Ah, okay. I can respect that.

They say a week after they signed the contract MS had the request for all that additional stuff... it seems like Darkside’s contract was significantly not in their favor to allow that scale of scope creep w/o clauses to increase the budget accordingly.

I’m not quite willing to put the blame entirely on MS here. I mean, I look at this:

Considering the outrage and fact that one man’s entire career was more or less sunk because he “misremembered” which helicopter he was on—a far more benign lie than pretending to serve in the military—I don’t believe what’s happening here is the product of “morally approved misogyny” at all.

So copyright trolling is okay so long as it’s not a rich person or corporation doing it?

I don’t know if we’ll ever get more Sunset Overdrive. Microsoft’s promotion for the game, frequent deals and recent permanent price drop to $40 all reek of a game that never quite hit a big audience. Maybe that’s okay. I could stand for it being one-and-done. It’s a new-gen gem. Its final DLC, marginally funny and…

Score one for the PC Master Bates!

It’s one of my favorite games so far this generation. As for your console dilemma:

maybe it was onion or garlic cream cheese?

My idea would be to install RFID chips into the balls similar to what they put in shopping cart wheels to make sure that a person can only steal one with three functioning wheels.

Yeah, Kroll Show was surprisingly good. The first two seasons of it are up on Amazon Prime so I gave it a shot and man I feel bad I hadn't been watching it before. I think that what really makes it good is that lack of malice, like you said.

And a handgun? I mean, Batman's all about military hardware but a gun just seems... wrong.

Yeah, I still don't see the draw of this game. How would a game like this sustain itself long term? Seems like it'd exhaust its niche rather quickly.

I too liked GTA IV's story and the character Niko. But I'd argue that the game's narratives and characters differ too much to say one is better than the other since it really depends on what kind of narrative you're looking for. Apples are better than oranges when you want apples, and vice versa...

You're not alone. I see the appeal, but it's just. eh.

Sunset Overdrive is such a good game. The ending of the last DLC still makes me smile.

Sometimes you have to pretend to ignore the obvious answer for the sake of the joke.

I'd like to thank you on behalf of everyone for getting that song stuck in our heads. Your check is in the mail.

Eh, in this case it's more the cheerios they're offering to us they've also peed in. :P

It was the ability to choose between running the weekly (or nightfall) with matchmaking or simply solo it that people wanted. Seriously, Bungie? It's like they try to find ways to piss in their own cheerios.