Global south solidarity

lol anglosphere scum

It’s not whataboutism. You are absolutely right and it is wholly commendable that you, as a US citizen, I assume, are able to perceive it. This kind of clarity is usually reserved to the pawns of third world, group which I am a member of. It is actually mind boggling how the US “left” is willing and desperate to…

Dude, a bit up-thread you tried to justify calling Russia inherently uncivilized by linking to a Wikipedia article. Just admit that you don’t know shit abut history and shut the fuck up. There would have been no “civil war” between North and South Vietnam were it not for American interference.

See also: the overthrow of democratically-elected Mossadegh, for Shah Pahlavi

It absolutely isn’t when compared to what Russia is doing to Ukraine. But I’m glad you acknowledge your comment is, indeed, harcore whataboutism.

This will probably come across as hardcore “whataboutism”, so with that out of the way:

There’s nothing wrong with using things like “racist imagery found in old Disney or Popeye cartoons featuring indigenous people” if it serves some artistic point about a time period; it’s only if it’s an actual endorsement, or if someone doesn’t see the controversy, where serious problems should arise.

You’re likely underestimating just how major a change it is to add an open world and mount to the Dark Souls formula. With Dark Souls games while players are able to choose where they’re going, most of the level design is fairly linear. So when players come across an obstacle, you don’t have much choice except beating…

I think the biggest difference is Bungie truly believed in Destiny as a concept. Anthem and The Avengers were cynical attempts at making a quick buck.

A quick glance at the top-played games on Steam suggests otherwise. CS:GO, Apex Legends, Dota 2, PUBG, Lost Ark, CoD:MW2, Destiny 2, GTA 5, Rust, Unturned, Naraka, TF2, Crab Game, War Thunder, Warframe, ARK, Civ 6, Elden Ring, and Hogwarts Legacy. So, of the top 20 games, only one of them has no multiplayer component.…

Love that these crazy motherfuckers made a goddamn billion dollars without having to cannibalize their clients.  Just the opposite, really.  From’s next game is probably also gonna be a banger and it will probably also sell like crazy, which is exactly correct.

I will always have this stance on single player games and the “old ways”. All these “always online” games do not last. Only ones that do are those that get there first and do gameply well enough like Destiny. The suits notice and then get the copy cats like Avengers and Anthem; look how they turned out. 

It’s crazy how some publisher/dev heads have come out in recent years to say that live-service elements are a must for sales and bottom lines, yet

NGL

tl;dr for the idiots in the Board room: good single-player games sell, and sell well. Make more of ‘em. 

wild how i wrote this to specifically call out halo infinite then didnt even need to mention it by name

I gotta say: with the way Microsoft is kicking and screaming, I hope the FTC shuts the deal down quickly. This performative “10 year deal” bullshit they’re trying to pull is as transparent a monopoly play as I’ve ever seen.

It’s a huge merger, and huge mergers are ultimately bad for consumers, especially in already-rapidly consolidating industry like video games, to say nothing of the employees that will undoubtedly get laid off after the merger is approved. It’s not about just CaLl oF DUtY.

Yeah no they’re zombies Druckmann. A zombie isn’t a just brand of fantastical monster, it’s a mindless husk of a human lumbering around and responding to animalistic urges. I don’t care that they aren’t pop cultures familiar zombies they’re still the lumbering around mindless monsters. I know this is a crappy example…