If you haven’t seen it, Jason Schreier is saying that the $4k is a lie.  It was way more than that.

Hellena Taylor’s initial rant set off so many red flags for me, ones typically reserved for dealing with narcissists. I was really hesitant to say as much initially. I didn’t know who she was before all this. However what I am learning has been reaffirming that my instincts are right.  If I am correct, this is first…

Seeing his name in the context of voice acting still caught me off guard, but yeah, I remember him talking about it. He was proud that he got to be a villain in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.

It’s still regional pricing.  The justification for doing it is still generally the same principle that richer nations should foot the R&D (and all the profits).  And it’s still based around the principle of tiered pricing.  But if it’s in the name of preserving your own life, you are allowed to be scummy.  Thank you,…

When I think about this too hard it starts reminding me of the arguments Republicans in the US make that we shouldn’t be able to get cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.

This is a really weird way to frame this news. The whole naming scheme came across as a scam to try and mislead less tech savvy customers. To sell what basically looks like a 4060 for an absurd $900. This is Nvidia realizing they got their hand caught in the cookie jar. I can just imagine the headaches this might have…

The lootboxes were certainly predatory when purchasable, especially before they added any sort of duplicate protection. I recall YouTuber MFPallyTime spending over $200 to get the one Tracer skin he wanted. However as an earnable reward they were great. I’m going to miss that.

Speaking as a computer scientist, it is technically correct to refer to a SSD as memory.

Speaking as a computer scientist, it is technically correct to refer to a SSD as memory.

Well Blizzard, you almost got me to load up one of your games for the first time in years.  However the friend I’d usually play Overwatch will be left out with this requirement and I’m not playing alone.

Of course it would detract to the degree that it would change players’ general behavior in those activities.  Both in matchmaking and without.

How did they fail? They’ve done exactly what’s expected of them: selling hate.  They’re extremely good at it.

I completely agree with the notion that automated matchmaking results in other players being disposable. Most of my MMO playing was before matchmaking systems became the norm. The amount of toxicity in these games were far, far lower. Players were more patient, more social, more helpful. Sure things could take longer,…

According to Greg Street, being beaten to the punch is actually a common concern with announcing or showing too much a game early. He was discussing it in the context of why Riot Games was announcing their League of Legends MMO so early in development, believing the game’s nature made that not a concern.  Granted I do…

This is indeed extremely common. Tucker Carlson, for example, spends a lot of time disparaging the US military as woke, while obsessing over the perceived masculinity of the Chinese and Russian military. People like him fantasize over strongman leaders. To them the patriarchy is deeply important. Set in tradition,…

Was wondering that too.  I found this on the Overwatch site: “There will be ways to earn heroes introduced in earlier seasons in future seasons, so everyone will have the opportunity to earn these heroes by playing: this applies to players who start playing in future seasons, and to players who didn’t level previous…

Even by 2013 standards the first two Yakuza games were extremely rough.  I would have to imagine if they’d released Yakuza 0 on the Switch that would have been a far more accurate test.

Hearing about these developments had me interested, so I checked out an episode of Hoeg Law from December on the topic. He pointed out that just because a trademark isn’t registered doesn’t make it invalid or abandoned. This isn’t like snatching up an expired domain. Wizards still owns the trademarks. The burden of…

Hey, if you’re happy that’s great. I wouldn’t mind the ability to still find joy in games after significant play over 20-30 years.  There are very, very few games that can do this for me.

Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default are just fun titles to say. I’m fond of names of that nature. Though Triangle Strategy is a dreadfully dull name, while Various Daylife is simply dreadful.

How is it a gamble if you played the game and had fun? Even for your safe, offline games your interest wanes eventually. Games are consumable entertainment first and foremost. I’m all for collecting physical copies of games, but to confuse the two hobbies does not lead to a happy place.