new, pump and dumps is all about finding them, and turning them into bag holders.

Then you clearly missed my entire comment or I failed to make myself clear: you can be left of republicans by a large margin and be conservative, whether you consider them the same thing or not. Left of republicans is not “left wing” automatically, and shouldn’t be regarded as such. That’s what I’m lamenting. The fact…

And that’s what I’m saying. Conservative shouldn’t equate to Republican. They shouldn’t be interchangeable.

I think this is a tangent, but you know what I really dislike? That THIS is “right wing” now. And anything left of this is “left wing”. This should be far, far extreme of right. Someone saying they are a conservative gamer should simply mean they adhere to ESRB metrics, maybe like more family fun games (like back when…

Unsurprisingly, most of these games are by Japanese developers and established franchises. Surprisingly (to me), Undertale is in top 15.

You just sent me down memory lane I was not expected to go, thank you.

I liked the opening. Things I agree on: It was long, a bit longer than I expected. Things I disagree on: Enemy being from Halo Wars 2 is a troll move - not at all, it’s a great game, and Banished are much better enemies than the Covenant. Covenant died to make Banished possible, and Banished are much more engaging,…

Add to it that he could have easily worn a wig. You don’t see the hairline in the clip above, not to say the hair would have made the face any realistic if it even was his real hair.

If I understand what you’re saying, this was already done in Furious 7. In some scenes, particularly the last one, it was Paul Walker’s brother (or another stand in) in the car with Paul’s face superimposed on him using CGI.

You know what? Screw it. If that means the games go back to being basically full games without microtransactions, season passes, or what have you at expense of idiots (and parents unfortunate enough to have kids who don’t know better) buying NFTs, I’m all for it. Let them waste money. Maybe that will stop…

It’s 1 of ~4k per person. Even for starters. So statistically speaking, if one million people play it, 244 will get shiny starters.

Right on the money. Basically a manager saying “I’m not asking you to stay late, I’m asking you to finish it by end of the week.” And then attributing that to “passion” and “love” for the project.

Times like these remind me how great of a guy Iwata was. He met with each employee twice a year. So if enough people brought something up, I can only assume it would be something that would be dealt with. No one but actual employees can vouch for that. As someone who worked in a super large company, I can safely say,…

‘Like, “everyone is here” is great but that only works if you don’t add more people in the next one.’ The way the series was heading, the next one would have been  called Super Sword Bros.

To be fair, the 12 year old game was dirt cheap for over a decade and B4B has definitely created an itch. What will people do more: Shell out $60 and convince all their friends to do so as well, or fire up a game everyone already has?

“They got everyone for a year, whether they like it or not, and that’s 100% by design.” Yeah, and this also gives them 12 months to address any issue. No need to rush making things better.

And it’s perfectly reasonable to be skeptical that they went out of their way to replicate same thing their previous studio was accused of and did nothing about.

No one said or implied that. Stop jumping to conclusions.

Clearly you never started your own company. Imagine the pitch: Hey, we don’t have any funding yet, and can’t offer you and benefits, so the risks are super high because we only started few months ago. So, do you want to join our 9 person team and risk your career so far?

Because it’s a start-up. Quick, imagine you’re making a new company. Ask all your friends who is willing to quit and join you, coworkers included. I can bet you what you want and what you end up getting is a different group of people. Person “perfect” for the job? Not interested. Person who stands to gain the most?…