Am I the only person who can't nap? My head hits a pillow and I'm out 5-6 hours, alarm clock or not. That's not "napping". That's "going back to bed".

Good, on time, and under budget. Pick any two.

The contemporary AAA development cycle:

So, basically, greed. They don't care about the product, only getting the game out fast to get the sales.

The only thing I know is that I have never been let down by Naughty Dog, Zelda and Mario games

This is probably the most important step. I've lost count of how many times I've been shouted down by apologists when actually holding a game, developer, or publisher to task. Way too many people are just unwilling to admit that, hey, their favorite thing is flawed.

As long as people keep buying the shit they release they will keep releasing shit.

Does it erode confidence in the publisher/developer? Yes. For about a week. Why? Because the idiots who keep buying this crap are the same idiots who forgive Ubisoft/Activision/EA when they apologize and start batching their broken game…

Although I know most publishers that release a franchise game on a yearly rotation have multiple developers tackling them so the games are in development more than a year but I think said publishers can't handle things on that kind of scale. I look at my favourite kinds of games like Metal Gear Solid, which there…

The only games I'll pre-order this year will be Persona 5, Metal Gear Solid 5, Arkham Knight, and The Witcher 3.

I think I have a more simple explanation: Because we let them.

He forgot the 'Gamers defending broken game and buying it anyway' step.

Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion. For Women.

Getting fired from a job I'm not getting paid for sounds kinda like a favor to me honestly

I am headed over to the Wet Seal in my mall this afternoon to hand out recruiting flyers for my store. Being a retail manager, I have infinite sympathy for these people. It feels so shitty to be treated as disposable, even though that's incredibly common in this industry. Our Wet Seal is not closing (yet), but I…

Extremely crappy behavior all around on Wet Seal's part.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Either some sort of pension checks or SS checks.

yep, that's what I was thinking as to why they hadn't reported her death.

At first I was like, "ho hum, this happens." Then I got to this part:

That daughter and grandson sure are gonna miss their supplemental income, aka the dead lady's social security check.

Winter? Wassat?