I agree that the vitriol is mostly unwarranted, but the state of the game is far from fine. They've been phoning it in for ages now. And PvP folks have been completely ignored for ages.

I get this argument, I really do, but it gives short-shrift to the simple fact that $70 is no small amount to the average person, who maybe doesn’t want to feel the phantom hand of a publisher reaching into their pocket for more money every ten minutes.

Counterpoint. I don’t care what kind of problems the developers are having. Not my problem. Don’t market your game deceptively.  I just want to buy a working game that’s design isn’t based on pushing additional purchases for a product I already own.

Depends on the length/purpose of travel. I bounce around for work pretty often and find that 3-4 hours of driving is a good cut off (~500 miles). Anything more and I’m starting to burn full work days on just the travel aspect and it turns into overnights. Via flight, I can go to/from another city in a single day and…

Charging him with “Inciting a riot” is such bullshit.

I think you’re looking back on your PS3/Xbox360 with incredibly rose-colored glasses or through 2023 eyes because this looks identical to the 2010 game... because that’s all it is. Not a remaster, just the game from 2010, 13 years ago.

I’m really not a fan of influencer culture.

He can do whatever he wants. But there are parts of that game where no matter how good of a player you are you are going to fall and it is absolutely no fault of your own (there are some random events that sometimes happen post jump but before you land so you have no control over them). That’s exactly why the game…

So once again, blaming your audience rather than blaming what actually is the problem: Poor writing

Hate to burst your bubble but Van Gogh cut off his ear and sent it to the prostitute he was obsessed with. I know history treats this as part of his canon but I have a feeling that gal was not thrilled to be the object of his deranged affections.

Don’t act like you never used Sgt Jamjars’ blessed zoomed-in first person view to stare at Humba Wumba’s giant jubba jubbas

People are horrified whenever they ask me “who do you admire” and I reply “no one”.

Music. Hope that helps.

We are losing access to so many games, and it begs the question... Should we lose these cheap knock-offs to time as well?

I feel like Final Fantasy XIV is the no brainier answer given it's made by the same devs. 

“Well, this certainly is going to put a damper on my winter SoCal trip,” said one disgruntled Theme Park Insider commenter. “Do I even bother with Disney for a third day?”

Pizza Hut buffet was the only good thing at Pizza Hut. Dominos is way better. I’ve found it to be mostly better than Papa John’s but that depends on location. Local places are usually my go to, especially not with delivery charges, etc. that make the chain places not as cost effective as they used to be.

“They arrived shortly after Ocarina of Time, and mark the end of the series’ classic 2D structure of exploring an dense map and fighting through individually themed dungeons”

Dominoes pizza really isn’t horrible for chain pizza, definitely better than Pizza Hut or Papa John’s. Chicken and bacon with the garlic parm sauce on thin crust is friggen awesome and the desserts they have are decent too.

This has been my biggest gripe with microsoft, they do AMAZING branded controllers but don’t cross the finish line by actually selling them. most of the limited edition controllers are just basic colour variants and the really good ones generally sell out before you have a chance to get one (I really wanted a…