If they took the starfighter assault mode, gave it a “campaign” that was all the BF2 space missions x 2, i’d have paid them 60 dollars for it and felt good about it. It’s completely insane that they spent all this time and money putting 2 or more dev teams into one purchase. No wonder it was do or die on those loot…

Uhh...maybe don’t mention “home planet” to Leia.

Wholeheartedly appreciating the Mighty Boosh reference in the title

If he does, what does his base do? That’s a lot of armed assholes who will be super pissed.

Oh my god! This is the Massacre at Bowling Green that Kellyanne Conwoman was talking about! She can see the future!

They’re being awfully optimistic. The truth of the matter is probably something closer to “Indie development is dead.” The market is over-saturated. Your game didn’t sell because there are too many games and you didn’t get lucky. Genre probably wouldn’t have made a difference. That being said, I’ve heard good things…

“Before I die, I’m gonna fuck me a fish.”

Whenever I read a story about how some company grabbed some top CEO, director, or big name anything I’m just like “Well that was a waste of money”. Unless they start saying things like “hired the whole team” that created something awesome then I’m not impressed. One person does not make a game...unless maybe your…

Thanks to a panel-wide misunderstanding of Asian geography and some nimble betting work, he won.

As someone who just spent two years working on a franchise that used to rely on expansion packs, sadly not enough people buy them anymore. At the same time mystery boxes sell like hotcakes.

Lotsa people gonna give hot takes on your question, so i’ll give you a measured one as a fellow white person that frequents this blog. This space is for people of color to discuss the issues that they face. It’s not about us, so approach it as if you were a tourist. The sentiment might seem off-putting at first, but…

Cop here. I’ll chime in. The video itself isn’t helpful, other than proving that Bennett was detained and handcuffed. Unfortunately, we don’t have the video of what lead up to it. We could see if the officer was a complete asshole (certainly possible) or if Bennett is lying (also possible). I don’t know any of the…

A democracy gets the government it deserves. Remember this next time some dipshit starts rattling sabers about “all politicians are the same” or “I’m free to vote however I want, so I’m voting third party!” or “Emails!”

On first read I thought you meant a relationship with the show, and I was disgruntled. Now I think I am sympathetic?

Developer here, it is 100% an AB test. We do this in our title, but we are fucking morons about it. While it’s a scientifically sound test to try and charge a different amount for the exact same product (you’re going to get VERY clear data about what the highest value you can charge is for that item), it’s a mistake…

No they are right. A B testing is done all the time in ecommerce. When active every time the url is hit the backend will serve up one of two experiences. Sometimes they will test pricing. Sometimes layout or even different types of discounting such as free shipping vs. $ off or even buy x get y there’s a million…

It’s incredibly common, this is literally the kind of optimization work that put Zynga on the map in the first place.

Not sure that’s the best argument. Keep in mind that gas can vary a lot according to location, even in the same city. Gas stations know what the market will bear, so they charge more in affluent areas.

Yeah. I love all the butthurt people... but why be mad? Zynga knows what the market will bear, so they’re doing their due diligence. No reason to get mad at them.

Sure it is. They’re testing two versions to see which perform better. Typically this is done with features, not microtransactions, but still.