Personally, I’ve seen more unhelpful, “I answered your question [poorly], be sure to click my ‘resolved’ button so I get credit”, and “I don’t know/[I don’t know, but I’ll act like I do]” forum posts than actual, useful, worth-keeping posts, in my time.

This is so dumb.

You get the distinct impression?

it has become harder and more expensive to make video games in 2023

Would be 1001% better if you could get out of your kart, go in and out of shops, garages, social areas, etc., drive around low-stakes open worlds, open roads, etc.

It sounds like they were applying for a deposit/checking account (in order to take advantage of better debit card freedoms/limits overseas) not a loan.

Did you just divide by zero?

Well, yes and no.

They didn’t say it was a new thing - they said they, personally, are getting angrier about the concept, the older they get.

Good music is enjoyable, sometimes catchy, sometimes legendary, epic, or timeless.

I was 5-something an hour bussing tables - still plenty below minimum wage.

You don’t tip ahead of time, dumbass. How would they know to tamper with your meal before you did anything “wrong”? And I’m not constantly eating out, and definitely not at the same place every night/week - I guarantee you, people in the food service industry aren’t keeping track of each and every person, all the…

What the hell are you on about? How are you going to sit there and use the word “entitlement”, as if you actually knew what it meant?

But it’s such aa frustrating experience

Should go without saying, honestly. Reviews shouldn’t be the measure of a games success, but, instead, the games success, and it’s mechanics and value, should be the measure of it’s success.

https://kotaku.com/eve-online-heist-steal-theft-crime-ccp-corporation-mmo-1850330636

Giancarlo Esposito, too.

Bespoke isn’t the word you should be using here, for more than one reason.

Ah, yes - Heroes III of Might and Magic.

You do all that work to get custom models and such in there, but you don’t make an Armored Core to play through the game with?