Do you think there’s a viable solution? How do we avoid NPCs feeling wooden? Arguably, RDR2 has come further in this endeavor than pretty much any other open-world game. If that’s still not enough, how much further do you think it needs to go?

All this stupid investment in character models that still look like a video game and huge worlds that most players will never play parts of, literally never, at the expense of more thorough world building needs to stop

I mean, medieval would just be historical fiction

I also think some people try to play way too many games at once so they never feel invested in any of them.

I cannot recommend this comment enough. I did exactly the same thing after about 100 hours of playing. Decided I had had my fill and B-lined it to Hyrule Castle.

The 13 hearts thing is also not nearly as bad as it sounds; each Divine beast gives you one whole container, and if you've been picking up stamina wheels, you can swap them out for hearts using the evil statues, then switch them back when you're done. By the time you've completed 2-3 of the beasts, you've practically…

Are you saying the RL Stine choose your own adventure Goosebumps novels are not the pinnacle of fiction writing? 

I’ve found that the length of games really means that I can easily wait until a game goes on sale; if it takes me 200 hours to “finish” a few games, that’s a huge chunk of time and I can bet that by the time I finish those games, another few games with similar play time will have gone on sale.

Game makers have completely forgotten the “always leave them wanting more” axiom, and have gotten into the “how many hours can we pack into this game” arms race instead.

What’s *really* going to bake your noodle is, this is also the same guy who created THX-1138!

i.e. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

From your mouth to god’s ears.

I just recognize great work by an artist, whether it’s from a reprehensible human being or otherwise. I’m not saying I’m giving them money, but I certainly won’t dismiss their work because they turned out to be assholes.

It’s a social justice miracle. “Uh, I dunno, Lando is a flirt” = Fuck The Patriarchy. A hard won battle, very brave of that reporter to ask a totally irrelevant question about sexuality. Does he fuck anyone in the film? Is it central to the plot? I guess every SJW morsel must be savored these days.

Is this sarcasm? Because that’s exactly why you need writers.

The blame is with a co-worker who claims to be “gluten-intolerant”. I’d believe her if she didn’t scarf down the monthly birthday cake while yapping about how allergic she is to gluten but cake is OK.

If this was a political thread I’d assume you were a Russian bot.

Wow. That was “internetty” :)

Everyone has their own set of problems. Yours sounds like a lack of empathy?

The image makes me think of a giant soulless machine. So, yep a good example of socialism.