lol are you guys trying to get Activision interested again? I guess what’s the point of this commentary? “Well actually, it’s not technically a monopoly” ok so what? It’s transparently bad for the industry and consumers. (And is literally 10x bigger than the sale you compared it to.) If the FTC is supposed to protect…

Fair, my POV was just that the X seems a bit easier to get but I’m not sure

The PS5 is funny because, for me, the value proposition on the Xbox X seems clearly better w/ gamepass. And yet the PS5 has been selling much hotter. And I want a PS5 more, too, and I’m not sure why. Sony’s fine.

The clip is insanely funny if people aren’t at work. They cut the vid but you can still hear the audio and some guy yelling about sex offenders on a deep-fried mic

This is deplorable. But! Would I slurp up Bobby Kotick’s shit for Nadella’s $50M salary? Yes! Eat da rich.

This type of consolidation is transparently bad. Also makes Activision a better place to work, probably, but only for those who survive the merger. Don’t love it.

2024

lol. lmao. also whoever “authenticated” them should not be trusted to do that.

But the rest of the sentence about how no black people worked on the game makes it rather logical. There were some iffy statements from Square when showing the game, too. Having a black protagonist doesn’t absolve you from all criticism.

I’d really like to, um, own one without paying for some insane bundle. Doesn’t look like we can expect that quite yet though, huh?

I thought the gacha aspect to get the blades was a tremendous waste of time. I like that game, but there’s a lot of stuff that feels like padding for no reason.

Dang, I want. ~$450 though. Man. Put it down with the earthbound bomber jacket for when I get rich.

After Xenoblade Chronicles 2, any gatcha stuff in a $60 Nintendo game sets off alarm bells for me. Hopefully whatever that is it’s minor. Looks good otherwise.

One thing I think is a little annoying about the internet is taking stuff super literally to make a correction. Collectively we should let people do a little joke hyperbole.

Don’t most Metroid games get optimized to the point where there is one used route through the world? At which point the speedrun is about how fast you can mash the controller / make the correct inputs.

Feels a little weird, I suppose. Mashing is definitely a skill. The whole thing is pressing buttons.

This is objectively hilarious

I hate balancing whole games for the pros. Even as a guy who plays competitive in a couple games. You’re a tiny minority. Unless it’s making your experience unplayable, things can be a little unbalanced.

Attack on Titan’s last half season was pretty rough and its politics are trash. I’ve come this far though... so...

I want the resources used on making boring stuff to do for 400 hours focused on interesting stuff to do for 40